Preschool is surrounded around development. Learning letters is at the top of the list. Throughout the year there will be an intense focus on the different letters. We believe that creative activities will help advance students’ understanding and knowledge about their letters. We’ve compiled a list of 20 letter-building skills activities focusing on the letter K. Enjoy these preschool crafts with your kiddos at home, your students in the classroom, or even at a birthday party! These simple letter K activities and crafts will be fun for preschoolers all over!
1. Sparkle K
Make the K’s pop! Help your students outline their letters in glue and then sprinkle with glitter. Not only will your students have a blast with the glitter but this activity really puts a focus on students’ pre-writing skills.
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2. Letter K Search
For those fast finishers and students who might just be a bit too quick for a glue tracing activity. Make sure to have another activity ready to go. This Letter K-word search will keep your overachievers working together and focused.
Learn more: Monster Word Search
3. Trace Me
Students will need to practice letter shape for the letter K. This could be used in a preschool classroom for an end of unit practice or assessment.
Learn more: DLTK Sites for Teachers
4. Coloring With K
I have yet to meet a kiddo that doesn’t enjoy coloring. With this Kk is for Kiwi activity students will be able to color the kiwi fruit and also trace the words.
Learn more: DLTK Sites for Teachers
5. Letter K Puzzle
Building letters is a great way to enhance students’ practice and knowledge of letter structure. This puzzle allows students to do exactly that! Print it out and laminate, or just print on cardstock and let students go to work!
Learn more: Teachers Pay Teachers
6. Building K
Another cut and paste activity is focused on letter building. A bit easier than the puzzle this will allow students to picture the structure of K and make it out of a piece of paper.
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7. K Is For Kiss
This letter K activity is super cute and fun! If snacks are welcome in the classroom reward your students will Hershey kisses to go along with this awesome letter K activity.
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8. Create A King
K is for king. Hands down, one of the most known activities has to do with kings. Mostly because there are so many stories that can go along with activities like this! Read a story about a king and complete an activity like this one.
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9. Bingo Marker K’s
Fun and a bit messy, this is a great way to assess students about letter recognition. Watch as they choose the K’s and make sure they understand and can recognize both upper-case and lower-case K’s. They will love the use of colors.
Learn more: In My World
10. K is For Kabob
This is such a cute activity for students. It not only fits alphabet activities but also enhances students’ motor skills. Just be careful, the kabob sticks can be a little sharp!
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11. K Is For Koala
Using paper plates or just construction paper can make students super excited about this activity! Students will love coloring or painting this cute koala while learning their alphabet letters.
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12. Place Caps
This bubble letter activity will provide students with a hands-on letter K activity that will help foster their development and letter recognition skills.
Learn more: The Connett Connection
13. Trace it in Rice
There’s nothing better than sensory bins in preschool. Students absolutely LOVE sensory bins. This is a great way to practice letter K tracing and enhance students’ pre-writing skills.
Learn more: The OT tool Box
14. Squishy Bag K’s
My preschoolers are obsessed with their squishy bags. These can be made once and used over and over. They are fun to draw in and also keep students’ hands busy enough during sensory play.
Learn more: Learning 4 Kids
15. Dig For K’s
Digging for letters is something you can keep in your classroom for use during stations, rotations, recess, or just regular playtime. Have students dig for and identify the different letters they find.
Learn more: Conversations in Literacy
16. Tissue Paper K
Tissue paper is super fun for students, they will love to crumple and glue the paper into the outline. Students will bring the letter to life and will want to show off their artwork.
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17. K with Sticker Dots
A colorful activity that will help build students’ motor skills. Sticking stickers into the outline is never easy, but students will love the freedom to pick their colors and they are sure to stay engaged!
Learn more: East Coast Mommy Blog
18. Tin Foil Fun
A fun motor activity like crinkling tin foil and gluing onto the key outline is always exciting for students. Whether they work together or independently, students will be entertained!
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19. K is For King
Yet another fun King activity. Kid-friendly Letter K crafts to go along with books are always nice to make text-to-activity connections. Using jewels and construction paper students will love this cute fun activity.
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20. K is For Kite
Kite crafts are something students love and can be extended through so much background knowledge students already have and understand. This exciting velcro or glue activity will have students practicing letter learning all day.
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