⚡ Quick Answer

Looking for one word fast? This A–Z index collects 326 picture dictionary words for preschoolers and kindergarteners. Tap any word to jump to its vocabulary topic page, where you will find play ideas, example sentences, and printable flashcards. Start with a letter below — each word lands on the guide that teaches it.

Picture dictionaries work because children find words the way they find everything else — by looking. This index is the looking-up half of our vocabulary hub: 326 words from all sixteen topic guides, arranged A–Z so a child (or a parent in a hurry) can spot a word in seconds. Each word is a doorway — tap it and you land on the topic page that teaches it, with the games, example sentences, and printable flashcards that turn a single word into ten minutes of play.

Use it three ways: as a checklist with your child (“which B words do we know?”), as a fast finder when show-and-tell is tomorrow and you need ideas now, or as a quiet challenge — pick a letter, name every word you see, and tell one tiny story using three of them.

A

acorn airplane airport alligator angry ant apple arm army art artist avocado

B

backpack ball bananas baseball basketball bathtub beach bear bed bee bicycle big bike bird black blanket blocks blonde blue board game boat book boots bow tie bowl bowling box bread broccoli brother brown brunette bus bus driver bus stop butterfly

C

cafeteria cake calculator camera candy cap car carrot cat caterpillar chair cheese chef chips circle city classroom clipboard clock cloud cold computer cookie corn cow crab crayons cross crossing cube cucumber cup cylinder

D

dad daughter dentist desk detective diamond dirt doctor dog doll dolphin door dragonfly dress drum dry duck

E

ear eat breakfast eat dinner eat lunch egg eggplant elephant eraser excited eyes

F

fan father feel fingers firefighter fish flag flower fly folder foot football fork fries frog

G

get dressed giraffe glasses glue glue stick grandfather grandma grandmother grandpa grapes grass grasshopper green grocery store guard guitar

H

hair hamburger hand happy hat head hear heart helicopter highlighter horse hot hot dog

I

ice cream

J

jacket jellyfish jump rope

K

keys kite kiwi knife

L

ladybug lamp laundry leaf leg lemon library lightning line up lion lips listening lunch box

M

mad mail carrier math mechanic microwave milk mirror mittens mom monkey mother motorcycle mouth movie theater

N

necklace nose notebook

O

octopus old orange oval oven owl

P

painting pajamas pants paper park partly cloudy pear peas pencil penguin pepper photographer picture pig pillow pilot pineapple pink pizza plant plate playground police officer pot potato pray pumpkin purple puzzle

R

rabbit rain rainbow reading recess rectangle red refrigerator restaurant rhombus rice robot rug ruler running

S

sad salad sandals sandwich scared scarf school science scissors scooter see shapes shark sharpener ship shirt shoes short shorts sink sister skateboard skirt small smell sneakers snow soap soccer socks son soup spaghetti spider spoon square star starfish storm strawberry student sun sunglasses sweater

T

table taco tall tape taste teacher television thin thumb tie tissues toes toilet tomato tongue toothbrush touch train trapezoid trash trash collector tree triangle truck turkey turtle

U

umbrella

V

vet

W

watch watermelon wet whale white wide wind window winter hat

Y

yellow young yoyo

Z

zebra zoo

❓ Word Index FAQ

How is this word index organized?

Words are grouped A–Z by their first letter, exactly like a print picture dictionary. Tap any word and you jump straight to the vocabulary topic page that teaches it — for example, “penguin” opens the animals guide with sound games and sorting play.

My child asked for a word that is not listed. What should I do?

These 326 words are a curated starter set for ages 3 to 6, not an exhaustive dictionary — they cover the words young children meet most in daily life. For a missing word, open the closest topic page from our vocabulary hub; its games work with any new word you add on the spot.

Can I print this word list for the classroom?

Yes. Every topic page has a free printable flashcard set — open any word’s topic page and tap the “Print flashcards” button. The cards print in a cut-apart 3×3 grid that works in black and white as well as color.

How were these words chosen?

Every word comes from one of our sixteen vocabulary topic pages, which were built from a 21-theme children’s word bank and then cleaned of fragments, duplicates, and phrases too abstract for ages 3 to 6. Words appear here exactly as they appear in their topic guides.

📚 Sources

Word lists compiled from our sixteen vocabulary topic pages (October 2026), themselves built from a 21-theme children’s word bank and cleaned of fragments, duplicates, and age-inappropriate phrases. Words are facts; all guide text on this page is original.