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title: 'Video: How kindergartners write simple essays'
description: Kids in kindergarten are already learning how to write an essay. Watch this video to see how kindergartners organize ideas and how kindergarten writing skills often develop.
slug: video-how-kindergartners-write-simple-essays
author: The Understood Team
published: '2019-08-05T15:32:02.232Z'
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source_url: https://www.understood.org/en/articles/video-how-kindergartners-write-simple-essays
lang: en
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# Video: How kindergartners write simple essays

Kids in kindergarten are already learning how to write an essay. Those essays often include drawings. Watch this video from founding partner [GreatSchools](https://www.greatschools.org/) to learn more about how kids in kindergarten can form essays.

[![Video](https://cdn-images.understood.org/p0qf7j048i0q/3EC5AB38A8AB45D8AC1B8A19A059B458/6cb3900f5559da7f3a1dff3a25f9536d/Video-HowKindergartnersWriteSimpleEssays.jpg)](https://www.youtube.com/embed/LaFofXAqg0Y)

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