List of elements in alphabetical order

It is best to introduce the chemical elements to kids with a simple alphabetical list: 

https://www.radiochemistry.org/periodictable/list1.html

They can easily see that the chemical symbol is a simple abbreviation of  the of the element’s name. They can find that they are already familiar with number of elements, e.g., oxygen, iron, silver, gold. Just as importantly, many things they are familiar with, e.g., water, are not elements. Introducing chemistry by showing kids the periodic table is a turn-off. For most, it will only cause overwhelm, confusion, and panic.