The Letter “K”

Words that begin with the letter “K”:

kabob
kaiser roll
Kalahari Desert
kaleidoscope
kangaroo
kangaroo mouse
Kansas
karaoke
katydid
kayak
kazoo
keep
keepsake
kerchief
ketchup
kettle
kettledrum
key
key lime
khaki
kick
kid
kidney beans
kimono
kin
kind
king
kingdom
king cobra
king crab
king penguin
king snake
kiss
kit
kitchen
kite
kitten
kiwi
knack
knapsack
knead
knee
knife
knight
knit
knob
knock
knotty pine
know
knowledge
knuckle
koala
Kodiac bear
koi
komodo dragon
kookaburra
kooky
Korea
kraut
kudos
kung fu
kumquat

Arts and Crafts

Kite Art

Supply the children with paper, glue, and ribbon. Have the children cut and glue pieces of paper together and add a ribbon to make a kite. This kite can be a very open-ended art project, by not requiring the kite to be a specific shape, the children are free to make the kite however they wish. Have the children add a ribbon tail and hang the kites from the ceiling.

Kool-Aid Art

Sprinkle a little dry Kool aid mix onto a piece of paper. Have your child spray water from a spray bottle onto the paper. Use different colored Kool-aid mix. For added adventure, you may choose to take your children out into the rain with a piece of paper that has Kool-aid on it.

Kitten Toy Ball Art

First, you need a large plastic container with a lid. (I used a shallow peanut butter container.) Next cut out paper that will fit in the lid of the container. Place a few drops of paint into the container with a kitten toy ball, then place a very small amount of paint on the lid and pre-cut paper on the paint. (I use the paint to make the paper stick to the lid.) Place the lid on the container, flip and have the children shake. When finished, remove the paper and allow to dry, and place a clean piece of paper in the lid for the next child.

Kitten Charmers

Create kitten charmers by attaching ribbon or string to a pencil, dowel, or popsicle stick. Have the children dance with the charmers when they are finished.

Kitten Headbands

Measure your child’s head, and cut a piece of construction paper long enough to create a headband. Glue the paper together so the headband fits snugly on your child’s head but is loose enough to take off easily. Cut from brown paper two ears. Then, either staple or glue the ears to the headband.
Three Little Kittens’ Mittens
Cut out three pair of mittens from different colored felt. Have the child pick out one mitten, and then find it’s match.

Popcorn Kernel Painting

First you need a large plastic container with a lid. (I used a shallow peanut butter container.) Next cut out paper that will fit in the lid of the container. Place a few drops of paint into the container with a few kernels of corn (be sure to observe carefully as kernels of corn are a choking hazard) then place a very small amount of paint on the lid and pre-cut paper on the paint. (I use the paint to make the paper stick to the lid.) Place the lid on the container, flip and have the children shake. When finished, remove paper and allow to dry, and place a clean piece of paper in the lid for the next child.

Kellogg’s Fruit Loops Necklace

Have the children string the Fruit Loops on a piece of yarn to create a necklace.

Create a King’s Crown

Measure your child’s head, and cut a piece of construction paper long enough to create a headband. Cut the construction paper to form the design of a crown. The children can decorate the crown with crayons, markers, paint, glitter or even jewels (bling). Glue the paper together so the headband fits snugly on your child’s head but is loose enough to take off easily.

Knight’s Shield

Supply each child with heavy card stock. Children may cut the card stock into the shape of a shield and then decorate with paints, markers, crayons, glitter, stickers or however else you can think of.

Paper Plate King Snakes

Draw a spiral on a paper plate that goes from the outside to the inside of the plate. Have the child cut along the line. Deocrate the snake with green paint, crayons, stickers or whatever you desire. Hang the snakes by the middle of the plate (their tail) about the room to give a jungle feel.

King Snake Tracks

This one is a lot of fun, and has great results. Set out a piece of yarn for each color of paint you intend to use. Have the child dip the yarn in one color of paint, and run it across the paper. Use a new piece of string for a different color.

Lacing Cards

Cut colored poster board into an k shape and punch holes around the edges. Then let your child lace yarn or a shoestring into the cards.

Cookie Cutter Painting

Put a small amount of tempera paint in a large shallow container. (A pie tin works well.) Show your child how to dip the cookie cutter in the paint and press onto a piece of paper to create a print. You can make pictures by using cookie cutters that are I shapes or of items that begin with the letter “K” and colored paper.

Torn Paper “K”

Supply the children with a full sheet of white paper and a half a sheet of another color paper. Ask them to make a “K” by tearing pieces of the paper and gluing them onto the white paper. For a more basic project, trace the letter I onto the paper, and have the child fill the “K” with the paper.

“K” Rubbings

Cut “K” shapes from paper doilies or sandpaper. Tape these shapes to the table. Have the children place a piece of thin white paper over the shapes and rub a crayon over the shape.

The Letter “K” Collage

Have the children cut out the letter “K” from magazines and glue them onto a piece of paper that is in the shape of a “K”.

Another “K” Collage

Have the children cut out items that begin with the letter “K” from magazines and glue them onto a piece of paper that is in the shape of a “K.”

“K” Placemats

Do any of the above collages on a rectangular piece of paper, then laminate the paper and use it for a placemat.

Key Art

Tape these several keys to the table. Have the children place a piece of thin white paper over the keys and rub a crayon over the shape.

Math, Science, and Games

Kaleidoscope

supply the children with a variety of kaleidoscopes to try out.

Kayak Fun

Have the children pretend they are in a Kayak and going down the river. They can sit in a box with a life vest and a pretend to use a paddle.

Kelloggs Favorite Graph It

Have the children graph their favorite Kellogg’s cereal.

Kellogg’s Fruit Loops Sort

Have the children sort the Fruit Loops according to color.

King’s Crown Matching

Cut out several different colored crown shapes and decorate them in pairs so there are two that are identical. Have the children match up the identical crowns.

Kick the Ball

Have the children kick a variety of different balls in the playground area.

Kidney Beans in a Sand and Water Table

Supply the children with kidney beans in the sand and water table with small cups, buckets and other toys.

Kidney Beans Measuring

Supply the children with a balance and kidney beans to experiment with.

Planting Kidney Beans

Find uncooked kidney beans and plant them. Keep them watered and watch them grow.

Counting Kidney Beans

Obtain a clean egg carton and write the numbers 1 to 6 on small pieces of paper. Place one piece of paper in each of the spaces in the top row of the carton. Have the children place on bean under the one, and two beans in the space below the two and so on.

Kidney Beans Jar

For older children. Fill a small jar with kidney beans. Ask each child to guess how many beans are in the jar. For younger children, limit the number of beans to less than ten. Record each child’s guess. Count the beans.

Kidney Beans Jar for School-Age Children

Provide three identical jars with pre-counted kidney beans of 20, 30, and 40. Label these jars 20, 30 and 40. Place 20 to 40 beans in a fourth identical jar. Allow the children to examine all four jars before they guess. Record the children’s approximations. Count the beans.

Kangaroo Race

Have the children hold their arms to their chest and jump in a zigzag pattern to finish line.

How Many Kernels?

Place some popcorn kernels into a clear plastic container. Have the children guess how many kernels are in the container. Record each child’s guess. Then count them together.

Sand and Water Table

Place plain popcorn kernels in the sand and water table or in a dishpan. Supply the children with measuring cups and other items to play with.

King Crab Walk

Have your children to sit on the floor and lean back on their hands. Have them keep their feet flat on the floor. Then have them lift their bottoms off the floor and try moving sideways as crabs do.

King Crab Walk Race

Have the children race like crabs.

Stamping Patterns

Use rubber stamps to create a simple pattern on the top half of a piece of paper. (Use can use the letter “K” in different fonts, or other shapes that begin with “K”) Ask your child to help you recreate the pattern on the bottom half of the paper. Tip: Start with one stamp, and have your child pick which stamp you used. Start slowly and work your way up to more complicated patterns.

Picture Matching

Find “K” or words that begin with “K” stickers. Place 2 identical stickers on the left and right sides of an index card. Cut the index in half, cut in a jig-jag form. Use a highlighter to highlight the edges. Do this with many different stickers. Have the child match the stickers, and line up the two halves of the index card.

“K” Memory

Find stickers that represent words that begin with the letter “K” or print pictures off the internet. Place 2 identical stickers or pictures on the left and right sides of an index card. Cut the index in half, cut the index card in half. You can use these cards to play memory.

“K” Sizing

Draw different sized “K”s and laminate them. Have the children arrange the “K”s according to size.

“K” Sort

Draw different items that begin with the letter “K” and have the children sort the items. Or you can cut out pictures from a magazine or get them off the internet and glue each onto a separate piece of paper. Have the children sort the pictures.

“K” Red Rover

Apply kitten, kangaroo, koala, and/or other “K” themed stickers onto 3×5 index cards. Affix yarn to the cards to create necklaces. Each child gets one card to wear. Say “Red Rover, Red Rover, send your kitten on over” and the child with the kitten index card runs to the other side.

Kernal Balancing

Supply the children with popcorn kernals and a balance. Show the children how to make the balance even. Count the kernals on each side.

Kitten Says

Played like “Simon Says.”

Kitten, May I?

Played like “Mother, May I?”

Kitten, Kitten, Cat!

Substitute “kitten, kitten, cat!” for “duck, duck, goose!”

Ramp It!

Provide the children with an inclined plane. (Can be made with a propped-up board). Have each child find an item in the class that begins with the letter “K”, or have some items set out for them. Ask the children if the item will roll down or slide down the ramp, or if it will not move. Then try it with each item. Have each child guess what the item that they picked out will do.

Kernel Sort

To Prepare: You will need popcorn kernels and a clean egg carton. Write the numbers 1 to 6 on a piece of paper then place in the bottom of the top row of spaces.
To Play: The children place 1 kernel in the space below the 1 and 2 kernels in the space below the 2 and so on.

Keys Sort

Ask the parents to donate any extra keys they may have around the house. Supply the children with the keys and ask them to sort the keys however they would like. When they have finished, asked them how they sorted the keys.

Songs

Kitty Love Song

Love my kitty,
Yes I do,
Love my kitty,
Yes I do,
Love my kitty,
Yes I do,
Love my kitty,
And she loves you!

Kookaburra

Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree
Merry, merry king of the bush is he
Laugh, Kookaburra! Laugh, Kookaburra!
Gay your life must be
Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree
Eating all the gum drops he can see
Stop, Kookaburra! Stop, Kookaburra!
Leave some there for me
Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree
Counting all the monkeys he can see
Stop, Kookaburra! Stop, Kookaburra!
That’s not a monkey that’s me

Karaoke

Have the children sing along with a karaoke cd for kids.

Musical Chairs

Arrange the chairs in a circle. If you have younger children, it is best to have too many chairs. Tape a picture of something that begins with the letter “K” to each chair. This can be a game where everyone wins. Have the children jump like a kangaroo around the chairs until the music stops. Then everyone finds a chair. Ask “Who has the kite?” “Who sat on the kitten?” etc.
The same game can be played without chairs. Place the pictures evenly about the floor and when the music stops the children find a picture to stand on.

Kerchief Dancing

Supply each child with a kerchief (a piece of cloth in the shape of a square) and have the children dance to music and swing their kerchief about.

Snacks

Kelloggs Cereal

Have the children try to identify different kinds of cereal by taste or sight. You could also compare Kelloggs to a generic and ask the kids if they can tell the difference.

Kitty Cookies

Use a cat-shaped cookie cutter to make sugar cookies. After baked and cooled, have the children decorate the cookies with colored frosting.

“K” Snack Ideas

Shish kabob with kaiser rolls
Kellogg’s cereal for breakfast or a snack
Key Lime Pie or Pudding
kidney beans
kiwi or kiwi juice
saur kraut
kumquat