Kindergarten Reading Activities

Kindergarten Reading activities to help show your child the fun side of learning! From easy kindergarten reading activities to more advanced, we've got you covered! Browse the activities below or use the selector to find similar activities.

Build Sentence Puzzles

Does your kindergartener know what a sentence is? Does she keep reading, long after she reaches the period, like she's in a run-on marathon? Help her practice reading, and learn the key pieces to the sentence puzzle, by creating sentence puzzles at home!

Reading: Comprehension | Writing: Building Sentences | Kindergarten

Transition Into Kindergarten with a Routine Book

Ease the transition to kindergarten and encourage reading by helping your child create a book that lists her typical, daily activities.

Reading: Comprehension | Kindergarten

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!

Reading: The Alphabet | Writing: Letters | Games: Ball Games | Kindergarten

Craft an Alphabet Accordion Book

Help your child practice her alphabet and build vocabulary by making her own alphabet accordion book.

Reading: The Alphabet | Arts and Crafts: Paper & Glue Crafts | Kindergarten

Hunt for Library Treasure!

Here's a fun activity to do at the library to help your child learn the sequencing of numbers and letters.

Reading: The Alphabet | Math: Counting & Numbers | Kindergarten

Play the Rounds of Sounds Game

Is your child learning to "sound it out"? This game will help him stretch his "decoding" skills so that when he does run into new words, he's ready to take them on. Plus, this kindergarten activity makes a great car game!

Reading: Phonics | Kindergarten

Play This Rhyme Game in a Bag!

Rhyming is a critical piece of learning to read. This silly game transforms rhymes into a mystery bag guessing game.

Reading: Phonics | Kindergarten

Make ABC Sponge Stamps!

Add some variety to your child's letter learning by making these darling sponge stamps together, great for different alphabet fun!

Reading: The Alphabet | Arts and Crafts: Painting & Drawing | Kindergarten

Create a Rebus Reading Puzzle

The most common kind of rebus uses pictographs that sound like a word in place of a word to make messages. This activity combines some of the most common sight words with busy hands for a winning combination of learning and creativity!

Reading: Sight Words | Kindergarten