Kindergarten Reading Log a Grown-Up Writes and a Child Colors

Print a log with tall rows: a grown-up writes the title, the child ticks and colors.

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Kindergarten reading log: who read it and stars to color 10 tall rows. A grown-up writes the book title; the child ticks Read to me, We read together or I read it and colors up to 5 stars. The last box is for a parent's initials.
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How it works

This kindergarten reading log opens on 10 tall rows. A grown-up writes the book title; the child ticks Read to me, We read together or I read it, then colors up to five stars. The child does not have to write a word.

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Fill it in together

Press Print the reading log. After each book, write the title and let the child tick who read it. The stars show how much the child liked the book. Initial the last box if the teacher asks for it. The same log comes as a school week with the days printed, and as two half sheets for the book bag.

Charts to color

For a child who is not ready for a table, pick Color a box for every book, with 20, 50 or 100 numbered boxes, or the two shelves of book spines. My favorite book has a large box to draw in and two wide lines for a sentence the child says and you write.

  • Keep the log with the books and tie a crayon to it.
  • A book read three nights running goes on three rows.

Questions and answers

What goes on a kindergarten reading log?

The book title, who read it and a grown-up's initials. This one adds stars to color. It has no minutes column, so a short picture book counts the same as a long one.

Can a kindergartner fill in a reading log alone?

Usually not the title, so a grown-up writes it. The ticks, the stars and the coloring are the child's part, which is why every row is tall.

Which books belong on the log?

Any book counts. The sheet Books to try in kindergarten lists kinds to tick off, such as an alphabet book, a counting book, a rhyming book and a book with no words. The grade is our suggestion: any reader can use any sheet.

All 9 sheets

Logs a grown-up fills in 3

  • Book bag log, 2 half sheets of 5 books The opening log cut in two: each half has a name line and 5 rows with Book title, the who-read ticks, stars and Parent initials. Cut on the line.
  • Kindergarten reading log: who read it and stars to color 10 tall rows. A grown-up writes the book title; the child ticks Read to me, We read together or I read it and colors up to 5 stars. The last box is for a parent's initials.
  • School week with who read it, Monday to Friday 5 very tall rows with the day printed in each: Book title, the three who-read ticks, 5 stars to color and Parent initials. One book a day.
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Charts to color 4

  • Color a box for every book, 20 boxes 20 large numbered boxes in 4 rows of 5, with a name line. The child colors one box each time a book is finished.
  • Color a box for every book, 50 boxes 50 numbered boxes in 5 rows of 10, with a name line. One box a book.
  • Color a box for every book, 100 boxes 100 numbered boxes in 10 rows of 10, with a name line: a chart for a class goal of 100 books or a long stretch at home.
  • Two shelves of 10 spines to color 2 shelves with 10 plain book spines each and no name line. The child colors a spine for each book; a grown-up can write the title along it.

One book and a list of kinds 2

  • Books to try in kindergarten: an alphabet book to a lift-the-flap book 12 kinds of book down the side, from An alphabet book to A lift-the-flap book, each with a box to check and a line for the one you read.
  • My favorite book: a box to draw in and two wide lines Name and Title lines, a large empty box headed My favorite part to draw in, and 2 wide lines with a dotted midline headed What I say about it, for a sentence the child says and a grown-up writes.

How this list was compiled: Written and laid out in-house for this page. The sheets are plain tables, numbered boxes, a bookshelf and a drawing page; the kinds of book are our own list, in everyday words. Licence: own work

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