Halloween Worksheets for Kindergarten

Halloween week can make it hard to get anything done at home. Everyone’s thinking about costumes and candy, so it helps to have a few short pages that feel like part of the holiday instead of a break from it.

These Halloween Worksheets for Kindergarten use ghosts, monsters, bats and pumpkins to practice letter sounds, the letter H, and early addition. If you’d like more seasonal pages after these, see my list of Halloween Printables for Kids.

This 5-page printable is for kindergarteners. Kids practice beginning and ending sounds, sort words that start with H, add two groups of pictures and trace uppercase and lowercase H.

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Who Are These Halloween Worksheets For?

These pages are made for kindergarteners who are learning letter sounds and starting to add small numbers.

• Homeschool families who want a short Halloween lesson
• Kindergarten teachers looking for October morning work or literacy centers
• Parents who want a quiet activity during the busy Halloween week

Why Use Halloween Worksheets in Kindergarten?

Children are more likely to stick with practice when it’s about something they already care about. In October, that’s usually pumpkins and costumes.

A Halloween theme turns ordinary phonics and math practice into something that feels connected to what’s happening around them. A ghost, a bat, and a witch hat give kids familiar words to sound out, and counting monsters feels different from counting dots.

Homeschooling can get monotonous when you’re using the same books for each subject, but when you add a seasonal element to your homeschool, it just makes it more fun. My boys would love it when we took a break from our regular curriculum to work on a seasonal unit study.

Recommended Halloween Books for Kids

These Halloween picture books pair well with a week of seasonal learning.

The Crayons Trick or TreatThe Halloween Tree: Build New Traditions with This Funny and Imaginative Holiday Book for Children (Halloween Gifts for Kids)Little Blue Truck’s HalloweenFroggy’s HalloweenThe Bad Seed Presents: The Good, the Bad, and the Spooky (The Food Group)Even Monsters Get Scared: Halloween books for kids Preschool (Picture Books – to Help Kid Overcome their Fears.) (Bedtime Picture Books for Preschool kids Book 5)

 

What Will Kids Learn?

Kids practice early reading, math and fine motor skills with these pages.

• Beginning sounds: Choose the missing first letter and sort pictures by their first letter.
• Ending sounds: Choose the missing last letter in words like bus, bat and spider.
• Letter H: Recognize, trace and write uppercase and lowercase H.
• Addition: Count two groups of pictures and add them, with sums up to 12.
• Fine motor skills: Cut, glue, trace and color.

What Supplies Are Needed?

You’ll need a printer, paper and a few basic school supplies.

• Printer (I have this one)
• Paper
• Pencil
• Crayons
• Scissors
• Glue

I have the HP printer 8710, but it’s no longer available. It’s been running well for years now. Look for another HP Instant Ink-ready printer so you can use their program to send ink cartridges whenever your printer gets low.

What Is Included in the Halloween Worksheets for Kindergarten?

The printable includes five Halloween pages with letter sounds, a word sort, addition and letter H practice.

Halloween Letter Sounds (Beginning Sounds)

Kids look at each picture and choose the missing first letter from three choices. The words are candy corn, ghost, monster and hat. Have your child say the word out loud and listen for the first sound before choosing.

Halloween Letter Sounds (Ending Sounds)

This page works the same way, but the missing letter is at the end of the word. The words are bus, bat, pumpkin and spider. Ending sounds are often harder for kindergarteners to hear, so stretching the word out slowly helps.

Halloween Word Sort

Kids cut out 10 pictures and sort them into two columns: words that begin with H and words that don’t. Pictures include a haunted house, hand, horse, ghost, spider and pumpkin. This page builds beginning sound awareness and gives kids cutting and gluing practice.

Halloween Addition

Kids count two groups of Halloween pictures, write each number in a box and then write the total. There are 8 problems with monsters, ghosts, bats, mummies, candy and more. Children can touch each picture as they count to keep track.

Letter H Halloween Practice

Kids trace the word Halloween, then trace and write lowercase h and uppercase H. Next, they color the pictures that start with H and fill in the missing first letter for hat, pig, dog and bear. This page pulls the letter H practice from the word sort together on one page.

How Can You Extend the Activity?

Try one of these low-prep ideas after the worksheets.

• Letter H hunt: Walk around the house and look for things that start with H, like a hat, hairbrush or hanger.
• Candy counters: Use candy corn and other candies for the addition problems before writing the answers and eat your treat if they get the answers correct.
• Sound sort: Sort a pile of Halloween candy or small toys by beginning sound.
• Sensory letter writing: Pour salt or sand on a tray and have your child write H with a finger.
• Halloween I Spy: Play I Spy with Halloween decorations using beginning sounds as the clue (“I spy something that starts with /b/”).

Keep the Learning Going

If your child enjoyed these pages and you’d like more Halloween practice ready to print, the Little Learners Print & Go Activity Kit: Halloween is the next step. Little Learners kits are made for preschool and kindergarten, so it fits right alongside these worksheets.

What Other Free Activities Can You Try?

Here are more Halloween activities from Living Life and Learning:

• Halloween Kindergarten Math Worksheets
• Tea Bag Ghost Experiment
• Spooky Dry Erase Floating Ink Experiment
• Amazing Halloween Science Activities
• Halloween Coloring Pages
• Halloween Books for Kindergarten

FAQs

These Halloween Worksheets for Kindergarten give kids a short, seasonal way to practice letter sounds, the letter H and early addition. Print a page or two during Halloween week and add one of the hands-on ideas when you want to keep going.

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