What kids practice in kindergarten
Kindergarten is the year children learn to write their name and every letter, read their first sight words, and count, add and take away within 10. Every tool here makes fresh sheets at kindergarten sizes, and the standards below show what each one practices.
Worksheet makers for this year
Class packA name booklet for every child in the first weeks.
Alphabet tracingAa pairs, Medium size, start dots on.
Sight wordsPre-primer and primer lists, a page per word.
Number tracing0 to 20 with pictures to count.
Ten framesHow many, make 10 and teen numbers.
Picture additionPicture sums within 5, then within 10.
PhonicsBeginning sounds, short vowels and CVC words.
Color by numberMystery pictures with numbers to match.
Hundreds chartMissing numbers on a 1 to 100 chart.
Number bondsNumber bonds to 5, then to 10.
Comparing numbersGreater than and less than, to 10 and 20.
Picture puzzlesWord search and crossword with pictures.
Tips for the year
- Medium size (¾ inch) suits most of the year; go Large for the first months.
- Teach letters in groups that start the same way: c, a, d, g, o, q all begin with a curve.
- Introduce three or four sight words a week, from the pre-primer list, then primer.
- Use ten frames before picture addition: seeing 7 as 5 and 2 makes adding easier.
Common Core standards
- K.G.A.2Name shapes correctly, whatever their size or which way they face.
- RF.K.1.DRecognize and name all uppercase and lowercase letters.
- L.K.1.APrint many uppercase and lowercase letters.
- L.K.2.DSpell simple words phonetically.
- RF.K.3.CRead common high-frequency words by sight.
- K.CC.A.3Write numbers from 0 to 20 and match a numeral to a group of objects.
- K.CC.B.5Count up to 20 objects to answer “how many?”
- K.OA.A.1Show addition and subtraction with objects and drawings.
- K.OA.A.2Add and subtract within 10 using objects or drawings.
- K.OA.A.4Find the number that makes 10 with a given number from 1 to 9.
- K.NBT.A.1Understand 11 to 19 as ten ones and some more ones.
- RF.K.2.ARecognize and produce rhyming words.
- RF.K.2.DSay the first, middle and last sounds of three-sound (CVC) words.
- RF.K.3.AKnow the most common sound for each consonant letter.
- RF.K.3.BMatch the short vowel sounds to their letters.
- L.K.2.CWrite a letter for most consonant and short vowel sounds.
- K.CC.A.1Count to 100 by ones and by tens.
- K.CC.A.2Count forward from any number, not only from 1.
- K.OA.A.3Split numbers up to 10 into two parts in more than one way.
- K.CC.C.7Compare two written numbers between 1 and 10.
Summaries in our own words; see the Common Core State Standards for the full text.