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.
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.
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!
Art and Science Fun: Make a Shaving Cream Painting
Let your kindergartener squish his way to an understanding of colors with some shaving cream and food coloring. Here's a hands-on activity that shows your child how primary colors combine to make secondary colors.
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.
Time Book About the Day
If your child is struggling with the concept of time, help him practice with this fun time book about his typical routine! Not only will he get some practice telling time, but you'll encourage his reading skills, too.
Sequence Those Sentences, A Story Game
For kindergarteners, the concept of a story having a beginning, middle, and end is only just starting to make sense. Help your kindergartener develop his story sequencing skills in this activity that teaches him about story parts with sentence strips.
Make Your Own Squeezy Ball!
Let's put it this way: it's a rare kindergartener who's going to win penmanship honors. Should you worry? Not yet! Instead, help your child build hand strength and coordination by making a squeezy ball from some homemade, nontoxic "silly, squeezy putty."
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.
Make a "Mood Meter" Sign
Kindergartners spend a lot of time working in groups, so it's important that they learn to identify different moods and feelings. Create this color-coded "mood meter" and help your child read her moods... and yours!
Paint Your Way to Writing the Alphabet
Want to help your child write the alphabet beautifully? Painting is one of the best things you can have her do to improve her small motor skills. Let the creativity flow with this activity that uses lots of brush strokes, along with some color mixing science, and even some art history.
