Pre-K Speaking & Vocabulary
36 weeks of short, flexible play-based activities for ages 3–5. Explore with a caring adult; practice may be oral, physical, or artistic.
What children will practice
Watch a grown-up demonstrate, try it together, then show what you notice by speaking, pointing, moving, or drawing. There are no timed drills or required independent handwriting tasks.
All 36 weekly speaking & vocabulary activities
📖 Open Textbook- Week 1
Name everyday objects
I can point to cup, spoon, and chair as the grown-up names them.
Unit: Welcome to Learning - Week 2
Talk about favorite food
I can describe the taste and color of a familiar food.
Unit: Welcome to Learning - Week 3
Use opposite words
I can show big and little with two toys.
Unit: Welcome to Learning - Week 4
Learn position words
I can move a teddy under, over, and beside a table.
Unit: Welcome to Learning - Week 5
Describe a pet
I can say how an animal looks, moves, and sounds.
Unit: Our Families & Feelings - Week 6
Talk about rain
I can learn and use the words drizzle and puddle in conversation.
Unit: Our Families & Feelings - Week 7
Name feeling words
I can use excited, calm, and worried when talking about faces.
Unit: Our Families & Feelings - Week 8
Tell what happened
I can use first and next while sharing a simple memory.
Unit: Our Families & Feelings - Week 9
Learn action words
I can act out hop, stretch, wiggle, and march.
Unit: Colors, Shapes & Sounds - Week 10
Describe colors
I can find something purple, green, and orange and name it.
Unit: Colors, Shapes & Sounds - Week 11
Talk about weather
I can choose sunny, breezy, cloudy, or rainy for today's sky.
Unit: Colors, Shapes & Sounds - Week 12
Make a silly sentence
I can create a sentence using the words cow, hat, and dance.
Unit: Colors, Shapes & Sounds - Week 13
Learn size words
I can compare a tiny seed, a small pebble, and a large rock.
Unit: Nature Detectives - Week 14
Name garden words
I can explore seed, stem, leaf, and flower with pictures.
Unit: Nature Detectives - Week 15
Talk about feelings
I can use proud and frustrated to explain two experiences.
Unit: Nature Detectives - Week 16
Use family words
I can describe a sibling, cousin, guardian, or another trusted family member.
Unit: Nature Detectives - Week 17
Learn texture words
I can touch safe smooth, bumpy, and fuzzy objects.
Unit: Stories & Imagination - Week 18
Tell a short story
I can use once, then, and finally to describe three events.
Unit: Stories & Imagination - Week 19
Name shape words
I can describe circle, corner, curve, and straight edge.
Unit: Stories & Imagination - Week 20
Discover nature words
I can talk about soil, cloud, breeze, and shadow outdoors.
Unit: Stories & Imagination - Week 21
Practice question words
I can ask who, where, and why about a picture.
Unit: Things That Move - Week 22
Talk about animal homes
I can name nest, den, pond, and burrow with picture cards.
Unit: Things That Move - Week 23
Explore community words
I can use neighbor, library, market, and park in conversation.
Unit: Things That Move - Week 24
Describe movement
I can show crawl, leap, twist, and tiptoe.
Unit: Things That Move - Week 25
Name body parts
I can point to elbow, wrist, ankle, and shoulder.
Unit: Our Neighborhood - Week 26
Talk about sounds
I can describe quiet, noisy, soft, and loud things.
Unit: Our Neighborhood - Week 27
Use comparing words
I can compare longer, shorter, higher, and lower with blocks.
Unit: Our Neighborhood - Week 28
Make a pretend restaurant
I can use menu, order, serve, and delicious during pretend play.
Unit: Our Neighborhood - Week 29
Find describing words
I can describe a cozy blanket, shiny spoon, and rough stone.
Unit: Growing & Changing - Week 30
Learn plant words
I can talk about roots, sprout, watering, and growing.
Unit: Growing & Changing - Week 31
Practice direction words
I can move forward, backward, around, and through a simple obstacle path.
Unit: Growing & Changing - Week 32
Use time words
I can tell about morning, afternoon, evening, and nighttime routines.
Unit: Growing & Changing - Week 33
Learn helpful words
I can practice borrow, return, share, and cooperate in pretend play.
Unit: Ready to Celebrate - Week 34
Talk about what we learned
I can use remember, discover, and practice to explain an activity.
Unit: Ready to Celebrate - Week 35
Use a new story word
I can choose an unfamiliar word from a read-aloud and use it while playing.
Unit: Ready to Celebrate - Week 36
Tell a favorite learning story
I can describe a favorite thing you learned using three specific words.
Unit: Ready to Celebrate