New Year’s Day Worksheets and Activities for Kids
Age Group: 3–6 years No. of Pages: 12 Format: Printable PDF
New Year’s Day is on 1 January. This 12-page printable pack for children aged 3–6 helps them start the year with goals, memories and festive puzzles such as bingo, a word search, counting and a party maze.
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About This Worksheet
A new year is a natural time to look back and look ahead. Pages such as It’s a New Year and Let’s set some new goals invite children to share a favourite memory and something they want to try, with an adult writing for younger children.
The pack also has plenty of play: New Year bingo, a word search, a crossword, tracing Let’s make this year amazing, a photo keepsake, an autograph page for family messages, colouring, counting and a maze to the celebration.
Activities in This Pack
- Let’s set some new goals
- New Year’s bingo
- New Year word search (fireworks, midnight, countdown, balloon and more)
- New Year’s Eve word fun: crossword
- Trace: Let’s make this year amazing!
- New Year picture fun: add a favourite photo
- It’s a New Year: memories and things to try
- Count and write
- Autograph fun: collect messages from family and friends
- New Year celebration colouring
- How many? Count and write the numbers 1–10
- Maze: guide the party hat to the celebration
Skills Your Child Practises
- Talking about goals and memories
- Counting 1–10
- Word recognition
- Tracing and early writing
- Listening skills through bingo
- Pencil control
How to Use This Worksheet
- Talk about a favourite memory from last year.
- Write your child’s goals for them if needed.
- Play bingo as a family game.
- Ask relatives to sign the autograph page.
- Keep the goals page somewhere you can see it all year.
What’s Next?
Next in the January calendar is National Science Fiction Day (2 January). For more themed days, see our General Knowledge worksheets.
Where This Worksheet Fits
New Year’s Day (1 January) is one of eight January days in the IdeazSuper themed-day collection. Use the packs in date order to plan a full month of activities:
- New Year’s Day (1 January): this pack
- National Science Fiction Day (2 January): robots, rockets and imagination
- World Braille Day (4 January): senses, textures and braille
- World Logic Day (14 January): patterns and logic puzzles
- International Day of Education (24 January): school and learning habits
- International Day of Clean Energy (26 January): sun, wind and water power
- International Holocaust Remembrance Day (27 January): kindness, feelings and peace
- Data Privacy Day (28 January): online safety basics
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Frequently Asked Questions
When is New Year's Day?
New Year’s Day is on 1 January.
Can young children set goals?
Yes. Keep goals small and concrete, such as learning to tie shoes or trying a new food.
How many pages are in the pack?
The New Year’s Day pack has 12 printable pages.
What do I need?
A printer, pencils and crayons. Some pages also need child-safe scissors and glue.
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Looking for more themed days? Browse all our General Knowledge worksheets for preschool and kindergarten, with printable packs for special days across the year.