Preparing your child for reading for kindergarten starts here.
You’ll find a wide range of colorful kindergarten phonics worksheets on everything from letter tracing to word families and beyond.
There’s even a kindergarten readiness checklist!
Preparing your child for reading for kindergarten starts here.
You’ll find a wide range of colorful kindergarten phonics worksheets on everything from letter tracing to word families and beyond.
There’s even a kindergarten readiness checklist!


Trace the AD words, then draw a line from the word to the correct picture. Which of these short A words is a feeling? Circle it! Can you think of other words in the AD word family? Write them on the back for an extra challenge. The more word families you know, the more words […]
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Build new short E words with this fun spelling worksheet for kindergarten. Children combine short vowels and word families to create and read short E words while strengthening phonics, spelling, and early reading skills. Further support your child’s spelling skills with other kindergarten spelling worksheets!
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Ask your child to listen closely to the beginning sound as you say each word aloud. Circle the pictures with the same beginning sound as BUG. Letter sound activities like this beginning sound worksheet are created by phonics experts to build your child’s early literacy skills.
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Share this fun beginning sound worksheet with your child. Ask them to listen closely as you say each word aloud. Circle the pictures that start with the same “c” sound as cat. Letter sound activities are key to future phonics success. Try other beginning sound activities at home.
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Say each word aloud and ask your child to listen to the beginning sounds. Circle the pictures that start with the same sound as dot. Encourage your child to repeat the “d” sound. Letter sound activities like this beginning sound worksheet will prepare your child for future phonics success.
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The AB word family is fABulous! Read the short A words aloud. Make an O on the words that rhyme with cab. Make an X over the other words. Which one wins? The more word families your child knows, the more words they’ll be able to read. Our short vowels resources can help!
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Read the AB words in the box. Then circle them in the puzzle. HINT: The scrambled short A words are hidden across or down. Can you think of other words in the AB word family? Write them on the back for an extra challenge. Practicing word families is a great boost for your child’s spelling […]
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Vocabulary is the collection of words that your child understands and uses in conversation. Building a vocabulary starts at birth, and continues for the rest of our lives. This helpful child vocabulary development chart shows how a child’s understanding of new words typically develops from the toddler years and beyond.
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Happy means feeling glad or full of joy. This engaging vocabulary worksheet helps children learn the meaning of happy through tracing, writing, picture identification, and spelling activities. Our vocabulary worksheets are an interactive way to build your child’s word knowledge and reading confidence.
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This season, help your child FALL in love with new vocabulary words! Creating a word tree is a colorful way to practice writing and spelling new words. Write a word, then draw a picture to show its meaning. Cut out the leaves, paste them onto the tree trunk, and proudly display your tree.
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Celebrate National Spaghetti Day (January 4th) with these tasty writing prompts for kids! Your child can draw and write about their favorite spaghetti meal or invent a silly spaghetti recipe. Perfect for creative thinking and early writing practice. A great way to boost vocabulary, too!
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This is a list of the kindergarten sight words introduced in the Hooked on Phonics program. Encourage your child to sound out (decode) the words in red. Mastering these tricky words helps young learners build confidence. See our kindergarten sight words page for more free activities.
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Learning kindergarten sight words – especially high-frequency words like AND – gives your child an excellent head start on reading. Here, your child will practice reading and tracing the word AND. Consider our other free sight word worksheets for more at-home practice.
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Who won the race up the hill? Look at the pictures and paste them in the right order to find out! Picture sequencing is a fun, interactive way to boost kindergarten reading comprehension at home. Ask your child to tell you the story in their own words to further check their reading comprehension.
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Meet Rag the dog in this reading comprehension worksheet featuring the AG word family. Your child will read a story, color pictures, and answer questions while practicing short A word families. Boost your reader’s confidence further with some kindergarten spelling worksheets to enhance their learning.
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Cheer for Dan and Pat in this AN word family reading comprehension worksheet. Your child will read the story, color pictures, and answer questions. Practicing new word families is an ideal way to expand your child’s reading skills. Consider also our kindergarten spelling worksheets.
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It’s time to read, write, and color! Read this AP word family story, trace the letters, color the pictures, and answer the questions. Learning different word families is an ideal way for your child to expand their reading, spelling, and reading comprehension skills!
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Learning the alphabet is even more fun with this special ABC song. Sing along with our Hooked on Phonics critters! We’re here to help your child learn more about alphabet letters – from tracing their shapes to identifying their unique sounds. Check out our letter sound activities for more fun!
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Sometimes capital letters don’t look the same as their lowercase letters version. Which picture in each row shows a word that begins with the same capital letter? Circle that picture. And don’t forget to color this capital letters worksheet! Our alphabet worksheets are ideal for use at home.
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Say the name of each picture in this capital letters worksheet. Then circle the letter that starts the word. Don’t forget to color the pictures, too! Encouraging your child’s work on alphabet worksheets is a great first step in learning to read. Our free beginning sounds activities are useful, too!
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Identifying syllables is a key phonemic awareness skill – and this counting syllables worksheet makes it fun! Look at the animal pictures, say each word aloud (bat, squirrel, crocodile), and clap for each syllable you hear. Our interactive syllable awareness storybook and counting syllables video are perfect for introducing this skill at home.
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Look at the beach pictures in this counting syllables worksheet. Say each word aloud (surfboard, crab, seashell), clapping for each syllable you hear. Then circle the number of syllables! For more phonemic awareness skill-building, share our syllable awareness storybook with your child. Our What Is a Syllable? post offers helpful tips for parents.
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Let’s clap as we practice phonemic awareness with a colorful fall-themed counting syllables worksheet. Syllable awareness is a skill that takes practice – and this worksheet makes it fun! Our interactive syllable awareness storybook and counting syllables video are delightful ways to introduce this skill at home.
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Old Macdonald would’ve loved this fun farm-themed counting syllables worksheet! It’s an interactive, hands-on way for your child to practice syllables. Look at each picture, say the word, clap the syllables, and circle the correct number. Ideal for building phonemic awareness skills.
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