SAT Vocabulary in Picture Books for Kindergarteners

Classic Picture Books That Build Vocabulary

My Kindergartener has the best teacher in the world. I know that indisputably because this is the third time we have had her. So when he came home after the first week with vocabulary words and instructions to make these words into a fun game, I was impressed and intrigued. This teacher does a lot of pilot programs for our school district, testing out new research and programs. She was the first to pilot Handwriting Without Tears which was then adopted district-wide. She liked Big Math for Little People (at least, I think that was the title), which I also liked a lot, but our school district did not go with. And now SAT vocabulary words for Kindergarteners — a gift that keeps on giving!

We are good at following directions. At dinner that night, my husband lead a discussion with our little boy to see if he could describe something that reminded him of the word. What do you know, his teacher was right?!! Kindergarteners do have the ability to understand and really enjoy learning big, fancy words. It makes them feel like big kids. It was fun also to see his big sisters chomping at the bit to define “his” words.

Try it yourself! Here are the words. We read the word and ask him what he thinks the word means. If he doesn’t know or is way off, we then read the sentence and ask again. (And feel free to substitute out words in the sentence to personalize it!)

p.s. I have a category of posts on SAT Vocabulary Words for Kindergarteners here.