Letter K activities were a mix of creativity and chaos in our house, especially when we leaned into crafts like kites, kings, and koalas.
Some days we focused on fine motor skills with key rubbings or simple cut-and-paste worksheets, while others were all about messy painting or kicking alphabet balloons across the living room.
What helped most was having a flexible plan, just enough structure to keep things moving without turning it into a rigid lesson.
If you’re teaching the letter K at home or in the classroom, these activities can make it fun, hands-on, and easy to remember.
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How to Teach the Letter K to Preschoolers
Teaching the letter K doesn’t have to feel formal, just mixing in a few hands-on activities, phonics games, and books can go a long way.
Start with alphabet books, posters, or flashcards to introduce the shape and sound of the letter. We also liked using little objects from around the house that started with K, like keys, kitchen tools, or toy kangaroos.
Add in songs or rhymes that repeat the /k/ sound to help it stick (kite, kangaroo, king, it’s an easy sound to play with).
Letter K worksheets helped us with tracing and matching, especially when we used them after more active play.
Crafts were the part that stuck most, he still remembers his handprint kite and paper crown weeks later.
And finally, reading books like Kite Day or The King of Kindergarten made everything click, especially when we tied the stories to what we’d made that day.
A mix of play, stories, and simple worksheets made the letter K one of our most memorable weeks.
Activities to Teach the Letter K
Letter K Coloring Page
This simple coloring page helped reinforce the shape and sound of the letter K without needing much prep. My son colored in kites, keys, and kangaroos while we talked about the beginning sound /k/. We used it during quiet time, and it worked well for building early literacy without feeling like a worksheet.
This easy handprint craft was a big hit. We used blue paint and a kite template, then added his handprint as the kite’s center. After it dried, he colored the tail and letter K. Messy, simple, and a fun way to reinforce the sound and shape of the letter.
We used one of the general crown templates from our printable set and turned it into a king crown for Letter K week. After coloring and decorating it with stickers and glitter, he wore it proudly while pretending to rule the living room. This was an easy way to tie pretend play into letter recognition.
This printable turned into a mini hunt for the letter K among a jumble of other letters. It helped with visual discrimination and letter recognition, plus, my son loved circling all the Ks with his favorite marker. We paired it with saying the /k/ sound out loud each time he found one for a little phonics boost.
These worksheets covered everything from tracing to matching, and they made a great follow-up to our more hands-on activities. We didn’t do them all at once, just a page or two each day. They helped reinforce the letter formation and gave a little structure to our week without overwhelming him.
These were a fun and easy way to mix creativity with letter recognition. While he colored, we talked about kangaroos and emphasized the /k/ sound. It gave us a chance to slow down and still stay focused on the letter K.
These included simple labeling and fine motor activities, all centered around kangaroos. They worked well as a follow-up to the coloring pages and gave us a bit more structure during our letter K week.
This mini book was a fun way to review K words. My son enjoyed flipping through the pages and recognizing pictures like key, kite, and king. It reinforced vocabulary while giving him something he felt proud to “read.”
We made this using a printable template and gray paint. He loved adding googly eyes and cotton balls to the ears. It was a hands-on way to talk about koalas and practice the letter K at the same time.
This one turned into a puppet, which added extra fun. After assembling the koala, he used it to tell stories and act out his own little skits. It helped with creativity and kept the letter K theme going.
This handprint craft turned my son into royalty for the day. He pressed his painted hand onto paper, then added a crown and face to turn it into a king. It tied in perfectly with learning the letter K and made for a fun keepsake.
We read Kite Day during craft time, and it was a great way to connect a book to our letter K theme. The story was short and sweet, and it helped reinforce the word “kite” while giving us a calm moment together.
These worksheets gave us a chance to practice scissors skills alongside letter recognition. My son enjoyed cutting out pictures of K words, and it helped build focus and hand-eye coordination.
Even though it’s not just about kangaroos, this book worked well for our K week. We used it to talk about kangaroos, the letter K, and animal families. Simple text made it great for preschool.
