P Words for Kids

The letter P makes a popping sound created by pressing your lips together in words like pop, pet, and play. P forms common blends with L and R, and it sometimes teams up with H to make the “f” sound in words like phone. This collection of P words for kids covers everything from simple sight words to advanced vocabulary.

P Sight Words โ€“ Dolch List

Pre-KKindergarten1st Grade2nd Grade3rd GradeNouns
play please pretty
put
pick
pull
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party
picture
pig
place
Pre-K
play
Kindergarten
please
1st Grade
pretty, put
2nd Grade
pick, pull
3rd Grade
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Nouns
paper, party, picture, pig, place

P Sight Words โ€“ Fry List

First 100Second 100Third 100Fourth 100Fifth 100
part
people
page
paper
part
people
picture
place
plan
plant
play
point
pattern
perhaps
person
piece
plane
plants
poem
power
probably
problem
produce
product
pulled
pair
paper
passed
past
picture
piece
plain
poor
position
power
present
president
probably
problem
products
pull
put
particular
pattern
period
person
picked
plan
plane
please
plural
point
pounds
pretty
price
probably
First 100
part, people
Second 100
page, paper, part, people, picture, place, plan, plant, play, point
Third 100
pattern, perhaps, person, piece, plane, plants, poem, power, probably, problem, produce, product, pulled
Fourth 100
pair, passed, past, plain, poor, position, present, president, products, pull, put
Fifth 100
particular, period, picked, please, plural, pounds, pretty, price

CVC Words with P

These CVC (consonant-vowel-consonant) words feature P as the beginning or ending sound, organized by vowel pattern.

Short A words
pack pad pal pan pass pat path cap gap lap map nap rap sap tap zap clap flap slap snap trap wrap
Short E words
peck peg pen pep pest pet rep step
Short I words
pick pig pill pin pit dip hip lip nip rip sip tip zip chip clip drip flip grip ship skip slip snip strip trip whip
Short O words
pod pop pot cop hop mop top chop crop drop flop plop prop shop stop
Short U words
pub puck puff pug pull pump pun pup pus push put cup sup

CVCe Words with P (Magic E)

These long vowel words feature P as the beginning or ending consonant, with a silent E making the vowel say its name.

Long A words
pace page pale pane paste pave cape drape grape scrape shape tape
Long I words
pike pile pine pipe gripe ripe snipe stripe swipe tripe wipe
Long O words
poke pole pope pore pose cope dope hope mope rope scope slope
Long U words
pure

P Consonant Blends

P combines with L and R to form common blends at the beginning of words, and appears in the SP blend as well.

PL blends
place plain plan plane plank plant plate play plaza plead please pledge plenty pliers plot plow pluck plug plum plump plunge plus
PR blends
practice praise prank pray preach prepare present press pretend pretty prevent price pride prime prince print prize problem produce program promise prompt proof proper protect proud prove provide prune pry
SP blends
space spade span spare spark speak spear special speech speed spell spend spice spider spill spin spine spirit spit splash split spoil spoke spoon sport spot spray spread spring sprout spy

P Words for Kids by Grade Level

Pre-K & Kindergarten

Ages 3-6
Sight Words: play, please
CVC Words: pack, pad, pal, pan, pat, peck, peg, pen, pet, pick, pig, pin, pit, pod, pop, pot, puff, pug, pup, put, cap, cup, hop, map, mop, nap, tap, tip, top
First Nouns: pan, paper, park, party, pen, pet, picture, pig, pink, plant, plate, play, pond, pot, puppy

1st & 2nd Grade

Ages 6-8
Sight Words: pretty, put, pick, pull, part, people, page, paper, picture, place, plan, plant, play, point
CVCe Words: pace, page, pale, pane, paste, pave, cape, grape, shape, tape, pile, pine, pipe, ripe, wipe, poke, pole, pose, hope, rope
Blend Words: place, plain, plan, plane, plant, plate, play, please, plug, plus, pray, press, pretty, price, print, prize, space, speed, spell, spend, spill, spin, spot, spring, spy
Vocabulary: plural, poem, possessive, predict, prefix, problem โ€” See all 2nd Grade Vocabulary โ†’

3rd Grade

Ages 8-9
Sight Words: pattern, perhaps, person, piece, plane, plants, poem, power, probably, problem, produce, product, pulled
Advanced Words: plank, plaza, plead, pledge, plenty, pliers, plot, plow, pluck, plump, plunge, practice, praise, prank, preach, prepare, present, pretend, prevent, pride, prime, prince, program, promise, prompt, proof, proper, protect, proud, prove, provide, prune, pry, spade, span, spare, spark, spear, special, speech, spice, spider, spine, spirit, spit, splash, split, spoil, spoke, spoon, sport, spray, spread, sprout
Vocabulary: paragraph, paraphrase, passage, perimeter, personification, persuade, point of view, prediction, preposition, product, pronoun, prose, publish, purpose โ€” See all 3rd Grade Vocabulary โ†’

4th Grade

Ages 9-10
Sight Words: pair, passed, past, plain, poor, position, present, president, products, pull, put
Vocabulary: paraphrase, parody, persevere, perspective, plagiarism, plot, precise, prefix, primary source, producer, protagonist, protractor, proverb โ€” See all 4th Grade Vocabulary โ†’

5th Grade

Ages 10-11
Sight Words: particular, period, picked, please, plural, pounds, pretty, price
Vocabulary: paradox, parody, pathos, percent, perspective, photosynthesis, physical change, point of view, political, problem and solution, prologue, proportion, pun โ€” See all 5th Grade Vocabulary โ†’