Clear Examples of Good and Bad Letter Spacing for Kindergarteners

📚 Quick Study Guide

• 🔍 Letter spacing (also called tracking) is the visual space between letters in a word.
• ✏️ Good letter spacing makes words easy to read. Letters are close enough to form a word but not so close that they touch or overlap.
• 🖍️ Bad letter spacing makes words hard to read. Letters may be too close together (squished) or too far apart (stretched).
• 📏 To check spacing, imagine drawing a rectangle around each letter. The rectangles should be roughly the same size, and the spaces between them should also be roughly the same size.
• 💡 Tip: Read aloud! Sometimes, reading a word aloud helps you notice awkward spacing.

Practice Quiz

1. Which of the following words has the best letter spacing for easy reading?
   1. A. C L O S E
   2. B. CLOSE
   3. C. CL O SE
2. Which of these words has letters that are too far apart?
   1. A. READ
   2. B. R E A D
   3. C. RE AD
3. Which word has letters that are too close together?
   1. A. WORD
   2. B. W O R D
   3. C.WORD
4. Which option shows appropriate spacing for the word 'SPACE'?
   1. A. S P A C E
   2. B. SPACE
   3. C. SPA CE
5. Which of the following has the worst letter spacing?
   1. A. HELLO
   2. B. H E L L O
   3. C. HE LL O
6. Which word demonstrates good letter spacing?
   1. A. FRIEND
   2. B.F R I E N D
   3. C. FRI END
7. Select the word with proper letter spacing.
   1. A. JUMP
   2. B. J U M P
   3. C. JU MP