These word family sliders are a fun way for preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, and first grade students to work on their fine motor skills while gaining confidence reading. Practice reading word famlies for kindergarten with this set of 20 word family printables! Each one has a different theme and words on a different word family for kids! Simply print word family worksheets pdf file to print in color or blackline and have fun with this engaging word family activity.
Word Family Sliders
My Kindergartners always love the word family sliders we make together. This hands-on word family craft helps them continue to work on fine motor skills (important for strengthening hands to write letters), and gain confidence reading kindergarten word families. There are over 20 word family sliders free included in these word family slides printables including ug, ig, eep, ip, un, en, at, ot, ank, ill, ar, an, ish, ite, ail, ox, ed, op, ate, and oon. You can print them in black and white and allow students to color the slider to decorate, or print them in color on cardstock for a reusable way for grade 1 and kindegarteners to practice reading word families.
Word family Printables
Start by scrolling to the bottom of the post, under the terms of use, and click on the text link that says >> _____ <<. The kindergarten word families pdf file will open in a new window for you to save the freebie and print the template.
Word Family Activity
These are so easy to use! Just pick the word family you want to work on. Print in color or in black and white. If you use the black and white word family activity use crayons, markers, or colored pencils to colour the picture. Then cut out the image, letter strip, and slot in the picture. Slide the letter strip in the picture, slide, and read!
There are 20 different sliders to make including the following word families: ug, ig, eep, ip, un, en, at, ot, ank, ill, ar, an, ish, ite, ail, ox, ed, op, ate, and oon.
- at word family – cat, sat, rat, bat, hat
- an word family – can, ran, fan, pan, man
- ar word family – jar, far, car, star, tar
- en word family – hen, men, pen, ten
- ed word family – bed, red, fed, led, wed
- ip word family – ship, dip, hat, tip, lip
- ig word family – pig, wig, fid, dig, big
- ot word family – pot, not, hot, cot
- op word family – mop, hop, top, pop
- ox word family – fox, box, pox, sox (baseball team)
- ug word family – bug, hug, tug, rug, mug
- un word family – sun, bun, nun, run, fun
- oon word family – spoon, moon, noon, soon, racoon
- eep word family – sheep, peep, leep, keep, jeep
- ank word family – bank, rank, blank, sank, tank
- ill word family – drill, bill, gill, fill, hill
- ish word family – fish, dish, wish, swish
- ite word family – kite, bite, site, white, mite
- ail word family – pail, mail, fail, nail, hail
- ate word family – plate, crate, late, bate, gate
Word families worksheets
Kids will feel successful and confident as they read these word families by themselves
Word Families for Kindergarten
I’ve also included the full color options if you would prefer. In that case, I recommend printing on carstock for durability 😉
Literacy Worksheets
These free printable literacy worksheets are a great way to go beyond ABC worksheets to really work on reading, writing, and spelling. These kindergarten literacy worksheets include CVC Word worksheets, rhyming worksheets, word family worksheets, sight word worksheets, and lots of phonics worksheets too. Use these kindergarten worksheets with pre-k, K4, K5, and first grade students.
Word Family Worksheets
Working on word families helps children learn to decode words. The next step is phonics! Learn how to teach phonics and grab some of our FREE phonics worksheets and hands-on activities too!
- A – Free ab word family worksheets, printable ad word family worksheets, handy –ap Word Family Worksheets, cute –at word family worksheets with pictures
- E – -ed Word Family Worksheets, printable –eg Word Family Worksheets, free-en Word Family Worksheets for Kindergarten, –et word family worksheets practice pages, ee word family worksheets
- I – –ig word family worksheets for Kindergarten, –in word family worksheets, free ip word family printable worksheets, -it Word Family Worksheets for kids
- O – –og Word Family Worksheets to improve reading and spelling, op word family worksheets, free –ot word family worksheets and activities
- U – –ub Word Family Worksheets for fun practice, ug Word Family Worksheets, printable un word family worksheets
Word Family Activities
How to teach word famlies kindergarten then grab some of these fun word family activities and free printables to make practicing FUN!
- Dab a Dot Mazes Word Family Worksheets or this Airplane Word Family Worksheets with Do a Dot Markers
- Cooking up Rhymes with Word Family Printables activity or this Lion Rhyming Word Family Activity
- Adorable Word Family Worksheets are a fun, NO PREP way for kids to practice!
- Flower Word Family Match or this bee rhyming words activity
- Get outside with this Sidewalk Word Family activity or this Word family Bump Game
- Help kids read word families with these clever Word Family Clip Cards printable
- We have Word Family Sliders with context clues or Transportation Word Family Sliders to learn blends.
- Ready. Set. Learn! These film strip themed word family printable are a clever visual for learning
- This Board Game helps kids practice “in” words or this Spring Bubble Word Family Sort
- ⛄ Snowman Word Family Printables activity
- 💗 Hershey Kiss Word Family Worksheets and chocolate kiss sorting word family activity
- 🌸 Cut-and-paste Spring flowers word family printable are a fun way to practice
- 🐥 Easter eggs word family activity and Easter Word Family Worksheets
- 🗽 Patriotic CVC Word
- 🎃Pumpkin Word Family Printables sliders or practice word patterns. Pumpkin pie word family activity
- 🦃 Spin and Cover turkey games for learning word families or this Turkey Word Family Feather Sort
- 🍁 Give the turkeys his feathers by sorting the turkey word family activities for early learner
- 🎄 Christmas Tree Word Family for Kindergarteners
- More word family activities
Kindergarten Activities
- 50 Books for Kindergarten Book List – Books for Kindergarteners to read themselves
- Kindergarten Calendar Printable, free Days of the Week Worksheets
- Kindergarten Spelling Words – add a vowel practice or Free Kindergarten spelling words Printable and free kindergarten opposite worksheets, free circle the bigger number worksheets
- Hoppy Frog Math Game (addition within 10 and addition to 20), free kindergarten math worksheets, and Number Chart for Kindergarten, Goldfish Kindergarten Subtraction Games
- Roll to 100 Counting Game, 100s Chart Battleship Game, and Days of the Week Worksheets
- Free Ordinal Number Worksheet, Pirate I Spy Worksheets, Crack the Code Worksheet Pages
- Playdough Subtraction Smash free printable math activity, What Comes Next Kindergarten Math, pattern math worksheets, free number sequencing worksheets, free Addition picture worksheets, 7 fun odd and even games, plus free pattern worksheets
- Short i cvc worksheets cut and paste pdf, Short E CVC Words Booklet, Crack the Code CVC Word Worksheets
- Crayon CVC Words Activity, free CVC Word Puzzles Free Printable, Blowing Bubbles Word Family Activities
- Word Family Sliders Free – lots of styles to print in color or black and white
- Free Printable Seasons Worksheets w/ Free 4 Season Printables, Large Printable Weather Unit for kids
- Rain Cloud for Kids experiment and free worksheet, Water Cycle for Kids Printable Book
- Human Body human body playdough mats , EPIC, Life-size Human Body Project
- Amazing 5 Senses for kids lesson, Free Community Helpers Coloring Pages – over 20 pages, Community Helpers Printables Wheel – spin and learn, Free Kindergarten Word Search with Sight Words
- Non Standard Measurement Worksheets, Free Printable Community Helpers Matching Game
Word Family Sliders FREE
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Thanks a lot Ms.Beth Gorden,
Many many thanks for you,
You are wonderful woman, and your worksheet is very interesting for my children,
Mrs.MushroomI am loving what I am seeing. Thank you some much!!
Thank you so much for these wonderful ideas! You are such a blessing to the children. May you continue to do your best. God bless you and your work.
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