You can mix and match worksheets as much as you like, but with a workbook, you have to stick with the editor’s preferred formula.
However, there are so many different worksheets out there online for teachers that it can be hard to suss out which are the best ones.
Because why should you waste time on below par ones or mediocre mediocre ones, when there are some even better ones out there.
This article focuses on worksheets for reading for kindergarten aged infants.
And it’s important to bear in mind that this is a particularly important skill for young kids to master, because the aim is to get kids to recognize as many words as possible by sight, rather than have to sound out each letter every time.
Hopefully, your kindergarten class will have already developed some starting knowledge already, however this is not always the case, and kids could come to your class with a wide range of different levels of ability.
Anyway, in this article, I’m going to tell you about 15 great reading worksheets for kindergarten, and provide the links you need to download them and print them off.
I made this worksheet my top pick because it has so much going for it.
There are clear cartoon pictures on the sheet that kindergarteners can color in, once they’ve finished reading and following the instructions.
It’s also quite a funny scene at the top featuring a pig in a wig. Kids will love reading out the words in the short passage because so many of the words rhyme with each other.
It’s perfectly suited to kindergarteners because the language is very simple and most of the words are very short.
And there’s very little writing required of them, because it’s mostly circulating or coloring the correct answers and they only have to write one word.
In order to access this worksheet, all you have to do is click on this link.
This worksheet has more sentences for kids to read than the others, but it features a charmingly illustrated, well known story of “The Three Little Pigs”, encapsulating the whole story on just one sheet of paper.
The children read along, and the teacher or parent can even use paper finger puppets to retell the story afterward. What’s more templates for the paper finger puppets are included in the download.
In order to access this worksheet, all you have to do is click on this link.
This is a great worksheet for kindergarteners who are just out of preschool because it focuses on words they can be expected to know and even recognize at sight.
There are several unfinished sentences on the sheet, and the child has to find the correct word in the bubbles above. And they can copy the words out letter by letter.
In order to access this worksheet, all you have to do is click on this link.
This is a great reading worksheet for kindergarteners because it builds on other skills the children will have already acquired such as identifying cartoon pictures, knowing their colors, and coloring.
The language is very simple, and the cartoons aren’t too intricate to color. There are 6 images of easily identifiable animals/foods, and all the child has to do is color the images according to the instructions.
In order to access this worksheet, all you have to do is click on this link.
This worksheet begins by engaging the child with a small cartoon picture at the top, which is then followed by 4 short sentences.
The child is required to read the passage and answer 3 short questions on it to assess their comprehension of the text. They also get to color the picture afterward.
Although the passage predominantly uses basic language, it also contains the phrase Labrador retriever, which makes for an excellent talking point.
Also it gives the kid a real chance to shine as they correctly spell out such a long breed name.
In order to access this worksheet, all you have to do is click on this link.
Kids just love anything about parties because they are so exciting. And this worksheet contains a passage all about a birthday party.
The whole story is 41 words long. This may sound like a lot, but it’s only actually 5 sentences long.
Then their comprehension of the story is examined by way of 5 questions.
However, the kids aren’t required to write the answers out but simply circle the correct answer. This increases the child’s chance of getting the right answer.
In order to access this worksheet, all you have to do is click on this link.
This type of worksheet is perfect for kids who are only just learning how to read.
In this one, all the kid has to do is read some short sentences, and then number the different parts of the story in order. And there’s a cute picture of a dog!
In order to access this worksheet, all you have to do is click on this link.
The content of this reading and sequencing sheet should be very familiar to kindergarten kids, which is what makes it so easy. They simply read the passage and number the parts in the right order.
In order to access this worksheet, all you have to do is click on this link.
This is a great worksheet for kindergarteners because there are 4 pictures, all in one, engaging colors, and all they have to do is match each picture to a sentence.
This is great because they really only need to know one word from each sentence to have a clue as to which picture belongs with each sentence.
In order to access this worksheet, all you have to do is click on this link.
In this worksheet, the child has to complete several 4-word sentences, using picture clues on the right-hand side.
The pictures are super cute, and the child has to choose between two words which are spelled out for them on the right of the pictures. This also gets them using their writing skills, too.
In order to access this worksheet, all you have to do is click on this link.
While reading is very much a visual activity, for kindergarteners, it’s also very auditory as well.
Kids can really pick when different words rhyme with each other, and this helps make the learning process more fun. It’s a great way to introduce them to more words.
In this worksheet, the child has to match the pictures on the left with their rhyming equivalent on the right.
In order to access this worksheet, all you have to do is click on this link.
This is a great reading worksheet for kindergarteners because it incorporates easy to read rhyming words, and it gets them practicing their writing too.
It’s also particularly engaging because it requires the child to come up with their own rhyming words for each pair of rhyming words on the worksheet. In order to access this worksheet, all you have to do is click on this link.
Hi, my name is Helena Waters and I was a teacher for 40 years before retiring last year.
During my time as a teacher I dedicated the majority of it to making classrooms as fun as possible, with educational parties, fun activities, and low cost entertainment that made the children excited about learning.
I taught children of all ages, from preschoolers to high school students. Now, with the pandemic having uprooted everything that children once knew about school and learning, I think that the need for my ideas is bigger than ever.
That is why I created School Sparks, a place in which I can write down and share all of my ideas on how to get students excited about going to school again. I hope that you’ll find some useful within a school setting, even at home too!
