Kindergarten Reading Activities
Browse through our kindergarten reading activities. We have many kindergarten reading activities to keep your kindergartener learning on the fly, all year long. From phonic fun to grocery store games, you'll find our selection of kindergarten reading activities below.
Play Beep!: A Context Game
This simple game isn't just a diversion, it teaches your child to identify the incorrect word within a familiar verse. This provides important practice in how to contextualize what they are hearing, which is a great step towards reading and writing.
Craft Puppets Aplenty!
Perfect for getting your child imagining, designing, and performing, and cheaper than tickets to the theater, these make-at-home puppets are fun, fast, and kid-friendly.
Explore Spatial Relationships
Help your youngster with important vocabulary building by leading him through some easy, fun activities that will teach him about basic spatial relationships and the words used to describe them.
Practice Story-Telling with Fairy Tale Dice
Create Fairy Tale Dice and inspire your child to weave fantastic fairy tales! Not only will this help your child learn about story sequencing, but he'll also get practice building up his reading and writing skills.
Tell a Story with Character Cubes!
Storytelling is a great way for kindergartners to develop their speaking and writing skills. In this activity, get your child to start sharing by creating Character Cubes! Just roll these dice and start spinning stories!
Account Down to Kindergarten: Write a Back-to-School Journal
Give your kindergartener an outlet to articulate his thoughts about going to school for the first time with this writing activity. Have your child create his own back-to-school journal!
Make a Shape Book for Your Teacher!
At the start of the year, kindergartners spend lots of time reviewing their shapes. Why not start the year in great "shape" with this special present for your new teacher that shows off those shape recognition skills?
Make Name Pattern Art!
One of the first words every kindergartener learns to read or spell is his own name. Here's a delightful activity that uses your child's name to help him build skills in reading, writing, and a little math too.
Stretch and Say: A Reading Activity
It can be a big challenge for new readers to figure out how individual letters can really "stretch" and blend to make a word. Here's an activity that uses elastic to build concrete, visual connections to the reading process.
Practice Reading with a Rainbow Puzzle!
Puzzles are fun, but guess what? They're also a great way to help your child learn to read! Support your child's reading vocabulary by helping her master fundamental sight words with this cool rainbow puzzle project.
