Word Family Flowers: Idea #108

When your child understands word families, the reading really comes along. Word families help one learn many words all at once. For example, if your child knows what sound -og makes, they already know the words: log, dog, fog, hog, jog, etc. A fun way to teach your child word families is to make a word family flower. Here is what you do:

1. Print off some flowers, or draw them yourself. Just make sure the flowers have at least five petals.

I found this worksheet here: www.allkidsnetwork.com.

2. Have your student write the word family you would like them to work on in the center of the flower.

3. Have your student write words that go with each word family on the petals.

4. Have your student color the flowers, cut them out, and glue them on construction paper.

Check out more: http://www.activity-mom.com/2011/06/flower-word-garden.html

Your student will love this art project. They get to write, color, cut, and glue. They will beg you to learn more word families so that they can make more flowers. Have fun!