Try these words to play spelling bees, use as sight words or help engage your child in fun and easy learning games. These words are suitable for 5-6 year olds.

Easy spelling words

a, at, bat, cat, rat, sat, an, can, fan, man, pan, ran, cap, map, nap, tap, bag, wag, tag, rag, am, jam, ram, yam, bad, dad, had, mad, sad, by, my, all, or, mum, and, us, bus, bed, red, get, let, jet, net, pet, wet, den, hen, pen, ten, beg, leg, peg, it, bit, fit, hit, sit, big, dig, fig, wig, in, fin, win, pin, bid, did, hid, rid, if, is, his, her, him, hip, sip, tip, lip, hop, mop, pop, top, dot, got, hot, not, pot, job, mob, sob, bun, fun, run, sun, but, cut, gut, nut, up, cup, pup, cub, rub, tub, bug, dug, hug, rug, tug, zoo.

Medium difficulty spelling words

be, he, me, bee, see, she, we, go, so, do, chat, bar, car, far, cow, how, now, wow, hi, by, bye, dry, ox, box, fox, pox, egg, bay, day, may, say, way, all, ball, call, fall, tall, wall, as, ask, bask, task, with, had, have, bell, fell, well, book, cook, took, band, hand, land, say, said, are, jar, tar, car, best, pest, rest, test, bump, hump, jump, clump, baby, girl, boy,dog, name.

Challenging spelling words

fray, gray, play, bake, cake, lake, make, take, ate, date, gate, mate, rate, age, cage, give, gift, page, damp, lamp, stamp, here, there, tie, pie, bike, hike, like, kite, cry, dry, fry, try, paw, raw, saw, toe, hoe, bow, low, mow, crow, now, cow, bent, dent, tent, feet,beep, deep, jeep, peep, green, bold, cold, fold, hold, told, cone, bone, one, two, three,four, five, six, cube, tube, eat, heat, seat, dust, gust, must, paw, saw, find, kind, mind,bird, duck, frog, doll, game, toy, train, boat, plane, truck, ride, hide, wide, mine, ours,they, them, bowl, fork, spoon, home, pond, room, neck.

This article was written by Amy Reiter for Kidspot, New Zealand’s leading resource for parents about education.