Kindergarten Writing Activities
Browse through our kindergarten writing activities. We have many kindergarten writing activities to keep your kindergartener learning on the fly, all year long. From playing with pasta to book making activities, you'll find our selection of kindergarten writing activities below.
Make Garden Row Markers
With spring in the air, it's time to get outside and dig! Once seeds go into the ground, invite your kindergartener to mark the spot in style. Here's how.
Play with Pasta...and Learn to Write
Pasta makes a great dinner, but it can also be used to teach kids proper letter formation! In this easy crafts activity, you'll help your child become aware of the way letters should be formed-- all with a little pasta and glue.
Drawing Shadow Art
Here's an activity that will develop your kindergartener's fine motor skills while tracing shadows on a sunny day!
Pay the Toll! A Communication Game
Is your family a little lax in the grammar department? Don’t worry! This game helps to strengthen your child’s speaking skills, by teaching him to answer questions with complete sentences.
Exercise the Alphabet Outside!
In kindergarten, children are expected to become masters of the alphabet. If your child is a mover and a shaker, there's no better way to practice alphabet skills than to get her outside, and exercise the alphabet!
Build Writing Muscles with this Water Relay!
Does your child have trouble holding a pencil? Is writing his name an excruciating task? For many young writers, it is. The key is to build up those hand muscles! This water relay race can help.
Instant Poetry! A Writing Exercise
This activity allows your child to translate what he observes around him into a beautiful poem. Plus, the process will sharpen his awareness that words hold meaning and are a way of expressing himself.
Story Starters: A Book Making Activity
Want to spark some creativity? Give your child some pictures for a story, then let his imagination run wild! Not only is this book-making activity quick and easy, but it gives emerging readers insight into how a story's illustrations provide context clues. So get a stack of old magazines and get ...
Bake a Batch of Crispy Kisses!
This recipe makes rice crispy treats, wrapped like giant chocolate kisses! Sweet additions to add to a stack of valentines, this yummy craft will also give your preschool or kindergarten kid a reason to do a little writing and drawing this Valentine's day!
Homemade Sidewalk Chalk
Any excuse is a good excuse to get outside. And homemade chalk ranks right up there! Not only will making your own chalk bring hours of hopscotch and drawing entertainment, but all that sidewalk fun builds the hand muscles, which helps young kids as they learn to write.
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