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Kindergarten Writing Activities

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

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.

Reading: Comprehension | Writing: Building Sentences | Kindergarten

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.

Writing: Letters | Arts and Crafts: Paper & Glue Crafts | Kindergarten

Draw Shadow Art

Here's an activity that will develop your kindergartner's fine motor skills while tracing shadows on a sunny day!

Writing: Fine Motor Skills | Arts and Crafts: Painting & Drawing | Games: Group Games | Kindergarten

Make a Thank You Frame

Looking for a great gift to give your child's teacher? Here's a great way for your child to show off her growing writing skills and create a cute picture frame to show her thanks.

Writing: Letters | Arts and Crafts: Construction & Sculpture | Kindergarten

Branch Out: Create an Alphabet Tree

Help your child to begin a life long love of the printed word by connecting simple letter recognition exercises with alphabet trees!

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

Content Clues: Writing with Pictures

Want to spark some creativity? Not only is this bookmaking activity quick and fun, but it gives emerging readers insight into how a story's pictures provide context clues.

Reading: Comprehension | Writing: Building Sentences | Kindergarten

IN SLIDESHOW: Story Starters

Rock the Alphabet

Collect 26 rocks and paint each one with a letter of the alphabet for your very own alphabet rock collection. Handwriting, letter recognition, phonics--this activity has it all!

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

Create a Clothespin Alphabet

Help your kindergartner pick up spelling, alphabetical order and reading fast with just simple clothespins and paint sticks!

Reading: The Alphabet | Writing: Fine Motor Skills | Reading: Sight Words | Kindergarten

Build Writing Muscles with a 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.

Writing: Fine Motor Skills | Games: Group Games | Kindergarten

Design and Create an Alphabet Journal

By the start of kindergarten, most kids are able to sing the "Alphabet Song." But reading, writing and understanding all those letters and their sounds? That takes more time, and practice makes perfect. Here's a journal activity that can help your child develop her alphabet understanding.

Reading: The Alphabet | Writing: Letters | Kindergarten