• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

The Surly Housewife

  • State Books For Kids
  • Literature-Based Homeschool
  • Family Fun
  • About The Surly Housewife
  • Homeschool Preschool Curriculum
    • How to Homeschool Preschool: A Step-by-Step Guide

Four Activities for the Letter K

by 3 Comments

Keep reading for Four Letter K Activities for your Home Preschool

Need letter K activities for preschool? Check out this post for 4 simple letter K crafts and activities for homeschoolers

I MIGHT be slightly biased but I think the letter K might be one of the best letters in the alphabet. Ahem. The fact that my name starts with K is purely a coincidence, I assure you.

Homeschool preschool is all about letter recognition. It introduces words and reading to kids, but drilling phonics shouldn’t be something you worry about. Reading books and spending quality time with your kids is exactly what they need right now. A little bit of guidance and then a little bit of independence.

Our preschool “curriculum” was super simple and followed the “Letter of the Week” format. For the letter “K” we did activities that related to keys, Kool-Aid, and kiwis. At ages 3 and 5, we spent about 30 minutes to an hour each day doing a few sit-down activities and crafts. However, most of the time they were playing together.

This post contains affiliate links. If you click and make a purchase, we earn a commission at NO extra cost to you. For more information, please read my full disclosure policy.

Letter K Activities for Preschool

Letter K Crafts and ABC Book

I’m not a crafty person by nature, but my girls love them so I try to find a happy medium. For each letter, I do my best to come up with 2 crafts to go along with it. Crafts are NOT a required thing for homeschool preschool. If you like doing them, GREAT! If not, do not feel guilty at all about skipping them.

Our first quick activity was key rubbing. I simply took a couple of keys, put them under the paper, and told them to use the side of the crayon to rub an impression of the key. They shaded the top of the key and then around the sides to give a bit of a 3D effect.

K is for key. Key rubbing activity for preschoolers.

You can use any spare keys you have or try these fun vintage keys! 

K is for key. Key rubbing activity for preschoolers.
K is for key. Key rubbing activity for preschoolers.

The second craft was also key-inspired. We made a “key” using tin foil.

K is for key. Key activity for preschoolers.

You print out the key template, then tear off some bigger foil pieces. Have the kids rip the foil into smaller bits to fit the key and then glue. It may have worked better with glue sticks. The girls had a little trouble with the Elmer’s glue being too sticky and difficult to manage. They did enjoy the ripping though. What kid wouldn’t?!

  • Click here to download the Key template!

For each letter we added to our ABC book. K was for koala and we used our Melissa and Doug stamp set for the letter K.

Letter K Sensory Play

Our sensory activity for the letter K was painting with Kool Aid, an idea I first saw on The Measured Mom. I don’t normally buy Kool Aid, but I somehow had some in the cupboard. I think they were free samples in a pitcher I bought?

kool aid painting

I put a little bit of the powder in a muffin tin, mixed in a little water, and we had paint! I gave them a heavy duty cardstock to paint on. This activity was a hit!! They love painting, and they really loved how it smelled so good. I think they painted 2 or 3 sheets!

kool aid painting

Letter K Recipe

We made a Kiwi-Lemon Cheesecake for the letter K and boy was it good! Experts say to let kids cook with you and then they will want to try new and interesting food. And for this recipe, that dumb advice worked!! The girls were a little leery of the kiwi but dove right in once the cheesecake was done.

kiwi lemon cheesecake. Baking with preschoolers

This recipe from Rachael Ray Magazine lent itself perfectly to cooking with kids since you basically mix everything together, pour it in a graham cracker crust and top with kiwi. Fofo did an awesome job helping me. She even helped cut up the kiwis 🙂

kiwi lemon cheesecake. Baking with preschoolers
kiwi lemon cheesecake. Baking with preschoolers
kiwi lemon cheesecake. Baking with preschoolers

Even though I lean more on the unschooling side of things, the kids really like having a unit to work around each week. We chose to school year round, even though the work load is much lighter in the summer. I save the school work for the rainy days and the too-hot-to-do-anything-but-sit-in-the-air-conditioning days. That’s a real day right?

Letter of the Week Activities

Looking for ALL our Letter of the Week work? Check out this round-up post!

Dig Deeper

  • All of our of letter of the week work
  • 15 Sensory Activities my Kids LOVE!
  • The Impatient Moms Guide to Cooking with Kids

Thanks for reading!

WANT TO SAVE THIS POST FOR LATER? CLICK HERE TO SAVE TO YOUR FAVORITE PINTEREST BOARD!

Need letter K activities for preschool? Check out this post for 4 simple letter K crafts and activities for homeschoolers

Sharing is caring!

684 shares
  • Share
  • Tweet

Filed Under: Homeschool Preschool Curriculum, Letter of the Week

Previous Post: « Activities and Books for the Letter J
Next Post: Activities for the Letter L »

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Theres Just One Mommy

    June 7, 2014 at 8:23 am

    Love all the fun activities! I’ve been wanting to paint with some good smelling stuff…. What a great use for old Kool-Aid packets! (I bet I have a few….)

    Reply
    • Katie

      June 7, 2014 at 11:33 am

      I can’t believe I never thought of it before!! It was so easy and they were occupied for hours (or what seemed liked it). Thanks for stopping by!!

      Reply
  2. Cynthia

    July 30, 2019 at 10:10 pm

    The illustration with pictures makes it so easy. My kids are going to get a lot to learn from this. It’s usually difficult trying to fix what to teach them often times, but this makes it easy. Thanks.

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Primary Sidebar

Welcome, I’m Katie!

Welcome, I’m Katie!

The Surly Housewife is dedicated to helping homeschool moms go from doubtful and overwhelmed to confident and capable. Click on the picture above to learn more about me!

Let’s Connect

  • Facebook
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter

Resource Vault

Click here to enter the Resource Vault

AMAZON ASSOCIATES DISCLOSURE

The Surly Housewife is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.

Copyright © 2023 The Surly Housewife on the Foodie Pro Theme