N’s Nook: 3 Letter Words Starting with N

Is your little kid speaking all day without any break? Are you looking for some useful new words that can improve their vocabulary?

Then, we are here to help you out. Learning some meaningful new words is a great thing. With new words your little companion will be able to speak more fluently and even become the master of a strong vocabulary.

We can help you in this journey by providing some interesting and beneficial new words that you can try to teach your little ones in an exciting way. So, in this article, let us go with some three letter words starting with the fourteenth alphabet….N.

List of 3 Letter Words Starting With N

nab	to take, grab, or steal something
nag	harass someone constantly
nan	one’s grandmother
nap	sleep briefly or lightly
nat	a person who advocates political independence for a certain country
nab	catch someone doing something wrong
ned	a petty criminal
nef	an elaborated table decoration in the shape of a ship for holding condiments and napkins
neg	insult or undermine someone
nek	a mountain col
net	a device, made of rope or fabric stitched together, used to catch fish
new	introduced or produced recently for the first time/ not existing before
nib	the pointed end part of a pen
nil	nothing/ zero
nim	a game
nip	pinch or bite sharply
nod	lower and raise one’s head briefly to give a signal
nom	nominate for an honor
non	expressing negation
nor	used to introduce a further negative sentence
nos	short for numbers
not	used as a short substitute for a negative clause
now	at the present moment
nub	the center point of a matter
nun	a female member of a religious community
nut	a fruit with a tough shell around an edible kernel
nit	the egg of a louse or other parasitic insect
nix	expressing denial
nob	a person or high position or wealth

Now, it will be an incredible experience to go through some three letter acronyms that start with the letter N, isn’t it?

Kids often come across a few acronyms or you may say abbreviations that may pique their interest. So, let’s take a look at some of those acronyms.

List of acronyms starting with N

NID	Never in Doubt
NAC	National Agency Check/ U.S. Navy Advanced Concepts
NAD	Namibian dollar
NAI	Named Area of Interest
NaN	Not A Number
NAS	National Academy of Sciences/Network Attached Storage
NBA	National Basketball Association
NBC	National Broadcasting Corporation
NBL	National Basketball League
NCI	U.S. National Cancer Institute
NCO	Non-Commissioned Officer
NCW	Network Centric Warfare
NDU	National Defense University
NEA	Near-Earth Asteroid/Nuclear Energy Agency
NET	National Educational Television
NEX	Navy Exchange
NFA	No-Fire Area
NFL	National Football League
NGH	Northern General Hospital
NGO	Non-Governmental Organization
NGS	Naval Gunfire Support
NHL	National Hockey League
NIB	New In Box
NIH	National Institutes of Health
NKA	No Known Allergies
NLB	Non-Linear Battlefield
NLW	Non-Lethal Weapon
NNW	North North West
NOS	Network Operating System
NRC	National Research Council
NSW	New South Wales
NTC	National Training Center
NUI	No User Interface
NVG	Night Vision Goggles
NWF	National Wildlife Federation
NYT	New York Times

Activities With 3 Letter Words Starting With N

You can teach those little things a large number of new words, with their meanings; however, your every effort will prove to be a big zero unless your child gets the scope to use the newly-gathered knowledge at the right place.

Now, in most situations, it is actually impossible to force the kids to go on reading books ….or even noting down a large number of new words!! So, eventually, they will feel quite bored and lose interest in learning new words.

The best solution to this problem is to engage those little things in some playful activities that will keep them completely focused as well as act as useful practice activities.

So, here are some interesting word activities that will allow your tiny tots to practice and correctly use the newly learnt words:

1. Name Game

Naming a thing is definitely one of the easiest activities through which you can successfully strengthen the vocabulary of your children.

When you are thinking about how to introduce some three-letter words to your kids, you can try playing this name game once. In this fun game, you have to mention something and your kid will have to answer.

Also, you can play this name game turns, such as, once you will ask a question and your child will have to give the answer and then just the opposite.

This game will help the little prince and princesses to have real fun, along with feeling more interested in learning. Let us take a look at some examples below.

Examples:

Q: When you are lowering and raising your head briefly to give a signal, this gesture is called _.

Ans: Nod

Q: What is a device, made of rope or fabric stitched together, used to catch fish?

Ans: Net

Q: What do we call a thing that is introduced or produced recently for the first time?

Ans: New

Q: What will you call the pointed end part of a pen?

Ans: Nib

Q: What will we call an elaborated table decoration in the shape of a ship that is used for holding condiments and napkins?

Ans: Nef

Q: What will you use to express negation?

Ans: Non

2. Word Puzzles

You might have already encountered different kinds of interesting word puzzles that you can enjoy with your little kids. One of the simplest puzzles is to play it by using the scramble tiles and encourage the kids to try to unscramble them.

This game will become a fun and attractive game when your little ones are playing with some newly learned three-letter words.

Moreover, you can draw all the alphabets on the pavement and then say a certain three-letter word, like a nib. Your child will have to step on each letter of the word nib to complete the game in a fun way.

The opposite method can also be quite amusing. Your kid will have to stand on three letters and you will say the word made by them.

3. Fill In The Blanks Activity

This is another easy and fun activity that will assist your kids in remembering the three-letter words they just learned with ease.

Furthermore, this interesting activity will be of immense help for their future studies. Let’s see some interesting examples.

Example:

N_B

NO_

N_G

NE_

N_W

N_L

4. Word Matching Game

You can play this fun game with the help of Flash Cards. To play this word matching game, you will require two sets of cards, one will contain some pictures and the other will have the words written on them.

You can use three-letter words like non, nod, nib, net, nek, nag, non, etc., and get the cards that contain these words starting with N.

Next, just show the cards and try to match them with the respective words.

It is also an amazing experience to show the children the complete procedure to perform the matching and then encourage them to follow you in the next step.

In this way, you can successfully teach your kids some useful three-letter words starting with the fourteenth letter N within very little time.

Conclusion

Hope all of these ideas will be able to help you in your journey of giving some meaningful knowledge to your tiny tots. For some other assistance, just keep following us!

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