When the weather warms up and everything starts to bloom, these spring vocabulary words are an easy way to add spelling, writing, and word work to your school day. This printable word list is simple to use — just print and go.
In the Northern Hemisphere, spring begins with the vernal equinox, which is astronomically either March 20th or March 21st. Then we can officially say that ‘Spring has sprung!’ This list of Spring Vocabulary Words will help you and your young ones get ready for the spring season!
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🌼 Find more spring worksheets and printable activities here at Mama’s Learning Corner. There are color by code packets, phonics and math worksheets, writing prompts, scissor skills, and much more!
Spring Vocabulary Words for Kids
This list of spring themed words has a multitude of uses in your homeschool or classroom. Use this list as a word bank, for spelling help, assign writing prompts, or use it for brainstorming. You could also have students choose 1 or 2 unfamiliar words from the list and write their definitions or research using available textbooks.
However you choose to use this vocabulary word list, I hope it enhances your study of the spring season!
🌷 At a Glance – Spring Word List
- 90+ spring vocabulary words for kids
- Alphabetized for easy reference
- Great for spelling, copywork, and writing prompts
- Black & white printable
- Print-and-go homeschool friendly
Ways to Use These Spring Words
Need more detailed ideas for using this list of words? Choose from 1 or more of the following:
Daily handwriting or copywork – choose several “letters” from the list – Letters A through G, for example – and have your child copy those in print or cursive.
Weekly spelling lists – If you have a particular spelling program, continue to use that, only choose 2-5 words from this list as “add-ons.” Or create a custom spring spelling list for your child.
Creative writing prompts – Choose several words from the list as writing prompts, or you could have your child choose the words that interests him the most.
Word wall or pocket chart – Write several of these words on the white board, or print and use around the room to create a word wall and use for a few weeks. Or place word cards in your pocket chart.
Nature journaling – Do you spy any of these spring words outside on a nature walk? See how many you can locate on a walk, and then journal or sketch in your notebook.
Story starters or sentence building – This is a fun one that my kids and I do often! Choose the first word on the list. Go around the room as each person makes a sentence using the next word on the list. You can choose to make these serious or silly sentences!
Understand Definitions – Are there words on the list with which your children are not familiar? Use this fun Definition Worksheet and find some new-to-you vocabulary words! See a picture of this page in the next photo in this post.
Grammar Practice – Categorize the list into spring nouns, spring verbs, spring adjectives, and so on. Go a step further and categorize the spring nouns into proper and common or abstract and concrete nouns.
🌷 Spring Words by Letter
If your child is working on specific letter sounds or you’re looking for themed spelling ideas, it’s helpful to see a few spring vocabulary words by letter. Here are some examples to get you started:
- Spring words that start with A include: air, April, April Fool’s Day
- Spring words that start with B include: babies, bee, bloom, bunny
- Spring words that start with C include: caterpillar, chicks, clover, clouds
- Spring words that start with D include: daffodil, dew, duckling
- Spring words that start with F include: flowers, foal, frog
- Spring words that start with R include: rabbit, rain, rainbow, robin
You can use these as quick spelling lists, writing prompts, or copywork practice. For a full alphabetized list of spring words, see the complete list below.
Spring Word List (Alphabetical)
✅ There is a printable version of the Spring Vocabulary Word List at the end of this post. Don’t miss it!
A
| air | April | April Fool’s Day |
B
| babies | baskets | bee |
| bird | birth | bloom |
| blossom | bonnet | born |
| breeze | breezy | bulbs |
| bunny | burrow | butterfly |
| buzz |
C
| calf | candy | caterpillar |
| chicks | chirp | clover |
| clouds | crocus |
D
| daffodil | dew | dig | duckling |
| dye |
E
| Easter | ||
| egg |
F
| flowers | foal | fragrant |
| frog |
G
| garden | gardening | germinate |
| grass | green | grow |
H
| hatch | hens | hidden |
| hide | hummingbird | hunt |
| hyacinth |
I
| insect | ||
| iris |
J
K
| kid (baby goat) | ||
| kite |
L
| ladybug | lamb | leaf |
| life cycle | lily |
M
| March | May | melt |
| morning |
N
| nest | ||
| new |
O
P
| pastel | peep | plant (noun) |
| plant (verb) | pollen | pollinate |
| pot | puddle |
Q
R
| rabbit | rain | rainbow |
| raincoat | rebirth | renew |
| robin |
S
| season | seeds | showers |
| sky | spring | springtime |
| spring cleaning | sprout | sun |
| sunny | sunshine |
T
| tadpole | thaw | tulip |
U
| umbrella | ||
V
| vernal equinox | ||
W
| warm | watering can | weather |
| windy | worm |
X
Y
| yard | ||
| young |
Z
Numbers
| March 20 or 21 | ||
Download the Spring Vocabulary Words Printable
This list works well for:
- weekly spelling lists
- copywork practice
- quick writing prompts
- word walls or morning work
Click below to download your free printable Spring Vocabulary Words list.
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More Spring Worksheets and Activities
Practice handwriting, composition, phonics, and much more with the variety of spring worksheets and printable activities here at Mama’s Learning Corner!
- Spring Directed Draw and Write Worksheets
- Spring Word Wall and Worksheets
- Spring Writing Prompt Worksheet Packet
- Spring Worksheets for Kindergarten and 1st Grade
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