Using picture words or nouns can aid a preschool child or any child struggling with reading. The table below combines both Fry and Dolch picture words and common nouns. We also created free worksheets and other fun activities which are located below the table.
List of Picture Words (Picture Nouns)
The combination of Fry’s 100 picture words with Dolch’s 95 common nouns, results in 160 words as noted in the table below.
Nouns | Category | Source |
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apple | food | dolch |
baby | people | both |
back | body | dolch |
ball | toys | both |
ball game | entertainment | fry |
banana | food | fry |
band | entertainment | fry |
bear | animal (zoo) | both |
bed | furniture | dolch |
bell | toys | dolch |
bicycle | transportation | fry |
bird | animal (pet) | both |
birthday | celebration | dolch |
boat | transportation | both |
book | reading | fry |
bowl | eating objects | fry |
box | other | dolch |
boy | people | both |
bread | food | both |
brother | people | dolch |
bus | transportation | fry |
bush | earth | fry |
cake | food | dolch |
car | transportation | dolch |
cat | animal (pet) | both |
cereal | food | fry |
chair | furniture | both |
chest | furniture | fry |
chicken | farm | both |
children | people | dolch |
Christmas | celebration | dolch |
cloud | earth (sky) | fry |
coat | clothing | dolch |
computer | writing | fry |
cook | workers | fry |
corn | food | dolch |
cow | farm | both |
crayon | writing | fry |
cup | eating objects | fry |
day | day | dolch |
desk | furniture | fry |
dirt | earth | fry |
doctor | workers | fry |
dog | animal (pet) | fry |
doll | toys | both |
door | home | dolch |
dress | clothing | fry |
duck | farm | fry |
egg | food | dolch |
elephant | animal (zoo) | fry |
eye | body | dolch |
farm | farm | dolch |
farmer | farm | both |
father | people | dolch |
feet | body | dolch |
field | earth | fry |
fire | earth | dolch |
fish | animal (pet) | both |
five | numbers | fry |
floor | home | dolch |
flower | earth | both |
fork | eating objects | fry |
four | numbers | fry |
fruit | food | both |
game | toys | both |
garden | farm | dolch |
giraffe | animal (zoo) | fry |
girl | people | both |
goodbye | other | dolch |
grape | food | fry |
grass | earth | both |
ground | earth | dolch |
hand | body | dolch |
hat | clothing | fry |
head | body | dolch |
hill | earth | both |
home | home | dolch |
horse | farm | both |
house | home | dolch |
juice | drinks | fry |
kitty | animal (pet) | dolch |
leg | body | dolch |
letter | reading | both |
lion | animal (zoo) | fry |
magazine | reading | fry |
malt | drinks | fry |
man | people | both |
meat | food | fry |
men | people | dolch |
milk | drinks | both |
money | other | dolch |
monkey | animal (zoo) | fry |
moon | earth (sky) | fry |
morning | day | dolch |
mother | people | dolch |
movie | entertainment | fry |
name | other | dolch |
nest | animal | dolch |
newspaper | reading | fry |
night | day | dolch |
nurse | workers | fry |
one | numbers | fry |
orange | food | fry |
pants | clothing | fry |
paper | writing | dolch |
party | celebration | dolch |
pear | food | fry |
pen | writing | fry |
pencil | writing | fry |
picture | writing | dolch |
pig | farm | both |
plane | transportation | fry |
plate | eating objects | fry |
police officer | workers | fry |
rabbit | animal (pet) | both |
radio | entertainment | fry |
rain | earth (sky) | both |
ring | other | dolch |
robin | animal | dolch |
rock | earth | fry |
Santa Claus | celebration | dolch |
school | other | dolch |
seed | farm | dolch |
sheep | farm | dolch |
shirt | clothing | fry |
shoes | clothing | both |
sign | reading | fry |
sister | people | dolch |
skateboard | toys | fry |
snow | earth (sky) | dolch |
soda | drinks | fry |
sofa | furniture | fry |
song | entertainment | dolch |
soup | food | fry |
spoon | eating objects | fry |
squirrel | animal | dolch |
star | earth (sky) | fry |
stock | other | dolch |
street | other | dolch |
sun | earth (sky) | both |
table | furniture | both |
television (TV) | entertainment | fry |
thing | other | dolch |
three | numbers | fry |
time | other | dolch |
tomatoes | earth | fry |
top | toys | dolch |
toy | toys | dolch |
train | toys | fry |
tree | earth | both |
truck | transportation | fry |
two | numbers | fry |
typewriter | writing | fry |
watch | other | dolch |
water | drinks | both |
way | other | dolch |
wind | earth | dolch |
window | home | dolch |
women | people | fry |
wood | earth | dolch |
Picture Noun Activities
We created fun activities, e.g., worksheets, flashcards and books, that help a child learn common nouns in an entertaining environment.
Picture Words – Family We created a fun worksheet that centers on the members of a family: brother, father, mother and sister. We also provide a fun matching exercise. |
Picture Words – Common Nouns We offer a free worksheet that encourages a child to say, trace and write the following common nouns: baby, ball, boy, girl, man and women. |
Picture Words – Zoo Animals We offer a free noun worksheet that encourages a child to say, trace and write the following picture words: bear, elephant, lion, giraffe & monkey. |
Picture Words – Zoo Animals We offer a free noun worksheet that encourages a child to say, trace and write two zoo animals. We also provided a picture of a zoo for a child to color. |
Picture Words – Pets We offer a free noun worksheet that encourages a child to say, trace and write the following picture words: cat, dog, fish & rabbit. We also included a fun activity – select and name your favorite pet. |
Picture Words – Transportation We offer a free noun worksheet that encourages a child to say, trace and write the following picture words: bus, boat, car, truck, plane and train. We included plenty of pictures for a child to color. |
Picture Words – Eating Objects We offer a free noun worksheet that encourages a child to say, trace and write the following picture words: fork, bowl, cup, spoon and plate. We included our favorite pictures. |
Picture Words – Common Nouns We offer a free noun worksheet that encourages a child to say, trace and write two words: day and night. We also include two pictures that illustrate theses words. |
Picture Words – Fruit We offer a free worksheet emphasizing the following picture words: apple, banana, grape, orange and pear. We also created a book, Emily Makes a Fruit Basket, that emphasizes fruit and the numbers 1 through 5. |
Picture Words – Numbers We created free flashcards using the following numbers: one, two, three, four & five. There are also 3 blank flashcards. For more worksheets using numbers, please visit our sight word activities: numbers section. |
Picture Words – Farm Animals We created a free worksheet that complements our sight word book about Farm Animals. These are two great activities that expose an emergent reader to sight words (I, see & a) as well as common nouns. We also created another fun book, Do Know What I Am?, that challenges your child to guess the farm animal. |
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