Level 26 of 28
Compound Words List for Kids
A compound word is two whole words joined together: rain + bow = rainbow, sun + shine = sunshine. Both halves keep their own meaning and their own sounds.
8 words · tap any word to hear it
In the app · Level 26 · Compound Words
sun+flower · rain+bow · bed+room · butter+fly · tooth+brush
Age 7+
Teaching tip
Compound words look long and frightening but are among the easiest to read. Cover half the word with your thumb, read one part, then the other.
What’s in the app
You're seeing 8 of 16 words
All 16 are in the app. This page is the reference; the app is where a child does the reading — levels 1–3 are free to try.
- 🎧Every word, not a sampleOver 1,700 words across all 28 levels, each one recorded by a person — not the handful shown here.
- 🗂️All 28 levels, not 8Printables are single sheets. The app teaches the levels in order and keeps track of where your child is up to.
- 🎮Practice, not just a listFour screens per level — Intro, Learn, Practice, Listen — so a child does the reading instead of reading about it.
- ⭐Progress that sticksA journey map, 84 stars and a level-by-level path. Stars never go down.
- 🪜Four capstone challengesReading Ladder, Word Detective, Super Quiz and Compare & Choose — proving a child can decode words they have never seen.
- ✍️Letter tracingGuided finger tracing with stroke order. Impossible with a mouse, natural on a tablet.
- 📊A parent reportWhat your child practised, where they are stuck, and what to do about it.
- 📶Works offlineEvery activity and all 2,000+ clips, on a plane or in the car.
- 🧩Beyond phonics30+ more activities for vocabulary, grammar and sentence building, ages 3–8.
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