Winter Holiday Counting & Tracing — Answer Key
Part A: Multiple Choice
Circle the best answer for each question.
1. You have 6 mittens. How many pairs is that?
A) 2 pairs
B) 3 pairs
C) 4 pairs
D) 6 pairs
Every real snowflake grows 6 sides or arms because of the way water freezes into ice crystals.
2. A snowman has 2 eyes, 1 nose, and 5 buttons. How many items?
A) 7
B) 8
C) 9
D) 10
In holiday stories, magical flying reindeer pull Santa's sleigh across the sky on Christmas Eve.
3. Which month does NOT belong to winter?
A) December
B) January
C) July
D) February
People press buttons into a snowman's head to make dark round eyes that stand out against the white snow.
4. If 4 children each have 2 mittens, how many total?
A) 6
B) 8
C) 10
D) 4
A classic snowman uses 3 snowballs — a huge bottom, medium middle, and small head stacked on top.
Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the correct answer on each line.
1. 10 snowballs minus 6 equals 4.
The calendar has 12 months, and December is the very last one, so it is month number 12.
2. 3 sleds plus 5 sleds equals 8 sleds.
In the U.S., the winter season begins in late December when the days become the shortest and coldest.
3. If each boot pair has 2 boots, then 3 pairs is 6 boots.
A pair means two, and since you wear one ice skate on each foot, a pair has 2 skates.
4. Frozen water that falls from clouds in winter is called snow.
Packing snow pushes the flakes tightly together so it can hold its shape as strong fort walls.
5. 7 icicles plus 2 icicles equals 9.
Holiday light strings have bulbs in different colors like red, green, blue, and yellow to make trees sparkle.