Kindergarten Spelling Words

Kindergarten is where spelling starts to click. The words here are short, mostly three letters, and follow the sounds kids are already learning to blend. Start with the CVC words. Say the word slowly, stretch out each sound, then write the letter for each one. The five common words at the end show up so often that they are worth knowing cold. Four of them behave much as they look, so sound them out like the rest. Only the really breaks the pattern, and that is the one to learn by heart.

A minute a day beats a long session once a week. Read a word, cover it, spell it, then check. When your child gets one wrong, don’t just fix it. Sound it out together so the correction teaches the pattern, not just the answer. The full routine, and what to do with the list your school sends home, is in how to teach spelling at home.

Free printables for this list

Every sheet below is built from the Kindergarten Spelling Words above. No account, no email, no watermark. Start at the top and print one at a time. The sheets are in teaching order, and ten minutes on a single sheet is more valuable than working through a stack on autopilot.

1. 1Kindergarten Spelling Word Cards (PDF)15 cards · 2 pages↓
2. 2Kindergarten Spelling Words: Sound Boxes (PDF)9 words · answer key included · 2 pages↓
3. 3Kindergarten Spelling Words: Trace and Write (PDF)15 words · 3 pages↓
4. 4Kindergarten Spelling Words: Handwriting Practice (PDF)15 words · 2 pages↓
5. 5Kindergarten Spelling Word Scramble (PDF)15 words · answer key included · 4 pages↓
6. 6Kindergarten Spelling Words: Sentence Completion (PDF)30 sentences · answer key included · 10 pages↓