25 Christmas Word Problems Foundation
Keep maths skills sharp and spirits merry with these 25 Christmas Word Problems for Foundation — festive number stories your youngest students can actually read!
The lead-up to Christmas doesn't have to mean switching off mathematically. 25 Christmas Word Problems Foundation gives your students 25 short, festive number stories right up to the last day of term — counting on, joining two groups and taking away, every one using numbers to 20 and mapped to the Australian Curriculum v9. Suits Foundation, Pre-primary, Prep, Kindergarten and Reception.
Each problem is a task card with the story on the left and a generous WORKING OUT panel on the right, so students can draw, tally or use counters to show their thinking. Two identical A5 landscape cards print on each A4 page — cut them apart for a maths rotation, or give every student their own.
A guaranteed hit in every Foundation classroom every December!
Why teachers love it:
- Written to be read — two short sentences and a question, one step, numbers to 20
- The whole thing is done for you — 33 pages of cover options, a learning intention page, 25 task cards and a full answer key
- Curriculum-linked, not curriculum-adjacent — a tick-box success criteria page with "I can" statements against ACARA v9 codes AC9MFN01, N03, N04, N05 and N06
- A picture on every card — matched to the story, so early readers have something to hold onto
- 25 problems = 25 days of Christmas maths — perfect for an advent-style countdown activity
- Photocopier friendly — clean black and white, no heavy ink, no grey fills
Perfect for:
- Foundation, Pre-primary, Prep, Kindergarten and Reception maths in Term 4
- Daily problem-of-the-day countdown to the holidays
- Small group and teacher-guided maths sessions
- Maths rotations and centres
- Relief teacher folders
- End-of-year revision and consolidation
What's included — 33 printable A4 pages:
- 5 pages of cover options — ten designs, two per page, so students can choose their own
- 1 learning intention and success criteria page — tick-box "I can" statements linked to the Australian Curriculum v9
- 25 task card pages — two identical A5 landscape cards per page, ready to cut apart
- 1 answer key — every answer with its number sentence, so marking takes a minute
- 1 terms of use page
Make the most of every learning day — these Christmas word problems prove maths can be magical!
Planning your Christmas classroom?
Our Ultimate Christmas guide has more activity ideas, display tips and freebies to use alongside this resource.
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