🐾 Animals

Animal names are the easiest first list, because a child already has a favorite. This page is the English set used in the animal games: the word, a respelling you can say, and one short sentence. Do not march through all thirty-two in one sitting. Pick three that match real life, such as a pet, an animal on a book cover, or a dog if you are talking about Mocha. On a walk, name only what you both can see, then come back and find that same word here. Repeat the sentence under the word. Save the rest for another day.

The respelling marks the loud syllable with capital letters. It is a cue for reading aloud, not a dictionary pronunciation. Sheep stays sheep for one or many. Mouse is the singular; mice is the plural, and it is not on this list. Say the sentence as it is written before you invent a longer one.

The flashcards open with English on one side and Spanish on the other, which is the usual pair when you start from the home page.

A verse to read together

Read this aloud if it fits your home. These words are Genesis 1:25 in the King James Version, a public-domain English Bible.

And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:25, King James Version

Words to practice

cat

Say it: KAT

Example: The cat sleeps.
dog

Say it: DOG

Example: The dog runs.
bird

Say it: BURD

Example: The bird flies.
fish

Say it: FISH

Example: The fish swims.
horse

Say it: HORS

Example: The horse is fast.
cow

Say it: KOW

Example: The cow eats.
sheep

Say it: SHEEP

Example: The sheep is white.
lion

Say it: LY-un

Example: The lion is strong.
elephant

Say it: EL-uh-funt

Example: The elephant is big.
rabbit

Say it: RAB-it

Example: The rabbit hops.
snake

Say it: SNAYK

Example: The snake is long.
bear

Say it: BAIR

Example: The bear is big.
monkey

Say it: MUNG-kee

Example: The monkey plays.
tiger

Say it: TY-ger

Example: The tiger is fast.
chicken

Say it: CHIK-in

Example: The chicken eats.
duck

Say it: DUK

Example: The duck swims.
frog

Say it: FROG

Example: The frog hops.
butterfly

Say it: BUT-er-fly

Example: The butterfly flies.
spider

Say it: SPY-der

Example: The spider is small.
mouse

Say it: MOWSS

Example: The mouse is small.
wolf

Say it: WULF

Example: The wolf howls.
fox

Say it: FOKS

Example: The fox is clever.
deer

Say it: DEER

Example: The deer runs.
owl

Say it: OWL

Example: The owl flies at night.
whale

Say it: WAYL

Example: The whale is big.
dolphin

Say it: DOL-fin

Example: The dolphin swims.
turtle

Say it: TUR-tul

Example: The turtle is slow.
penguin

Say it: PEN-gwin

Example: The penguin walks.
giraffe

Say it: juh-RAF

Example: The giraffe is tall.
zebra

Say it: ZEE-bruh

Example: The zebra has stripes.
bee

Say it: BEE

Example: The bee flies.
ant

Say it: ANT

Example: The ant is small.

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Mocha is fetching a stick

Mocha is fetching a stick