Atlas's Fact Files — Find the Key Detail (Kindergarten)

About this activity

Atlas the armadillo keeps a file of true facts, and the child reads one of his short cards — two real sentences such as 'Bees live in a hive. They make sweet honey.' — then answers a question about it. The facts cover bees, frogs, the sun, penguins, spiders, trees, cows, and rain, so children practice on friendly nonfiction. It's a free Kindergarten reading activity that runs in the browser with no account.

Each round asks a who, what, where, or how-many question — 'Where do bees live?' or 'How many legs does a spider have?' — and offers three answers. Two are wrong on purpose ('in a nest,' 'in a pond'), so a child cannot pick by feel; they have to look back at the sentence and find the words that actually answer the question. That look-back-and-find move is the heart of reading nonfiction for details.

It is aligned to Common Core RI.K.1 — asking and answering questions about key details in an informational text. No timer, no score — just calm, playful practice.

What's inside this activity

• Designed for Grade K learners (ages about 5–6)
• Common Core strand: Reading: Informational Text
• Aligned to Common Core standard RI.K.1

How to play

Read Atlas's two-sentence fact card — for example, the one about bees and their hive.

Read the question and tap the answer you found in the fact, from the three choices.

Not quite? Try again as many times as you like — there is no timer and no score.

What your child practices

• Reading a short two-sentence fact about a real thing
• Finding the words that answer a who, what, where, or how-many question
• Looking back at the text instead of guessing the answer
• Telling the right detail apart from two believable wrong choices

Learning goals

Answer questions about key details in a fact text — the focus of Common Core RI.K.1.

Locate who, what, where, and how-many details right in the sentences.

Build the habit of reading nonfiction closely and checking the text for answers.