October Worksheets for Kindergarten: Scary Halloween Activities and Printables

Halloween is just around the corner and we’ve got you covered with a range of October Worksheets for kindergarten! From math and literacy activities to fun Halloween activities, your students will be kept busy all month long.

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October Literacy Worksheets for Kindergarten

The October literacy worksheets are perfect for helping your students practice they’re reading and writing skills. Included are plenty of Halloween-themed worksheets, covering everything from basic literacy skills such as sight word recognition to more challenging reading and writing tasks. You can use simple worksheets that focus on identifying letters and words or worksheets that challenge students to write their own spooky sentences. Whatever level your student is at, there’s sure to be a Halloween literacy worksheet that’s perfect for them.

ABC Order Missing Letter Worksheet

This pumpkin ABC order worksheet is perfect for October! Students will love the cute pumpkin graphics and you’ll love watching their letter recognition and letter writing skills improve. Students write the missing letters of the alphabet.

Pumpkin ABC Order Letter Writing Worksheet

Alphabet Maze Letter Tracing Worksheets

Alphabet letter tracing is a great way for kids to learn the alphabet and practice letter formation. These alphabet letter maze worksheets are a fun and interactive way for kids to practice tracing letters and learning ABC order. The worksheets includes a maze with letter paths. Students start at letter a and follow the path to trace the rest of the alphabet in order. As they trace the letters, they will also be practicing their fine motor skills. These worksheets are a great activity for kids who are learning the alphabet or for those who need extra practice with letter formation.

October letter maze tracing worksheets

Halloween Letter Reversal Sorting Worksheets

Many children have difficulty with letter reversals, which can lead to issues with reading and writing. A letter reversal is when a child reverses the order of letters in a word, such as writing “b” instead of “d”. The following letter sorting worksheets are a great way for students to practice differentiating between letters that are commonly reversed. Students cut, sort, and paste the letters b, d, p, and q.

Halloween letter sorting for letter reversals worksheets

Find the Vowels Halloween Worksheet

In this vowel identification kindergarten worksheet, students identify and color the vowels. This is a great activity to help kids learn the alphabet and identify letters that represent specific sounds. Students can also color the alphabet strip using two different colors to identify vowels and consonants.

Find the vowels Halloween worksheet for October

October Phonemic Awareness Activities

Phonemic awareness is the understanding that spoken language is made up of smaller units of sound, called phonemes. It is a critical building block for reading success. These October phonemic awareness worksheets are perfect for kindergarten students who are beginning to learn phonemic awareness skills.

Each worksheet focuses on a different aspect of phonemic awareness, such as identifying rhyming words or counting syllables. The activities are fun and engaging, and they provide valuable practice in hearing and manipulating the individual sounds in words.

Counting Syllables

This worksheet is perfect for helping your students learn how to count syllables. It’s easy to use and understand, and it’s sure to keep your students engaged as they learn. Plus, it’s a great way to assess their understanding of the concept.

Halloween Counting Syllables Worksheet for October

Rhyming Words Worksheets

Rhyming words are an important part of early literacy development. By kindergarten, most students can identify some basic rhyming words. These worksheets provide a fun way for students to practice identifying rhyming words. By matching and coloring the rhyming pictures, students will reinforce their understanding of how words sound when they are put together. Worksheets are included for each short vowel.

October Rhyming Words worksheets

Beginning and Ending Sounds Worksheets

Identifying beginning and ending sounds are an important skill for kindergarteners to learn. These worksheets provide a fun and effective way for students to practice this skill. 

In the first worksheet, students color the matching beginning sound letter.

Halloween beginning sounds worksheet

The second beginning sound worksheet extends the skill by having students color the beginning sound and write the complete word.

Beginning sounds halloween worksheet

The same type of worksheets are included for students working on identifying ending sounds.

October Ending Sound Worksheets for Kindergarten students

October Sight Word Activities

Looking for a fun way to help your kindergartener learn their sight words? Try these scrambled sight word worksheets! To complete the activity, your student will need to unscramble all the letters and write the matching sight word.

October scrambled sight word worksheets for kindergarten
Kindergarten Halloween Scrambled Sight Words worksheet for October

The I Spy Sight Words worksheets are designed to help kindergarteners identify and read common sight words. Each worksheet features a different I Spy Halloween scene, with the sight words hidden throughout. Students will love finding the words and reading them aloud.

Halloween I Spy Sight Words worksheets for October

Halloween Color Words Activity

Color words are another important concept for beginning readers. These are usually the first words that students learn to read and write. This Halloween-themed worksheet is a great activity for learning color words during the month of October.

Halloween candy color words worksheet for kindergarten students to use during October

October Beginning Writing Worksheets

For many kindergarten students, writing can be a daunting task. However, by providing a variety of introductory writing activities, students can begin to build the confidence they need to succeed.

These Halloween-themed writing prompt worksheets are just right for kindergarten students. Students complete the easy sentences by picking one of the choices to complete the sentence. Each item is represented by a picture to help students read the words.

Halloween themed complete the sentence writing worksheets

Halloween Word Search Worksheet

The Halloween Word Search Worksheet is a great way to introduce Halloween vocabulary to students during the month of October.

Halloween word search worksheet

October Math Worksheets for Kindergarten

These October math worksheets are the perfect way to help students practice and improve their math skills. There are a variety of different worksheets to choose from, so you can find ones that focus on the specific skills your students need to work on. Whether it’s addition, subtraction, or anything in between, these worksheets will give them the practice they need to succeed.

Counting 1 to 20 Math Worksheets

The October math worksheets have students count objects like spiders or ghosts, trace and count numbers from 1 to 20, and match numerals and number words.

Counting 1-20 Activities

Halloween picture counting 1-5 math worksheet
Counting ghosts 6-10 Halloween math worksheet for October
Counting spiders 1-10 Halloween math worksheet for kindergarten
Counting ghosts halloween math worksheet for October

Tracing Numbers 1 to 20 Worksheets

Spin and trace a number Halloween worksheet for October
Halloween number order tracing worksheet for October
Halloween number tracing worksheet for 1-20

Number Order 1-20 Worksheets

Number Maze 1-20 math worksheet for kindergarten

Numbers Before and After Worksheet

Using a Numbers Before and After Math Worksheet, students will be able to practice identifying numbers that come before and after a given number. A number line is included to support students that are learning to count to 20.

Numbers before and after Halloween math worksheet

For an added element of interactivity, students will love the Spin and Color One More worksheets. Students spin a number and color a bat with the number that is one more.

Spin and color one more Halloween math worksheet for kindergarten

Number Words 1 to 20 Worksheets

Number words 1-10 Halloween math worksheets
Number words Halloween math worksheets
Halloween candy number words 11-20 worksheet for kindergarten

Ten Frames

Ten frames help students visualize numbers by grouping them into tens. This is a helpful way for students to see how numbers can be broken down into smaller groups.

Pumpkin Seed counting and ten frames math worksheet for October
Halloween with ten frames 1-10 worksheet for kindergarten
Spin and color a ten frame 1-10 math worksheet
Spider ten frames for numbers 11-20 math worksheets
Ten frames worksheet for numbers 11-20 for Halloween
Halloween ten frames worksheet for kindergarten
Spin and color a ten frame for numbers 11-20 math worksheet for Halloween

Subitizing Worksheets

Subitizing is the ability to instantly recognize the number of objects in a small group without counting them individually. This skill is important for kindergarteners as it lays the foundation for more complex math concepts such as addition and subtraction. These October math worksheets will help them develop their subitizing skills so they can be successful in math.

Halloween subitizing math worksheets for numbers 1-20
Halloween subitizing math worksheet for numbers 15-20

Tally Marks Activity

This worksheet is the perfect way to help your child learn how to count and represent numbers using tally marks. Students cut and paste the tally marks beside the matching numeral.

Halloween Tally Marks math worksheet for kindergarten

Number Comparison Activities

This number comparison math worksheet require students to count the number of dots in a ten frame and then compare the numbers they counted.

Ten frame number comparison Halloween math worksheet

Worksheets for comparing numbers 11-20 with ten frames and numerals are also included.

Candy Corn number comparison Halloween math worksheet for numbers 1-10
Number comparison 1-20 worksheets for October

As students master number comparison, they can be introduced to using the comparison symbol with this pumpkin seed number comparison worksheet.

Pumpkin seed number comparison math worksheet for October

Place Value Activities

Learning place value is an important math skill for kindergarteners. These math worksheet help students practice counting tens and ones for numbers 11 to 20.

Spin and color place value blocks math worksheet

October Addition and Subtraction Math Worksheets

With Halloween themed images, these worksheets are a fun way to get your students engaged in learning. Addition and subtraction can be tricky for young learners, but with these worksheets, they will be able to practice their skills and improve in no time.

Number Bonds to 10

Number bonds are a key math concept for kindergarten students to understand. They lay the foundation for addition and subtraction, and help students visualize how numbers can be combined. The Halloween-themed number bonds to 10 worksheets are a great way for students to practice their number bonds skills. Students write the missing number in the square to complete the number bond.

Number bonds to 5 October math worksheet
Number bonds to 10 October math worksheet

Making 10 with Ten Frames Math Activity

This fun math worksheet uses a ten frame to help students visualize adding 10. They’ll color in the ten frame to make groups of 10, then solve addition problems using the ten frame.

Making 10 Halloween math worksheet

Pumpkin Seed Addition Math Worksheet

Students count and add the pumpkin seeds. A number line is included to support students in finding the total number of pumpkin seeds.

Pumpkin seed addition math worksheet for October

Spin and Add to 15 Math Worksheet

Spin and Add Halloween math worksheet for kindergarten

Candy Corn Subtraction Math Worksheets

To help your students practice their subtraction skills look no further than this candy corn themed worksheets! All they need to do is cross out the matching number of candy corns and then count up the remaining pieces to find the answer.

Candy Corn Subtraction Math Worksheet

Spin and Subtract Math Worksheet

Pumpkin Spin and Subtract math worksheet

2D Shapes Worksheets

In this 2d shapes math worksheet, kindergarteners will learn to identify 2d shapes. Students spin a shape and color the matching 2D Monster shape.

2D Monster Shapes Math Worksheet

Candy Patterns Math Worksheets

In this math worksheet, students will practice creating patterns by coloring the Halloween candy using the color code.

Halloween candy math patterns math worksheet

Parts of a Pumpkin Worksheet

For the Parts of a Pumpkin worksheet, students cut and paste the labels to match the different parts of a pumpkin.

Parts of a Pumpkin worksheet

October Worksheets for Kindergarten

The October selection of worksheets focus on math and literacy skills and are perfect for getting students excited about the month of October and Halloween. With fun themes like spiders and ghosts, these worksheets are sure to be a hit with your students. 

Lots more activities are included in the October No Prep Kindergarten Activities packet. 

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Are you looking for math and literacy activities that are fun but also target essential skills and outcomes? These October NO PREP and DIGITAL Kindergarten Activities have been designed to be highly engaging and are sure to make your students excited about learning. Also, they will meet your teaching needs whether you are teaching in the classroom, online, or a mixture of both!


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