Here are 6 kindergarten-age activities you can use with your books on ScottMBooks.com. These are simple, printable-friendly, and work well for teachers, homeschool parents, and early readers.
- Draw Your Favorite Character
Skill: Reading response, creativity, character recognition
Best for: Any ScottMBooks.com story
Directions:
After reading the story, children draw their favorite character from the book.
Prompt for children:
“My favorite character is __________ because __________.”
Teacher/Parent Tip:
For kindergarten children, adults can write the child’s dictated answer underneath the picture.
- Story Feelings Match
Skill: Emotional awareness, comprehension
Best for: Sally, Thomas, Lily, and Turtle Points books
Directions:
Children choose how a character feels during the story.
Feelings to use:
Happy, sad, scared, proud, kind, excited, worried
Activity:
Show children simple feeling faces. Ask:
“Was the character happy, sad, worried, or proud?”
“What happened in the story to make them feel that way?”
Extension:
Children draw a face showing how the character felt.
- Kindness Coloring Page
Skill: Social-emotional learning, kindness, fine motor skills
Best for: Turtle Points, Sally, Lily, and Thomas stories
Directions:
Children color a page showing one act of kindness from the story.
Prompt:
“One kind thing I can do is __________.”
Kindness ideas:
Share a toy
Help clean up
Say thank you
Invite someone to play
Be gentle with animals
Use kind words
Teacher/Parent Tip:
Turn this into a class or homeschool “Kindness Wall.”
- Beginning, Middle, End Picture Boxes
Skill: Story sequencing, comprehension
Best for: All storybooks
Directions:
Children divide a page into three boxes labeled:
Beginning
Middle
End
They draw what happened at each part of the story.
Questions to ask:
“What happened first?”
“What happened next?”
“How did the story end?”
Kindergarten Support:
Children can draw instead of writing. Adults can add labels or short, dictated sentences.
- Character Choice: What Would You Do?
Skill: Decision-making, empathy, discussion
Best for: Stories about friendship, responsibility, courage, pets, or helping others
Directions:
Choose one moment from the story where a character had to make a choice.
Prompt:
“In the story, __________ had to choose what to do.”
Ask children:
“What did the character do?”
“Was it kind, brave, helpful, or responsible?”
“What would you do?”
Drawing Activity:
Children make a good choice.
- My Book Review Star Page
Skill: Opinion writing, speaking, and early literacy
Best for: Any ScottMBooks.com book
Directions:
Children rate the book by coloring stars.
Book Review Page:
Book Title: __________
I give this book: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
My favorite part was: __________
I would tell a friend:
□ Read this book!
□ This book was funny.
□ This book was kind.
□ This book taught me something.
Kindergarten Support:
Children can circle choices, color stars, and draw their favorite part.
Suggested Title for the Activity Set
ScottMBooks.com Kindergarten Reading Activities
Simple story-based activities that help young readers practice kindness, feelings, sequencing, creativity, and early comprehension.
These six activities would work well as a free printable packet for teachers and homeschool families.