Kindergarten Reading & Writing Resources

Kindergartners are taught the basic pillars of English and grammar when they start their elementary school career. They are introduced to capitalization, simple punctuation, frequent prepositions, plural nouns and start producing short sentences. Young students also learn new words and connect them to the real world. The Learning Library is loaded with lesson plans, worksheets, hands-on activities and other tools to help kindergartners achieve their English language arts requirements while encouraging a natural wonder of language.

Kindergarten is when kids start collecting the nuts and bolts to put in their toolbox that continues to fill throughout their education. They jump right into reading and writing lessons, become familiar with the alphabet and letter sounds.

There are numerous printable worksheets found in Education.com's resource library where kids can practice tracing letters. Position Words is a popular assignment that teaches kids simple directional words with professional illustrations. In fact, most of the worksheets and assignments are heavily illustrated to engage young students who cannot yet read.

Multiple online games familiarize kindergartners with sight words, which are words that are commonly found in sentences such as "the," "go" and "not." Most young students learn by engagement, so there are many hands-on reading and writing activities that teachers and parents can choose from. One example is the highly-rated Take a Picture Walk encourages kids to interpret what a picture may mean.

There are dozens of other options available to help kindergartners jumpstart their English comprehension and plant a passion for reading.