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Kindergarten Reading Resources

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!

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Kindergarten Spelling

Kindergarten AD word family worksheet - draw a line from the AD words to the correct pictures, then trace the words.

AD Word Family Read and Write

Kindergarten AD word family worksheet - draw a line from the AD words to the correct pictures, then trace the words.

AD Word Family Read and Write

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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Kindergarten spelling worksheet helps your child practice spelling short A words like CAP, SAT, MAP and more.

Build Short A Words

Kindergarten spelling worksheet helps your child practice spelling short A words like CAP, SAT, MAP and more.

Build Short A Words

This colorful spelling worksheet focuses on short vowels and word families. Begin with a green letter, then combine it with a pink word family to form words. Practice reading each new word aloud. Keep boosting your spelling skills with other kindergarten spelling worksheets!

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Kindergarten spelling worksheet invites your child to practice spelling short E words such as PET, LEG, BET, and more.

Build Short E Words

Kindergarten spelling worksheet invites your child to practice spelling short E words such as PET, LEG, BET, and more.

Build Short E Words

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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Kindergarten spelling worksheet helps your child practice spelling short I words such as PIN, DIG, and FIN.

Build Short I Words

Kindergarten spelling worksheet helps your child practice spelling short I words such as PIN, DIG, and FIN.

Build Short I Words

In this colorful spelling worksheet, you’ll practice spelling words with short vowels. Begin with a green letter, then add a pink word family to form short I words. You’re ready to keep growing your spelling skills with other kindergarten spelling worksheets!

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Kindergarten Phonemic Awareness

Preschool beginning sound worksheet lets kids circle pictures that start with the same sound as APPLE.

Beginning Sound Match – Apple

Preschool beginning sound worksheet lets kids circle pictures that start with the same sound as APPLE.

Beginning Sound Match – Apple

This beginning sound worksheet will help your child learn to listen and isolate the beginning A sound in words like APPLE. This is a key phonemic awareness skill for young learners. Our letter sound activities will also prepare your child for future phonics success.

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Preschool beginning sound worksheet helps kids circle pictures starting with the same sound as BUG.

Beginning Sound Match – Bug

Preschool beginning sound worksheet helps kids circle pictures starting with the same sound as BUG.

Beginning Sound Match – Bug

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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Preschool beginning sound worksheet lets learners find pictures that start with the same sound as CAT.

Beginning Sound Match – Cat

Preschool beginning sound worksheet lets learners find pictures that start with the same sound as CAT.

Beginning Sound Match – Cat

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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Preschool beginning sound worksheet guides children to circle pictures starting with the same sound as DOT.

Beginning Sound Match – Dot

Preschool beginning sound worksheet guides children to circle pictures starting with the same sound as DOT.

Beginning Sound Match – Dot

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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Kindergarten Phonics

Kindergarten AB word family worksheet - Play tic-tac-toe with AB words!

AB Word Family Tic-Tac-Toe

Kindergarten AB word family worksheet - Play tic-tac-toe with AB words!

AB Word Family Tic-Tac-Toe

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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Kindergarten AB word family worksheet - Find and circle all the AB words hidden in the puzzle.

AB Word Family Word Find

Kindergarten AB word family worksheet - Find and circle all the AB words hidden in the puzzle.

AB Word Family Word Find

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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Kindergarten AB word family worksheet invites your child to write AB and then read new words.

AB Word Family Write It

Kindergarten AB word family worksheet invites your child to write AB and then read new words.

AB Word Family Write It

The AB word family is big! Write the letters AB in the blanks and then read the short A words you made. Can you think of other AB words? Write them on the back. The more word families you know, the more words you’ll be able to read. Our phonics worksheets can help!

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Kindergarten AD word family worksheet invites your child to draw pictures that illustrate AD words.

AD Word Family Let’s Draw

Kindergarten AD word family worksheet invites your child to draw pictures that illustrate AD words.

AD Word Family Let’s Draw

Get out your crayons and have fun drawing a picture in each box to match the AD word! Can you think of other words in the AD word family? Write them on the back for an extra challenge. How many word families do you know? Learning new short A words is a great way to […]

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Kindergarten Vocabulary

Child Vocabulary Development Chart by Age shows how a child's vocabulary typically grows from toddlerhood to 12 years old.

Child Vocabulary Development Chart by Age

Child Vocabulary Development Chart by Age shows how a child's vocabulary typically grows from toddlerhood to 12 years old.

Child Vocabulary Development Chart by Age

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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Kindergarten vocabulary worksheet on the word HAPPY includes tracing, spelling, synonym & drawing activities.

HAPPY Vocabulary Worksheet

Kindergarten vocabulary worksheet on the word HAPPY includes tracing, spelling, synonym & drawing activities.

HAPPY Vocabulary Worksheet

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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Kindergarten Word Tree worksheet uses autumn crafts as a colorful way to practice new vocabulary.

My Word Tree

Kindergarten Word Tree worksheet uses autumn crafts as a colorful way to practice new vocabulary.

My Word Tree

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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Writing prompts for kids are especially delicious on National Spaghetti Day! A fun chance for your child to write - or draw - their answers.

Spaghetti Day Writing Prompt

Writing prompts for kids are especially delicious on National Spaghetti Day! A fun chance for your child to write - or draw - their answers.

Spaghetti Day Writing Prompt

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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Kindergarten Sight Words

Kindergarten sight words list identifies the sight words for kindergarten presented in the Hooked on Phonics program.

☆ Kindergarten Sight Words List

Kindergarten sight words list identifies the sight words for kindergarten presented in the Hooked on Phonics program.

☆ Kindergarten Sight Words List

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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Kindergarten Sight Words worksheet - Trace, circle, and unscramble the word "AND."

AND – Sight Word Practice

Kindergarten Sight Words worksheet - Trace, circle, and unscramble the word "AND."

AND – Sight Word Practice

When it comes to kindergarten sight words, AND is a crucial one. Use this worksheet with your child to trace, circle, write, and unscramble the word AND. Check out other cheerful sight word worksheets to strengthen your child’s reading skills and fluency at home.

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Kindergarten Sight Words worksheet for practicing the sight word AND. Ideal for preschool, too.

AND – Sight Word Read and Trace

Kindergarten Sight Words worksheet for practicing the sight word AND. Ideal for preschool, too.

AND – Sight Word Read and Trace

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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Kindergarten Sight Words Bingo worksheet set lets kids practice new sight words in a playful, interactive way.

Bingo! Kindergarten Sight Words

Kindergarten Sight Words Bingo worksheet set lets kids practice new sight words in a playful, interactive way.

Bingo! Kindergarten Sight Words

Even the youngest learners can benefit from a fun game of sight word bingo. We’ve compiled eight separate bingo cards and 70 kindergarten sight words your child should master. See our sight words for kindergarten page for even more free learning ideas!

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Kindergarten Comprehension

Kindergarten reading comprehension worksheet - put the pictures in the correct order to show what happened in the story.

A Tag Race

Kindergarten reading comprehension worksheet - put the pictures in the correct order to show what happened in the story.

A Tag Race

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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Kindergarten AG word family worksheet with a decodable AG word family story about Rag the dog. Reading and writing practice.

AG Word Family Comprehension Story: Rag

Kindergarten AG word family worksheet with a decodable AG word family story about Rag the dog. Reading and writing practice.

AG Word Family Comprehension Story: Rag

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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Kindergarten AN word family comprehension worksheet contains a decodable short A story about Dan and Pat.

AN Word Family Comprehension Story: Dan and Pat

Kindergarten AN word family comprehension worksheet contains a decodable short A story about Dan and Pat.

AN Word Family Comprehension Story: Dan and Pat

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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Kindergarten reading comprehension worksheet with coloring pages and a simple story with AP words.

AP Word Family Comprehension Story: Wap Zap

Kindergarten reading comprehension worksheet with coloring pages and a simple story with AP words.

AP Word Family Comprehension Story: Wap Zap

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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Kindergarten Alphabet Letters

Preschool ABC song video presents a special tune about the letters of the alphabet sung by cheery animated animals.

Alphabet Song

Preschool ABC song video presents a special tune about the letters of the alphabet sung by cheery animated animals.

Alphabet Song

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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Preschool letter tracing worksheets ring in the New Year with a party hat to color and capital letters to trace!

Capital Letter Tracing for the New Year

Preschool letter tracing worksheets ring in the New Year with a party hat to color and capital letters to trace!

Capital Letter Tracing for the New Year

Celebrate the New Year with our letter tracing worksheets! A festive way to improve your child’s letter recognition and fine motor skills. Try our capital letter tracing worksheets for more practice. And sing along with our alphabet songs for kids!

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Preschool Capital Letters Worksheet - Asks your child to decide if each picture starts with E, H, K or D? Color it!

Capital Letters Circle It 1

Preschool Capital Letters Worksheet - Asks your child to decide if each picture starts with E, H, K or D? Color it!

Capital Letters Circle It 1

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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Preschool Capital Letters Worksheet - Circle the letter whose sound begins each word. Color the pictures, too!

Capital Letters Circle It 2

Preschool Capital Letters Worksheet - Circle the letter whose sound begins each word. Color the pictures, too!

Capital Letters Circle It 2

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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Kindergarten Syllable Awareness

Preschool counting syllables worksheet - say each animal word aloud, clap for each syllable, and circle the correct number.

Counting Syllables – Animals

Preschool counting syllables worksheet - say each animal word aloud, clap for each syllable, and circle the correct number.

Counting Syllables – Animals

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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Preschool counting syllables worksheet - say each beach-themed word aloud, clap for each syllable, and circle the correct number.

Counting Syllables – Beach

Preschool counting syllables worksheet - say each beach-themed word aloud, clap for each syllable, and circle the correct number.

Counting Syllables – Beach

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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Preschool Counting Syllables Worksheet instructs young learners to clap for each syllable in the colorful autumn pictures.

Counting Syllables – Fall

Preschool Counting Syllables Worksheet instructs young learners to clap for each syllable in the colorful autumn pictures.

Counting Syllables – Fall

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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Preschool Counting Syllables Worksheet - young learners will clap for each syllable in the colorful farm animal pictures.

Counting Syllables – Farm Life

Preschool Counting Syllables Worksheet - young learners will clap for each syllable in the colorful farm animal pictures.

Counting Syllables – Farm Life

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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