Kindergarten

Basic Skills
Learning the Alphabet and Fine Motor Skills

Basic alphabet and fine motor skills

activities necessary for developing the
skills students need to succeed!
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Illustrated by: Karen Sevaly

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Name________________________________________ Date__________

Skills Assessment Checklist – Portfolio Copy

Assessed Retaught Mastered
Fine Motor Skills
❏ Alligator maze__________________________________________________________
❏ Tracing angled lines _____________________________________________________
❏ Tracing zig-zag lines ____________________________________________________
❏ Tracing horizontal and vertical lines _________________________________________
❏ Tracing curved lines _____________________________________________________
❏ Tracing curved lines _____________________________________________________
❏ Tracing curved lines _____________________________________________________
❏ Tracing curved lines _____________________________________________________
❏ Tracing curved lines _____________________________________________________
❏ Tracing a dotted lined picture ______________________________________________
❏ Tracing a dotted lined picture ______________________________________________
❏ Tracing dotted lined pictures ______________________________________________
Alphabet Skills
❏ Learning the letter A _____________________________________________________
❏ Learning the letter B _____________________________________________________
❏ Learning the letter C _____________________________________________________
❏ Learning the letter D _____________________________________________________
❏ Learning the letter E _____________________________________________________
❏ Learning the letter F _____________________________________________________
❏ Learning the letter G ____________________________________________________
❏ Learning the letter H _____________________________________________________
❏ Learning the letter I _____________________________________________________
❏ Learning the letter J _____________________________________________________
❏ Learning the letter K _____________________________________________________
❏ Learning the letter L _____________________________________________________
❏ Learning the letter M ____________________________________________________
❏ Learning the letter N _____________________________________________________
❏ Learning the letter O ____________________________________________________
❏ Learning the letter P _____________________________________________________
❏ Learning the letter Q ____________________________________________________
❏ Learning the letter R _____________________________________________________
❏ Learning the letter S _____________________________________________________
❏ Learning the letter T _____________________________________________________
❏ Learning the letter U _____________________________________________________
❏ Learning the letter V _____________________________________________________
❏ Learning the letter W ____________________________________________________
❏ Learning the letter X _____________________________________________________
❏ Learning the letter Y_____________________________________________________
❏ Learning the letter Z _____________________________________________________
❏ Upper case missing letters ________________________________________________
❏ Upper case missing letters ________________________________________________
❏ Lower case missing letters ________________________________________________
❏ Lower case missing letters ________________________________________________
❏ Upper case dot-to-dot ___________________________________________________
❏ Lower case dot-to-dot ___________________________________________________
❏ Upper case dot-to-dot ___________________________________________________
❏ Lower case dot-to-dot ___________________________________________________

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Fine Motor Skills Learning the letter K . . . . . . . . . . .25

Alligator maze . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Tracing angled lines . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Tracing zig-zag lines . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Tracing horizontal and vertical lines . .6
Tracing curved lines . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Tracing curved lines . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Tracing curved lines . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Tracing curved lines . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Tracing curved lines . . . . . . . . . . . .1 1
Tracing a dotted lined picture . . . . .12
Tracing a dotted lined picture . . . . .13
Tracing dotted lined pictures . . . . . .14
Alphabet Skills
Learning the letter A . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Learning the letter B . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Learning the letter C . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Learning the letter D . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Learning the letter E . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Learning the letter F . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Learning the letter G . . . . . . . . . . . .21
Learning the letter H . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Learning the letter I . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Learning the letter J . . . . . . . . . . . .24
Learning the letter L . . . . . . . . . . .26
Learning the letter M . . . . . . . . . . .27
Learning the letter N . . . . . . . . . . .28
Learning the letter O . . . . . . . . . . .29
Learning the letter P . . . . . . . . . . .30
Learning the letter Q . . . . . . . . . . .31
Learning the letter R . . . . . . . . . . .32
Learning the letter S . . . . . . . . . . .33
Learning the letter T . . . . . . . . . . .34
Learning the letter U . . . . . . . . . . .35
Learning the letter V . . . . . . . . . . .36
Learning the letter W . . . . . . . . . . .37
Learning the letter X . . . . . . . . . . .38
Learning the letter Y . . . . . . . . . . .39
Learning the letter Z . . . . . . . . . . .40
Upper case missing letters . . . . . .41
Upper case missing letters . . . . . .42
Lower case missing letters . . . . . .43
Lower case missing letters . . . . . .44
Upper case dot-to-dot . . . . . . . . . .45
Lower case dot-to-dot . . . . . . . . . .46
Upper case dot-to-dot . . . . . . . . . .47
Lower case dot-to-dot . . . . . . . . . .48

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Name___________________________ Skill: Fine motor skills

Follow the maze to help the alligator g et to his friend.

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Trace the dotted lines to connect the b ugs.

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Name___________________________ Skill: Fine motor skills

Trace the dotted line to help eac h bus get to the school.

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Name___________________________ Skill: Fine motor skills

Trace the dotted line to g et the car to the house .

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Name___________________________ Skill: Fine motor skills

Trace the dotted line to g et each key to the lock.

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Name___________________________ Skill: Fine motor skills

Trace the dotted line to help the r ocket get to Earth.

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Name___________________________ Skill: Fine motor skills

Trace the dotted line to g et each hook to the fish.

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Name___________________________ Skill: Fine motor skills

Trace the dotted line to help the rabbit g et to the carrots.

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Name___________________________ Skill: Fine motor skills
Trace the dotted line to help eac h space shuttle get to the
astronaut.

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Name___________________________ Skill: Fine motor skills

Trace over the dotted lines to complete the picture .

Color the picture black.

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Name___________________________ Skill: Fine motor skills

Trace over the dotted lines to complete the picture .

Color the picture.

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Name___________________________ Skill: Fine motor skills

Trace over the dotted lines to complete the pictures.

Color the pictures.

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Name________________________ Skill: Writing letters of the alphabet–“A”

Practice writing the letter “A”.

Apple
Aa
A/A/A/A/A/A///
a/a/a/a/a/a/a/a
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Name________________________ Skill: Writing letters of the alphabet– “B”

Practice writing the letter “B”.

Ball
Bb
B/B/B/B/B/B/B//
b/b/b/b/b/b/b/b/
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Name________________________ Skill: Writing letters of the alphabet–“C”

Practice writing the letter “C”.

Cake
Cc
C/C/C/C/C/C//
c/c/c/c/c/c/c/c/
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Name________________________ Skill: Writing letters of the alphabet–“D”

Practice writing the letter “D”.

Dog
Dd
D/D/D/D/D/D/D
d/d/d/d/d/d/d/d/
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Name________________________ Skill: Writing letters of the alphabet–“E”

Practice writing the letter “E”.

Eggs
Ee
E/E/E/E/E/E/E//
e/e/e/e/e/e/e/e/
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Name________________________ Skill: Writing letters of the alphabet–“F”

Practice writing the letter “F”.

Fish
Ff
F/F/F/F/F/F/F//
f/f/f/f/f/f/f/f/f/
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Name________________________ Skill: Writing letters of the alphabet–“G”

Practice writing the letter “G”.

Gate
Gg
G/G/G/G/G/G/
g/g/g/g/g/g/g/g/
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Name________________________ Skill: Writing letters of the alphabet–“H”

Practice writing the letter “H”.

Horse
Hh
H/H/H/H/H/H///
h/h/h/h/h/h/h/h//
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Name________________________ Skill: Writing letters of the alphabet–“I”

Practice writing the letter “I”.

Ice cream
Ii
I/I/I/I/I/I/I/I/I/I/I//
i/i/i/i/i/i/i/i/i/i/i/i/
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Name________________________ Skill: Writing letters of the alphabet–“J”

Practice writing the letter “J”.

Jar
Jj
J/J/J/J/J/J/J/J
j/j/j/j/j/j/j/j/j/j/j/
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Name________________________ Skill: Writing letters of the alphabet–“K”

Practice writing the letter “K”.

Kite
Kk
K/K/K/K/K/K/K//
k/k/k/k/k/k/k/k/k
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Name________________________ Skill: Writing letters of the alphabet–“L”

Practice writing the letter “L”.

Lamb
Ll
L/L/L/L/L/L/L/L/
l/l/l/l/l/l/l/l/l/l/l/l/
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Name________________________ Skill: Writing letters of the alphabet–“M”

Practice writing the letter “M”.

Mittens
Mm
M/M/M/M/M///
m/m/m/m/m/m///
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Name________________________ Skill: Writing letters of the alphabet–“N”

Practice writing the letter “N”.

Nuts
Nn
N/N/N/N/N/N//
n/n/n/n/n/n/n/n//
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Name________________________ Skill: Writing letters of the alphabet–“O”

Practice writing the letter “O”.

Octopus
Oo
O/O/O/O/O/O/
o/o/o/o/o/o/o/o/
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Name________________________ Skill: Writing letters of the alphabet–“P”

Practice writing the letter “P”.

Pencil
Pp
P/P/P/P/P/P/P/P
p/p/p/p/p/p/p/p
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Name________________________ Skill: Writing letters of the alphabet–“Q”

Practice writing the letter “Q”.

Queen
Qq
Q/Q/Q/Q/Q/Q/
q/q/q/q/q/q/q/q
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Name________________________ Skill: Writing letters of the alphabet–“R”

Practice writing the letter “R”.

Rocket
Rr
R/R/R/R/R/R/R/R/
r/r/r/r/r/r/r/r/r/r
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Name________________________ Skill: Writing letters of the alphabet–“S”

Practice writing the letter “S”.

Sun
Ss
S/S/S/S/S/S/S/S/
s/s/s/s/s/s/s/s/s/s/
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Name________________________ Skill: Writing letters of the alphabet–“T”

Practice writing the letter “T”.

Top
Tt
T/T/T/T/T/T/T/T/
t/t/t/t/t/t/t/t/t//
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Name________________________ Skill: Writing letters of the alphabet–“U”

Practice writing the letter “U”.

Umbrella
Uu
U/U/U/U/U/U/U
u/u/u/u/u/u/u/u//
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Name________________________ Skill: Writing letters of the alphabet–“V”

Practice writing the letter “V”.

Violin
Vv
V/V/V/V/V/V/V/
v/v/v/v/v/v/v/v/
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Name________________________ Skill: Writing letters of the alphabet–“W”

Practice writing the letter “W”.

Well
Ww
W/W/W/W/W/
w/w/w/w/w/w/w/w/
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Name________________________ Skill: Writing letters of the alphabet–“X”

Practice writing the letter “X”.

X-ray
Xx
X/X/X/X/X/X/X//
x/x/x/x/x/x/x/x/x
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Name________________________ Skill: Writing letters of the alphabet–“Y”

Practice writing the letter “Y”.

Yarn
Yy
Y/Y/Y/Y/Y/Y/Y//
y/y/y/y/y/y/y/y//
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Name________________________ Skill: Writing letters of the alphabet–“Z”

Practice writing the letter “Z”.

Zebra
Zz
Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/
z/z/z/z/z/z/z/z/
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Name___________________________ Skill: Alphabet–correct order
Upper Case
Fill in the missing letters.

A __ C __ E __
G __ I __ K __
M __ O __ Q __
S __ U __ W__
__Z

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Name___________________________ Skill: Alphabet–correct order
Upper Case
Fill in the missing letters.

A __ __ __
E __ __ __
I __ K __
__ __ O __
__ __ S __
__ __ W
__ __ Z

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Name___________________________ Skill: Alphabet–correct order
Lower Case
Fill in the missing letters.

__ b __ d __
f __ h __ j __
l __ n __ p __
r __ t __ v __
x __ z

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Name___________________________ Skill: Alphabet–correct order
Lower Case
Fill in the missing letters.

a __ __ d __
__ __ h __
__ __ l __ __
__ p __ __ s
__ __ v __
x __ __

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Name___________________________ Skill: Alphabet dot-to-dot

Connect the dots by following the alphabet.

Z
• •A Y
X •
W
• • • B

V
• • C
•D
U
• •E
T
•
•F
S
•
R
• •G
Q
• •H
•I
P
• •J
•K
•
O
•
N
•
M
•L
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Name___________________________ Skill: Alphabet dot-to-dot

Connect the dots by following the alphabet.

l
j
k
• • •m
n
h
i
• • • • •p
o

g
• •q
• •r
• f
•s
e
• •t
d
• •u
•v
c
• •w
•x
b •
•y
a • •z

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Name___________________________ Skill: Alphabet dot-to-dot

Connect the dots by following the alphabet.

L
•
J
• •
N

• •M O•
• •G • I K P
H
•
Q•
F
• •E •R
S
• • T
D
• • C
• U
V
A
• • W •
B
•
Y• •X
•Z

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Name___________________________ Skill: Alphabet dot-to-dot

Connect the dots by following the alphabet.

j k
i
• • • •
l
m
h
• •
g
•
f
•
e
• n
• •o
d
• • p

c• •q
b•
•r
•s
a
• •t
•u
•v
•
• w
x
•z •y

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