Been scouring the net to find some resources to help your child develop their ability to spell? Look no further, we’ve come up with 100 spelling words for Kindergarten students and have created a number of worksheets for your child to complete!
All the lists consist of sight words and high frequency words to help students — as reading is a big focus in Kindy. As they work through the sheets, it’s important to help them engage with these words so they can use them in the right context.
So what are you waiting for? Keep scrolling to get access to our Kindergarten spelling words worksheets!
Sample Kindergarten Spelling Words
English Skills
Download Your 100 Kindergarten Spelling Words Worksheets
Searching for spelling worksheets for other year groups?
If you have a child in a different year group, we’ve also got some resources that they can access! Check out our spelling worksheets for the various year groups:
Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 | Year 6 | Year 7
Sample Kindergarten Spelling Words for Students in Australia
| am | an | as | at | be |
| by | do | go | he | if |
| in | is | it | me | my |
| no | to | up | us | we |
You can also have a peek at how our Kindergarten spelling worksheets look:
English Skills
Before students are even able to spell, they need to have a good grasp of the alphabet and the different sounds produced with each letter. When they have that foundation set, they are able to start building their vocabulary and reading skills.
Learning the Alphabet
The alphabet forms the foundation of all language learning, so it’s important to help your child understand its function and the sounds of all the letters.
They’ll need to know the sounds made with the ‘hard alphabet’ as well as the ‘soft alphabet’ (also known as the phonetic alphabet). Once they can distinguish how each letter sounds individually, it’s time to start connecting letters to form basic sounds and words!
You can learn about 3 simple strategies to help your child learn the alphabet here!
Vocabulary
If your child has a firm understanding of the alphabet, the next skill you’ll want to build on is their vocabulary!
What’s so beneficial about knowing a lot of words?
Well, it helps your child communicate effectively with the people around them. Also, being exposed to new words and being able to use them in the right context will only help to build their vocabulary further.
Watching educational TV shows, engaging in imaginative play and reading are strategies that can be used to help your child expand their vocabulary.
Discover more strategies you can use to help your child learn more words here!
As your child works through our worksheets, they’ll mainly come across words they are already familiar with, but the repetition will only reinforce their understanding of the words.
Reading Comprehension
Having your child fluently understand what they’ve read is a bit more of an advanced skill, but at this stage, you’ll be guiding them through their reading.
When they’re more confident with reading words and sentences aloud, that’s when you can start asking questions about the content of the book.
If you feel your child can read quite easily, some actions you can implement to develop their comprehension include:
- Getting them to read aloud
- Searching for clues in the story
- Reading the book again
- Having a chat about what’s been read
When you implement these actions, you’ll find your child being more engaged with what they’re reading, and they’ll also remember what they’ve read!
Check out our article on developing reading comprehension here!
Download Your 100 Kindergarten Spelling Words Worksheets
We’ve provided you with 20 spelling words for your child to practise with, but if that’s not enough, you can go ahead and download our FREE spelling worksheets below!
By doing so, you’ll be able to access 100 Spelling Words for Kindergarten students to use.
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Jessica Loch is a K-6 English Resource Designer at Art of Smart in her second year at the University of Sydney studying Primary Education. She is passionate about learning and helping young students to grow and improve.
