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Literacy & Language activities
Playful literacy activities that help toddlers, preschoolers and kindergarteners fall in love with words. Children explore letters, beginning sounds, rhymes and stories through tracing, games and picture talk. Every activity includes simple prompts so parents and teachers can grow vocabulary and early reading skills in just a few minutes a day.
45 activities
Activities
Animal Syllable Dice Game
Make an animal die, roll it and clap once for each syllable in the animal’s name.
Roll and play
Community Helpers
Look at a city scene and imagine the work of a firefighter, mail carrier, police officer, baker, and doctor. Talk about what each person does and what might happen next.
Picture talk
Welcoming a New Classmate
Read a story about a friendship card for a new classmate and talk about kind ways to welcome someone.
Story & talk
Write About Summer Vacation
A journal page for drawing a special day from summer vacation and writing a sentence about it.
Journal page
Find Letters b and d
Find the letters b and d in a grid and circle each one in a different color.
Find and circle
Sight Words Can and See
Read, trace and find the sight words can and see in sentences about community helpers. Then complete a sentence.
Sight words
First Letters of Animals
Children name six animals and write the missing first letter of each word.
Missing letters
Halloween Word Search
Find eight Halloween words in a 10×10 word search with a picture word bank.
Word search
Letter Path Board Game
Roll the die, move along the path, and name words that begin with the letters you land on.
Board game
Find Rhyming Words
Children listen to picture names and circle the word that rhymes with the first picture in each row.
Rhyming
Match Vehicles to Initial Letters
Match six vehicles to the letters their names begin with. Practice recognizing letters and listening for beginning sounds.
Matching
Missing Vowels in Fruit Names
Name six fruits and write the missing vowel in each word.
Missing letters
Ocean Animals
Find six ocean animals in an 8×8 word search, with pictures to help children read the words.
Word search
Sight Word See
Read, trace and find the sight word “see”. Then copy a short sentence about a cat.
Sight words
Draw a Weekend Memory
A journal page for drawing a favorite weekend moment and sharing where it happened, who was there, and how the child felt.
Journal page
Story About Fear and Courage
A story about a little seed who feels afraid of something new. After listening, children talk about feelings and who can help them.
Story & talk
Rhyming Animals and Objects
Match five animals to objects whose names rhyme, and play with the sounds of words.
Rhyming
Trace Uppercase Letters
Practice tracing the uppercase letters E, F, H, L, and T, with two rows for each letter.
Tracing worksheet
Foods Beginning With M
Name nine foods and circle the ones that begin with the /m/ sound.
Beginning sounds
Match Summer Opposites
Match four pairs of opposites with animals and summer things: big and small, hot and cold, fast and slow, day and night.
Opposites
Trace and Find Letter S
Trace S and s, find the letters, and color pictures of things that start with S.
Letter of the week
Garden Bug Picture Cards
Nine picture cards for naming garden bugs and playing a simple finding game.
Picture cards
Draw a Pet
Children draw a pet they have or would like to have and talk about its name, food, and sleeping place.
Draw and write
Lunchbox Cut and Paste
Choose four items from eight pictures, then cut and glue them into a pretend lunchbox. Practice counting and hand coordination while talking about snacks.
Cut and paste