KINDERGARTEN
FOLDER GAMES
Kindergarteners need to know the lowercase letters and the basic sound of each letter.
Once they know them well, your child is ready to learn how to read.
Kindergarteners need to learn beginning math concepts like time, money, fractions, counting to 100,
and skip counting before they start first grade.
The games below are a fun way to practice important skills.
PRE-READING FOLDER GAMES
ABC TOY BOXES
Intro. to Lowercase Letters
Introduce 3 lowercase letters of the alphabet at a time. Play games to learn the letters: What’s in the Box? Put Your Toys Away. Letter Lotto…
This game comes with a 5 page printable activity guide.
9 alphabet box strips, 26 toy cards
5 page PDF file
Activity Guide – 5 page PDF file
NOISY LETTERS
Letter Sounds
Learn the pure sound of each letter of the alphabet. Then make some sound-it-out words.
26 cards and a picture card
4 page PDF file
BUILD A WORD – VEHICLES
Letter Sounds Make Words
Find 3 cards to build each vehicle. Say each letter sound under the vehicle to read the word.
24 cards
3 page PDF file
BUILD A WORD – ANIMALS
Letter Sounds Make Words
Find 3 cards to build each animal. Say each letter sound under the animal to read the word.
24 cards
3 page PDF file
MATH FOLDER GAMES
THE NEIGHBORHOOD
Numbers to 100
Learn the numbers from 1 to 100. Set up the neighborhood. Put each friend card in front of a house. Roll a die. Move your token. Find your friends.
20 house cards & 6 friend cards
4 page PDF file
PIGGY BANK
Counting Pennies
Roll a die to collect pennies. When you get 5 pennies, trade them for a nickel.
2 bank cards & 28 coin cards
3 page PDF file
MITTEN PAIRS
Count by 2
Be the first to collect ten different mitten pairs or ten single mittens.
20 cards
3 page PDF file
SNOWMAN FINGERS
Count by 10
Collect 10 different snowmen. Be the first to put them in order from 10 to 100.
20 cards
2 page PDF file
PIECE-A-PIZZA
Fractions
Spin the spinner. Collect pieces of pizza. Use the pieces to build whole pizzas. Who will make the most pizzas?
33 pizza cards and a spinner
4 page PDF file
IT’S TIME
Telling Time (O’clock)
Get ready for a celebration. Match analog clocks to digital clocks.
24 game cards
3 page PDF file
GRAPH IT
Intro. to Graphs
Read the data on each graph. Answer questions about the data. Make your own graph. This game has 4 graph cards and 4 question cards.
4 graph cards
3 page PDF file
COUNTING CROWS
Intro. to Addition
Put crows on the scarecrow’s left arm and the scarecrow’s right arm. How many crows are on the scarecrow? Write the addition sentence.
12 cards
2 page PDF file
FLY AWAY
Intro. to Subtraction
Put baby birds in the nest. How many are in the nest? Pull some up. How many are flying away? How many are left in the nest? Write a subtraction sentence.
10 cards
2 page PDF file
SHAPE COSTUMES
Shapes and Sizes
Who’s who? Figure out which costumed characters are at the costume party. Whose costume has a round head and a triangle body? Or a square head and a round body?…
24 game cards
3 page PDF file
SCIENCE & SOCIAL STUDIES
FOLDER GAMES
CONTINENTS & OCEANS
Mapping Skills
Learn the names of the 7 continents and 5 oceans. Locate them on the world map. Play a mapping game.
12 game cards & 1 map
3 page PDF file
SORT THE LEAVES
Identify Leaves
Learn the names of six different leaves. Sort them by color, shape, and size.
18 game cards
3 page PDF file
THE 5 SENSES
Science Puzzles
Put together 6 different cat puzzles to learn about the 5 senses. Each cat is surrounded by things they can experience by using one of their senses.
18 game cards
3 page PDF file
THE ART OF COLOR
Mix Primary Colors to Make All Colors
Put two color pictures together to discover the color they make when mixed together. Then mix red, yellow, and blue paint to make the colors on the color wheel.
16 game cards, color wheel, paint palette
4 page PDF file
LET’S EAT!
Healthy Food
Be the first to fill your placemat with a healthy meal.
2 placemat cards & 20 food cards
3 page PDF file
WHO’S HATCHING
Animals That Come From Eggs
Learn about the types of animals that come from eggs: birds, reptiles, fish, insects…
Use the clues to figure out which animal is in each egg.
16 cards
3 page PDF file
FARM BABIES
Farm Animals – Mothers & Babies
Match each baby animal to it’s mom.
24 cards
3 page PDF file
