Book Activities for Kindergarten

Kindergarteners love to listen to read-alouds.  And, we can take story time to new levels with these book activities for kindergarten.

Kindergarten Activities Based on Books

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Let the books you read inspire literacy learning in your classroom, library,  or home.  Here are some of our favorites.

Dragons Love Tacos Book Activities

Yum, yum….tacos!  This fun and faced paced game will help students get quick at reading words with a cvc pattern.  There are even sheets available for students who still need to work on letter identification. —->Dragons Love Tacos Activities

Activities To Do With The King of Kindergarten

The perfect book to start kindergarten with is Derrick Barnes, The King of Kindergarten.  Our special Book Dive takes you into the book with multiple literacy activities to use for a mini-unit.—>The King of Kindergarten Activities

Don’t miss our other Book Dives on great titles too.

The Little Red Hen Activities

Grab this printable emergent book to use with children who are beginning to read.—>The Little Red Hen Activities

Pigeon Math Book Activities

The kids will chuckle at the funny antics of the pigeons flying to and from the wire.  This book is perfect for some math practice.—>Pigeon Math Activities

Printable Activities for The Day the Crayons Quit

Explore feelings and perspective with these activities for Drew Daywalt’s The Day the Crayons Quit.—>Activities for The Day the Crayons Quit

Rosie’s Walk Positional Word Activities

Work on recognizing and understanding positional words using the classic book, Rosie’s Walk.—>Rosie’s Walk Book Activities

For more positional word books, we have a whole list.—>Positional Word Book List

The Gingerbread Man Activities

Here is another printable emergent reader for kindergarteners to read.—>Gingerbread Man Activities

And, we have a whole list of Gingerbread Man variation books.—>Gingerbread Man Books

Pete the Cat Rocking in My School Shoes Book Activities

Oh, Pete…It’s all good.  And, students will enjoy putting together a class book with these printable activity resources.—-> Pete the Cat Rocking in My School Shoes Activity

We also have more Pete the Cat activities to pair with the original books written by Eric Litwin.—>Pete the Cat Activities

Enjoy using these books and activities with your kids.  A new book activity is released each month on Growing Book by Book.  Make sure you are on our newsletter list so you never miss a new one.—>I want to be on the Growing Book by Book newsletter list.