Spelling words for preschoolers
Preschool Spelling Words & Vocabulary
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This page is a summary of curriculum topics, foundational skills and resources related to preschool spelling including information about:
- Preschool Spelling Curriculum
- Foundational Spelling Skills
- Preschool Spelling Words List
- Preschool Spelling Resources
- Additional Helpful Parent Tools & Resources
In preschool, spelling words start with basic two-letter words. For example, a good starting point for preschoolers would be: AT, ME, BE, and IT.
Children then start to expand the list by working through “word families”. From AT, in preschool spelling, the curriculum, worksheets, and then spelling tests would cover BAT, CAT, HAT, and SAT. Also, they might vary the vowel and go to HOT. A list of preschool spelling words might start with MAD and include MAN, MAP, and MAT as well as DAD and SAD.
These very young children learn through spelling activities including many creative methods that make the preschool spelling program fun for them. Remember, every child learns at a different rate, so what works for some students may not be the best approach for your child. This is why so many parents enjoy Time4Learning’s student-paced curriculum.. You can skip lessons that teach concepts your child has already mastered and repeat those he or she has not. The choice is yours.
Foundational Spelling Skills
Spelling skills should develop as part of an overall language arts phonemic awareness, phonics, reading comprehension, vocabulary and reading fluency, grammar, reading and writing program.
Children should (with help from their parents) develop their foundational spelling skills through an interest in words, regular writing, constant reading, a study of spelling rules, and playing of spelling games
With help from their parents, children can develop and reinforce foundational spelling skills through the following activities:
- Regular writing for a head start on spelling, punctuation, and other concepts
- Constant reading or use of reading workbooks
- Frequent study of spelling rules like the relationships between letters and sounds
- Spelling bees for a fun way for your child to practice their spelling
- Playing of spelling games, quizzes or word games to help develop their spelling skills
- Structured computer spelling programs
- Personalized tutoring and assistance to boost confidence
- Setting daily blocks of time for spelling and reading activities
- Instruction through guided spelling activities like word sorts or word boxes
- Creating a rich language environment at home based on the quantity and quality of words spoken
Time4Learning teaches a comprehensive preschool spelling curriculum using fun activities to build a solid spelling foundation.
Help your child excel in spelling by trying out our PreK demos.
Preschool Spelling Words List
What spelling words should your preschooler know? Here is a list of 50+ words that are great for use in spelling games, tests, or practice for an upcoming spelling bee. To add more value, download our PreK spelling list printable worksheet with +100 words!
- one
- two
- three
- at
- bat
- cat
- mat
- pat
- rat
- sat
- an
- can
- fan
- man
- are
- ask
- as
- or
- mom
- and
- us
- pad
- sad
- an
- can
- fan
- pan
- ran
- big
- dig
- fig
- pig
- wig
- fin
- in
- pin
- win
- bid
- did
- hid
- rid
- if
- her
- hi
- bye
- bee
- see
- cow
- how
- now
- bun
- fun
- run
- sun
- but
- cut
- gut
Preschool Spelling Resources
If you’re interested in preschool spelling lists or vocabulary words, you might also be interested in:
- PreK curriculum overview with a summary of key preschool learning objectives
- Detailed list of PreK language arts lesson plans
- Our lesson planning worksheet can help you estimate how many lessons to have your child do each day
Additional Helpful Parent Tools & Resources
Welcome to Homeschooling Guide – Are you new to homeschooling? This guide was written by seasoned homeschoolers to answer some of the difficult questions new families often struggle with.
Curriculum Lesson Plans – An overview of the number of lessons that are included for each grade and subject. All students have access to at least 2 (and in most cases 3) grade levels of curriculum for each subject, so they can move ahead or review at their own pace.
Lesson Planning Worksheet – Wondering how many lessons to have your child do each day? Estimate the number of activities per day using this easy to use, printable worksheet.
The Basic Spelling Vocabulary List
By: Steve Graham, Karen R. Harris, Connie Loynachan
This list was created to help teachers know which spelling words should be taught to kids in grades 1–5. The list contains 850 words that account for 80 percent of the words children use in their writing — the ones they need to be able to spell correctly.
This list was devised to help educators know which spelling words should be taught to children. The list contains 850 words that account for 80 percent of the words children use in their writing — the ones they need to be able to spell correctly.
Mastering this relatively small corpus of words yields a high rate of return. For example, the most common 1,000 words are used 13 times more frequently than the next most common 1,000 words. It also provides teachers flexibility in planning spelling instruction, providing an opportunity to give children the "basics" while supplementing with other spelling words germane to classroom activities.
Grade level for each word was determined based upon difficulty, pattern of occurrence in children's writing across grades, and grade placement on current vocabulary lists and spelling materials.
Words that children have difficulty spelling correctly are marked with an asterisk.
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| a | fat | like* | sat
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Grade 2 | |||
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| about* | father* | lives | set |
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Grade 3 | |||
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| able | even | mind | spelling |
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| across | during | mountain | sure* |
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| although | different* | planet | suddenly
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Graham, S.
, Harris, K.R. and Loynachan, C. (1993). The Basic Spelling Vocabulary List. Journal of Educational Research 86(6) 363-368.
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How children remember the spelling of complex words
“As you hear it, so it is spelled” the Owl principle, and by the way it is not bad, because Winnie the Pooh was very upset by long and difficult words.
This is a very convenient principle, but, alas, it does not coincide with the laws of the Russian language.
What to do?
Remember. This is the only way to write competently "naughty" dictionary words to which none of the rules of the Russian language apply. You can help a child only by turning on interest.
5 games so that difficult vocabulary words do not upset kids!
Learn the Word
Learn the word by one consonant letter: krndsh, brz, Moscow, stkn, jrny, stlts.
Collect Words
Collect the word from scattered syllables: fe, kon, ta - candy; ko, lo, yab - an apple; neither, earth, ka, la - strawberries.
Shopping
Olya and Anya went shopping. Olya took vegetables and fruits with an unverifiable unstressed vowel O (cucumber, apple, carrot), Anya - with A (cabbage, orange, zucchini).
"Joke Questions-Riddles"
1) In what words does cancer live? (breakfast, rocket)
2) Which words contain notes? (tomato, guys, beans, road, lilac)
3) Name the words in which the numbers are hidden.
(Motherland, once, magpie, showcase)
4) All words are good, but where did the snakes hide? (dinner)
5) What words does the crow like? (potato, painting, pencil, pocket, carriage)
"Dictionary hide and seek"
Find vocabulary words in the text and write them down.
For example, an excerpt from the poem by S. Ya. Marshak "Night Page"
Before you is the night page.
The capital is shrouded in darkness.
Trams go to rest,
Trolleybuses are rushing home...
By the 3rd grade, children must write 200 vocabulary words without errors. By the end of schooling, their number is in the thousands. You will find all vocabulary words that a child should know by the 4th grade in the manual by O. V. Uzorova and E. A. Nefyodova “Absolute literacy in 15 minutes. 1-4 grades»
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How to practice correct spelling with children
Vocabulary dictation, spelling, tests - these words give the students goosebumps. How can you help students remember all these words?
It's no secret that children love to play, and what they learn with pleasure remains in their memory for life. So where to start? The first, and most important, is to abandon the boring, monotonous rewriting of words.
How then to teach? Fun, interesting and interactive!
1. Adapt your favorite games. Tic-tac-toe and the gallows will impress any child. And the spirit of competition will only spur the desire to learn words. If the group is quite large, we divide the students into 2 parts. One thinks of a word, the other writes it. Managed - earned the right to put a cross. No. The move goes to the opponents. And then they definitely will not miss their chance!
2. If you have active students, then Running Dictation 9 is in a hurry to help0106 . We prepare a list of words in advance, glue it in the farthest corner. The task of the students is to copy all the words correctly on the board. Whoever did it first, wins! If there are many students, we divide into teams and rejoice at success. Unlike regular rewriting - it's fun, it's productive, you have to memorize the word, and not just copy it. In general, some pluses.
3. Have you ever heard of Whole Body Writing ? Not? Then we go to you! Modern techniques, especially for children, suggest using as many organs of perception as possible.
The essence of this method is that you need to draw a letter with your body, and the rest of the students need to guess this letter. For convenience, we prepare cards in advance with the words passed, the student chooses one, and with the help of his body “writes” this word. A lot of fun and learned words with a guarantee.
4. Every child wants to be a teacher ! What does it mean? And this means that you need to give him a chance to become a teacher, even if only for 5 minutes. We prepare words with errors and ask the children to correct these errors. Simple but effective.
5. Well, if the soul requires a dictation, then spend it. Not just a dictation, but Silent Dictation …shhh…don’t make a sound! Show students a picture or object and ask them to write a word. The same dictation can be made active, we hang pictures or lay out objects, the task is to sign all the objects. At the initial stage, you can allow spying.
6. sorting helps to deal with complex letter combinations.
For example, you need to work out the spelling of words with -ee and -ea, prepare a set of cards (a picture, plus words with a gap) and ask the children to insert the necessary letters. By the way, we will immediately solve at least 2 problems. Children will remember the spelling of words and will associate the word with a particular subject.
7. You must have heard that America is the only country in the world where a spelling contest is held. And we just have to hold the same competition with our students. Spelling Bee Challenge is a great opportunity to practice words and get to know the culture of the country! It can be done individually or in groups. In the allotted time, say 1 minute, you need to correctly spell as many words as possible. Words can be called by the teacher, or other students can. The main thing is to hand out a list of words in advance so that the children can prepare.
8. Another great game that requires minimal training Roll-and-Spell .
