Words beginning with m for kindergarten

Words That Start With M For Kids

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The sound of the letter M is often the first intentional sound a child makes. Teaching M words for kids is vital to help children define that almost instinctive sound as a part of spoken and written language. These lists of M words for kindergarten and elementary school students will help learners build a strong vocabulary of terms that begin with this letter. Use them to boost kids' language learning.

Preschool Words That Start With M

Since M is a simple, fundamental sound for preschoolers to master, focus on words that will help them identify the letter M. Include terms that can be clearly conveyed with visual images and other words that young children will recognize. The words listed below are great options to include in a pre-k lesson plan for sight words.

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Pre-K Writing Activity Worksheet: Printing the Letter M

It's really important for preschoolers to perfect their printing skills. While you're focusing on vocabulary words that start with M, set aside some time for them to practice writing the letter. Use this printable "trace the letter" activity with that in mind.

Kindergarten tracing letter m

Kindergarten Words That Start With M

M words for kindergarten express simple, fundamental concepts appropriate for students to learn prior to entering 1st grade. The key at this grade level is to link the words to clear, concrete images and concepts. These will form the foundation of future linguistic development.

• mad: angry
  
• made: to have created something
• map: diagram or picture representing a place
  
• mat: a small rug
• many: a large number
• meal: breakfast, lunch, or dinner
• mess: not clean; disorganized
• meet: to come together
• middle: the position in the center
• mist: a light fog
• mitten: a winter glove without separate fingers
• mop: a stick with cords attached to one end, used to wipe water from the floor
• moose: a large Canadian deer
  
• moth: fuzzy-winged, usually nocturnal insect
• mother: female parent
• much: a large amount
• mud: wet soil, dirt mixed with water
• mug: A cup for holding warm liquids like tea or coffee

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Printable Activity: Connecting M Words to Pictures

It's important for young learners to develop a feel for the language. Having vivid images to refer back to as they learn to read is vital. In the printable worksheet below, kids will draw a line to match pictures with the word they illustrate. Reinforce this visual lesson by encouraging students to color the pictures so the completed worksheet is uniquely theirs.

M words for kids matching activity

Early Elementary: Vocabulary Words Beginning With M

Early elementary school is when literacy education begins in earnest, including Dolch sight words and beyond. This list of M words is designed to reinforce and expand first and second graders' language arts skills.

• mail: paper messages given and received
• mall: a building with multiple stores inside it
• mare: a female horse
• melt: to become liquid by heat
  
• mend: to put back together; to fix or repair
• might: could be; is possible
• mint: a flavorful herb, or a candy flavored with that herb
  
• miss: to fail to hit a target; to feel sad when something isn't there
• mole: a small furry burrowing mammal with tiny eyes and large claws
  
• mope: to act sad
  
• most: the largest part of
• mountain: a large stone hill
• mound: a pile of earth or other material, often manmade
• movie: a recorded production of actors performing a script
  

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Storytelling Activity for M Words

With any luck, your students will already be getting mail and knowing what it means to mend an item of clothing. Rather than any elaborate activity, simply challenge your students to pick a vocabulary word and share a moment when they've used or encountered it. That real, concrete connection is vital to helping a student comprehend and remember a word.

Create DIY Flashcards

Combine art class with a vocabulary lesson by assigning students to make their own flashcards. Pass out index cards or small pieces of cardstock, along with markers or crayons. Have students write selected words on one side, then instruct them to decorate the other side with a drawing that will help them remember what the word means.

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Upper Elementary: Vocabulary Words Starting With M

From 3rd through 5th grade, vocabulary words should engage students with the context and larger significance of language arts. At this level, vocabulary work should be more than a memorization exercise. It should be a gateway to lifelong literacy.

• magazine: a glossy publication with articles and pictures
• mansion: a large house
• mar: to mark in a bad way; to deface
• mattress: the soft part of a bed
• mention: to talk about; to refer to
• mental: having to do with the mind
• mesa: a flat-topped mountain
• message: a piece of communication
• merit: goodness, value
• moot: something that's already been decided and can't be changed
  
• moral: a lesson about right and wrong at the end of a story
• mourn: to feel sad about
  
• mulch: chopped up pieces of stuff, especially wood for insulating plants
• mutter: to speak quietly

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Writing Activity for M Words

Many of these M words for kids words are great prompts for creative writing. It's important to identify the degree of comfort your students have with the written word. Pick words and encourage them to write stories about them.

• For a student who's struggling, you might provide a picture of a mesa and prompt them to write about a camping holiday atop it.
• For one who is progressing well, you might simply give them the prompt of "a story with an important message."

Play Charades With M Words

Several of these words may not be immediately familiar to your students. Make use of that fact. Many of these words are suited to acting-out games. Play charades with your kids; they choose a word, then act out what they think it means.

From Mmm to M Words for Kids

The letter M is as simple as vocal sounds get. It's little more than an expressed breath with the lips closed. Children make it early in development, and much "babbling" consists of M noises. Vocabulary lessons like this are vital for kids to make the all-important shift from making noise to making meaning.

Match your students' skill levels with more must-see M words. WordFinder's list of words that start with M builds on the existing lists above. It also allows users to search the extensive lists by word length and desired letters to cut your planning down most magnanimously! For more enriching vocabulary in alphabetical order, move on to words that start with N for kids. Dive deep into the list to discuss and discover an ever-expanding vocabulary.

Letter M Activities

Grade Level:  Kindergarten

The letter M is an extremely reliable letter.  It only makes the mmmm sound as in mat.  This makes it an easy letter to teach.

The activities are organized from easiest to most difficult.  Feel free to go only part way through the activities depending on the comfort level of the child!

Letter Recognition

• Activity Sheet:  Poem -- circle the capital letter M, underline the lower case letter m.

• Activity Sheet:  Hidden image -- color the capital letter M one color and the lower case m another color to reveal the hidden image.

Words that Begin with the Letter:  

• Activity Sheet:  Say the name of each picture out loud and listen for the Mm sound.
• Activity Sheet:  Modern Manuscript:  Trace (print) the words that begin with the letter m.
• Activity Sheet:  Standard Font:  Trace (print) the words that begin with the letter m.
• Activity Sheet:  Draw a line to the words that begin with the sound of M
• Activity Sheet:  Color the words that begin with the sound of M
• Connect the dots MOON:  Connect the dots to find the hidden picture
• Itsy Bitsy Book:  Little activity book with word that begin with the sound of M.

Words that End with the Letter:    

• Activity Sheet:  Say the name of each picture out loud and listen for the Mm sound.
• Activity Sheet:  Modern Manuscript:  Trace (print) the words that end with the letter m.
• Activity Sheet:  Standard Font:  Trace (print) the words that end with the letter m.

• Activity Sheet:  Draw a line to the words that end with the sound of M
• Activity Sheet:  Color the words that end with the sound of M

Letter M Word Bank:

• mad
• mail
• man
• map
• mat
• match
• milk
• mitten
• mom
• moon
• mop
• mouse
• mouth
• mud
• mug

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Although the activities are geared more to the preschool age group, adding one or two less challenging activities when learning the letters can be a welcome break for the kids and can be given as a bonus activity for those who finish their work early.

• Visit the Alphabuddies for some fun coloring pages and crafts to reinforce learning.
• Visit Coloring ABC's for more coloring pages.

25 poems about the letter M for children: learning the alphabet

Poems about the letter M for children. We continue our selection of poems about the letters of the Russian alphabet. This article contains poems about the letter M for better memorization by a child. You will find all the best nursery rhymes about the letter M for preschoolers and for grade 1 on this page.

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Sweet baby
Soap with soap mouse.
Everyone needs to wash more often,
She shouted .. . the letter M.

Author: Laktionov V.

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Met Mishka Mouse
And said: listen, Mishka,
You and I are similar to those that you are

Author: Manfish A.

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0017 Such a fight has begun!
MaMba writhed for a long time,
But Makaka did not give up.

Author: Shusharina S.

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Mama Soaps Mishka SoapM,
Mama tired the Mishka.
Ate Mishka Mimokhod
Small bowl with honey.

Author: Smiles D.

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A bear is rushing on a Moped
For Raspberry to the Shop.
Eh, the Bear would have a car,
He would have given Mom a lift.

Author: Gorenburgova R.

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The bear lives in the forest,
The bear does not eat sausage,
The bear eats honey and raspberries
And he doesn't have a sore throat.

Author: Goryunova I.

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Margarita and Marina
Ate eight tangerines.
And the little Mishutka ran to the girls for a minute
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Mishutka has marmalade,
Seven sweets and a chocolate bar.
But two girls said:
"There are more useful vitamins!"

Author: Schott K.

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A brown bear is looking for honey -
Aroused the forest people.

Author: Ditkovskaya I.

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Macaroni I love macaroni,
There's no secret about it,
But no one should know,
That I'm in love with Sveta.

Author: Slutskaya L.

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Friends joined hands
And they said: “You and I are us. ”
And meanwhile, the letter M was obtained.
MOTHER objected:
“MOUSES like cheese more.
A CARROT - a souvenir.

Author: N. Limonova

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The letter M is Mama's Music,
M - Raspberry barrel reddened,
Marmalade in cool Ice Cream,
Daisy in place.

The letter M is the waves of the Sea,
These are Furniture Workshops
They smell of oak, pine and stain,
This is our neighbor Marinka,
And a funny Muzzle in a notebook,

It's a May day at dawn,
It's a PEACE on a huge planet!

Author: Tsvetikova O.

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Letters Mishka - clumsy
He names them without problems,
He taught them with his dad,
Most of all he loves "M".

With this letter, the word Mishka
And Mishin's favorite honey,
Both raspberries and monkeys,0017 But the last one doesn't count,

Ant, butter dish, mouse,
The word moss and the word fur,
The word Mom, Bear knows:
This word is the best!

Author: Ziskina K.

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Mouse-Mother Mouse Soap.
Soaps Soaps! Soap Soap!
Soap Muzzle for Baby
Mouse-Mother of a Cute Mouse.

Author: Marshalova T.

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A bear can eat honey
Five bowls, or maybe six.
Will drink milk afterwards
Marmalade, raspberries, honey.

Author: Beshentsev A.

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And if you take two letters "L",
And combine them,
It turns out, of course, "M",
That's how I was able to solve.

Author: Iris Revue

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Mom washes Misha with soap:
Oil, chalk, felt-tip pen washed off,
Mousse, ice cream, poppy seeds,
Misha can’t find anything…

Author: Melnik

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Mama Milu with soap soap.
Mila got soap in her eye.
Mila's mother said:
- Don't be angry, daughter Mila!
"I'm not angry," said Mila.
- I'm crying out soap.

Author: Demyanov I.

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For doors - two frames straight,
The frame suddenly bent from above,
But everyone knows,
How to build the letter

M. Author: 02 Rein C3.