The Notepad Flip and Spell Word Family Activity is a fun way for kids to practice phonics, spelling and reading simple 3-letter words. You can focus on CVC words or move onto more challenging words. It’s a great kindergarten learning game and also fun for older kids who can make a game out of making as many words as possible.
Check out the below video to see the Notepad Flip & Spell Word Family Activity in action:
Materials Needed (affiliate links):
- Wooden dowel (or a pipe cleaner would work too)
- 3 coil bound small notepads
- Black marker
How to Play Notepad Flip and Spell Word Family Activity:
- Start by inserting the wooden dowel through the coil of each notepad until all three are attached to the dowel.
- Next flip open the notepads and write all lowercase letters, a – z, in black markers – one on each page, in alphabetical order.
- Now ask the child to flip the pages to make as many three letter words as they can.
- Optional: give them a piece of paper and pencil to write the words they find.
This activity is great for sounding out words and can be fun for older kids to see how many words they can make! You could even make several sets and have students compete to see who can make the most words in a minute.
Word Families Definition
What is a word family? A word family is a set of words that have a common pattern or sound. A great example is at, bat, cat, hat, etc. Enchanted Learning has a comprehensive list of many word families here. Below is a great list of some of the most common word families for kindergarten that are great to start with for kids just learning to read and sound out words:
- at – bat, cat, fat, hat, mat, pat, rat, sat
- an – ban, can, fan, man, pan, ran, tan, van
- it – bit, fit, hit, kit, lit, mit, pit, sit
- og- bog, fog, hog, jog, log
- ag – bag, lag, sag, tag, wag, zag
- eg – beg, leg, peg
- ug – bug, mug, rug
- ar – bar, car, far, jar, par, tar, war
- ap – cap, gap, lap, map, nap, sap, tap, zap
- ot – bot, cot, dot, got, hot, jot, lot, not, pot, rot, tot
Kindergarten Games
Looking for more kindergarten games? Check out some of our favorite activities below:
* Kindergarten Math Learning Game
* Spin & Spell Easter Egg Game
* DIY Straw Letters Activity * ages 4+
And also check out education.com for some fun online kindergarten games!
