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Naming Words for Kids: People and Places All Around Us (Kindergarten English)

🎓 Kindergarten 📖 English ⏱️ 2 min 9 sec Age 5

Luna from DoodleBeez introduces naming words, also called nouns, for people and places. Kids sort words like teacher, baby, park and school into people and places. Common Core L.K.1b.

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Hi, I'm Luna from DoodleBeez. Some words name things around us. We call them naming words, or nouns. Today we will learn naming words for people and for places.

Some naming words tell about people. Mom, dad, baby, teacher, doctor and friend are all people. If it is a person, it is a naming word for a person.

Other naming words tell about places. A place is somewhere you can go. School, park, zoo, home, beach and store are all places. You can visit each one!

Here is a helpful question. Can you go there? If yes, it is a place. Is it someone? If yes, it is a person. Let's use these questions to sort words.

Let's sort. Farmer. Is a farmer someone? Yes, so farmer is a person. Library. Can you go there? Yes, so library is a place. Great sorting!

We can find naming words in sentences too. The baker went to the shop. Baker is a person. Shop is a place. Both are naming words!

Now it's your turn. Is nurse a person or a place? Is farm a person or a place? Pause and try. A nurse is a person. A farm is a place you can go.

Great job! Remember, naming words are called nouns. Some name people, like teacher and baby. Some name places, like park and school. Practice naming words in the English Lab at doodlebeez.com. See you next time!

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