100 Easy English Words for Kids to Learn at Home

Children do not need hundreds of flashcards to start building useful English vocabulary. Many of the easiest English words for kids are already around them, in the kitchen, the bedroom, the school bag, the garden and the daily routine.

This guide gives you 100 easy English words to learn at home, with a short example for each. You do not need to learn all 100 at once. Pick a few, then help your child notice each word, understand it, say it and, with time, use it without thinking.

100 everyday English words for kids

The words are grouped into ten everyday topics, so you can pick the group that matches what is happening around your child right now. Each word has one very short sentence you can read aloud.

Don’t try to teach all 100 words at once

Treat this kids English vocabulary list as a reference to dip into. English vocabulary for children grows best when a few words are tied to something real in their day. Pick three to five words that fit what your child is doing, and stay with them for a few days.

• Choose words connected to what is in front of your child right now.
• Say them while you are already doing something, like eating or getting dressed.
• Bring the same words back naturally, at the next meal or the next game.
• Skip the quiz. If your child tries a word, that is enough.

The 5-step way to learn a new word

This is the idea behind how Flucie is designed. A word sticks when a child goes through all five steps.

Here is what the five steps look like with one word, apple.

A simple 5-minute English game

This works with any group of words in the tables above. It needs no materials, only a room.

Make vocabulary part of real life

You do not need a separate study time. These everyday English words show up in moments that already happen.

Once your child can name things, the 50 English conversation questions give you more to ask about them.

What if my child knows the word but doesn’t speak?

Knowing a word and using a word are two different skills. A child may recognise apple straight away and still hesitate when asked for a sentence. This is common, and it usually improves with small, low-pressure chances to answer.

Build up one step at a time:

Perfect grammar can wait. What matters is that speaking feels easy enough for your child to keep trying. If this sounds like your child, this guide goes deeper, and these everyday routines give you practical ways to start.

Turn these 100 words into a game

Games give children a reason to look, think and speak. Any of these works with the words in this list.

• I Spy. “I spy something that starts with b.” Banana, bed, bag or ball.
• Object hunt. Call out a word and let your child bring you the object.
• Sorting. Put things into groups: food, clothes, toys.
• Draw and label. Draw a cat or a kite, then write or say the word next to it.
• What’s missing? Put three or four objects on a table, remove one while your child looks away, and ask what changed.

Prefer paper? The printable PDF has every word, a tick box for each and these games on one set of pages.

For a version your child can do on screen, Flucie Create turns words like apple, dog and bag into a short colouring and speaking activity.

More word lists

Once these feel familiar, try the lists for colours, numbers and shapes, daily routine words, opposites, animal names and sounds and feelings words. When your child is ready to read, try the easy sentences to read. Each one has its own free printable.

The best English classroom may already be around you

A bedroom has a bed, a pillow and a lamp. A kitchen has a cup, a plate and a spoon. A walk has trees, roads, cars and flowers. Every day gives children many chances to connect an English word with something they can see and use.

Start small. Choose a few words. Help your child notice them, understand them, say them and use them. Then come back to them tomorrow.

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