Mind the Gap: Word Spacing Skills for Kindergarten

This Kindergarten worksheet introduces children to the concept of spacing between words — a key step in early writing and reading fluency. With visual and hands-on exercises, young learners learn to identify where one word ends and another begins. Activities such as matching, tracing, rewriting, and drawing make this worksheet fun and interactive, helping children improve sentence clarity, letter formation, and neat handwriting. The engaging illustrations encourage focus while building strong foundational grammar and writing habits.

Why Word Spacing Matters in Early Writing? 

Learning proper spacing between words helps children write clearly and read easily. For Kindergarten learners, this topic is important because: 
1. It teaches how to separate words for better sentence understanding. 
2. It improves handwriting and neatness. 
3. It builds reading fluency by helping students recognize word boundaries. 
4. It develops early grammar and sentence formation skills.

What’s Inside This Worksheet? 

This worksheet includes three interactive and creative exercises that make learning spacing easy and enjoyable:

🧠 Exercise 1 – Match the Correct Sentence 
Students trace along dotted lines to match the correctly spaced sentence with the picture. Example: 
“I see a cat.” vs “Iseeacat.”

✏️ Exercise 2 – Rewrite with Proper Spacing 
Students rewrite sentences by placing a finger space between each word to ensure correct spacing and readability. Example: 
“Riya lives in a big house.”

🎨 Exercise 3 – Rewrite and Draw 
Students rewrite combined words by adding proper spaces and then draw the matching picture. Example: 
“BabyElephant” → “Baby Elephant”

✅ Answer Key (For Parents & Educators)

Exercise 1 – Correctly Spaced Sentences 
1. I see a cat. 
2. Sara has a pink frock. 
3. The elephant sits. 
4. He eats fruits. 
5. Meera is very happy. 
6. I see a big brown dog. 
7. We like to read the book. 
8. We play in the small park. 
9. The cat can jump over the mat. 
10. I have a red and blue bag. 
11. We go to the big green hill. 
12. A little cat sits on the mat. 
13. I can run fast in the school yard. 
14. We look at the big yellow sun. 
15. The dog chased the small red ball.

Exercise 2 – Sentences to Rewrite with Finger Spaces 
1. Riya lives in a big house. 
2. My dog is sleeping on the floor. 
3. The baby is walking fast. 
4. I have a big ball. 
5. Can I play in the park? 
6. Ram finished his tasty lunch.

Exercise 3 – Rewrite the Words with Proper Spacing 
1. Baby Elephant 
2. Red Flower 
3. Pretty Butterfly 
4. Tall Mushroom 
5. Purple Brinjal 
6. Big Teddy Bear 
7. Red Sports Car 
8. Barbie Doll

Help your child learn proper word spacing and make handwriting neat and beautiful with this engaging worksheet. Build early literacy and writing confidence through PlanetSpark’s fun phonics and grammar lessons. 

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