Kindergarten · Writing · week 14

Spaces between words (spaghetti spaces)

Leave a clear, consistent space between written words, using a spacer tool if helpful.

Words need space to breathe. Without spaces, wordslooklikethis, all stuck together and hard to read.

A little piece of dry spaghetti is about the right width for a space between words. Some kids call this a spaghetti space.

📋 For the teacher
Teach it (10–15 min):
  • Give your child a real piece of dry spaghetti (or a craft stick, or their own pinky finger) to place after each word before writing the next.
  • Model it first: write a short sentence together, placing the spacer after every word, out loud, on purpose.
  • Check finished writing for smashed-together words gently, and have your child fix just those spots.
  • This is a habit that takes many weeks to become automatic. Patience helps more than reminders.
Talk about it:
  • What can you use as a spacer between words?
  • What happens to a sentence when the spaces are missing?
  • Did you remember your spaces today, or did you need a reminder?

Mastery looks like: They consistently leave a clear space between written words without needing a reminder for every word.

Common stumbles: Words running together with no space; spaces so big they look like separate lines; forgetting the space after short words like a or I.

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