New Year Worksheets for Preschool

Looking for an easy activity to add to your preschool lessons around the New Year? These New Year Worksheets for Preschool give young learners a simple mix of tracing, matching, coloring, and visual activities with a festive theme.

If you’ve been checking out my list of New Year Activities for Kids, you’ll know that I love turning holidays into hands-on learning moments. These worksheets fit right in and offer an easy way to introduce counting, tracing, and shapes to preschool-aged kids.

The pages are packed with fun and interactive activities that will engage your child, helping them learn about counting, colors, matching, and more.

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Who Is This Printable For?

These worksheets are designed for preschoolers and work well for homeschool or quiet table time.

You can use them during the first week back after the holidays, as part of a simple New Year theme, or whenever you want an easy seasonal activity for young learners.

Why Learn About the New Year?

The new year gives preschoolers a familiar seasonal theme that you can connect to simple homeschool activities.

Celebration pictures such as fireworks, party hats, and noisemakers make it easy to talk about how people welcome a new year while keeping the lesson light and age-appropriate.

Recommended New Year Books

Have a great year ahead with these awesome books about lanterns, fireworks, friends, and more. They are fun to read and will surely inspire kids throughout the year.

Meet January: Book 1 in The Calendar Kids SeriesShante Keys and the New Year’s PeasHappy New Year, Spot!Squirrel’s New Year’s ResolutionThe Night Before New Year’sPlaying with Lanterns

 

What Will Kids Learn?

These New Year worksheets give preschoolers practice with several early learning skills.

• Tracing: Follow letters and different line patterns.
• Matching: Connect two halves of the same picture.
• Visual discrimination: Find the picture that is different from the group.
• Observation: Look closely at pictures and identify items connected to the theme.
• Fine motor skills: Practice pencil control and coloring.

Recommended New Year Activity Kits

If your child loves hands-on fun, you might enjoy my themed activity kits for January. They’re perfect for combining creativity with learning time in a stress-free way.

Fun Express New Year’s Glitter Hanging Sign Craft Kit – Craft Kits – 12 PiecesFun Express New Year’s Toast Magnet Craft Kit – Craft Kits – 12 PiecesColor Your Own New Year’S Crown – Crafts for Kids and Fun Home ActivitiesNew Year’s Eve Wishing Ornament Craft Kit, Makes 12Dated New Year’s Glasses Craft Kit – Craft Kits – 12 PiecesNew Year’s Wand Craft Kit – Craft Kits – 12 Pieces

 

What Supplies Are Needed?

You only need a few basic supplies for these preschool worksheets.

• Printer (I have this one)
• Paper
• Pencil
• Crayons

I have the HP printer 8710, but it’s not available anymore. It’s been running well for years now. Look for another HP Instant Ink-ready printer so that you can use their program to send you ink cartridges whenever your printer gets low on ink.

What Is Included?

The printable includes five New Year activities that use tracing, coloring, matching, observation, and visual skills.

New Year Coloring and Tracing

The first page features fireworks, party hats, rockets, and noisemakers for children to color, along with the words New Year to trace at the bottom.

New Year Picture Hunt

Children look at several pictures and color the items they might see during a New Year celebration. The page mixes celebration-themed pictures with unrelated objects so preschoolers need to look closely before choosing.

Find the Other Half

Children connect five partial New Year pictures with their matching halves. The images include celebration items such as a balloon, party hat, and rocket.

New Year Tracing Lines

Children follow four different paths to help them reach the fireworks display on the page. The lines include zigzags, loops, square turns, and waves for varied tracing practice.

Which One Is Different?

Children look at four groups of pictures and color the image that is different in each row. The page includes party hats, rockets, and celebrating children.

How Can You Extend the Activity?

Keep the New Year theme going with a few easy activities.

• Make memories together with these Preschool New Year Crafts.
• Create a simple celebration picture using crayons, paint, or stickers.
• Sort party-themed objects or pictures by color, size, or shape.
• Make your own tracing paths using zigzag, curved, and wavy lines.

How Can You Keep Learning Going?

Add more New Year printables that give preschoolers extra practice with tracing, matching, coloring, number recognition, and fine motor skills. A mix of short activities can help children work on the same skills in different ways.

What Other Activities Can You Try?

Add a few more New Year activities to give preschoolers different ways to explore the theme. Simple crafts, counting activities, coloring pages, and hands-on ideas can help break up worksheet time and keep the week varied.

• New Year Cutting Worksheets
• New Year Word Search Printable
• New Year Activities for Kindergarten
• Happy New Year Crafts
• New Year Preschool Printable by Homeschool Preschool
• New Year’s Eve Bingo Printable by Homeschool of 1

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Print these New Year pages for an easy seasonal activity to add to your preschool lesson plans.

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