Word Family Pancakes: Idea #175

Kids love pancakes! Why not try practicing word families by flipping some pancakes? Here is what you do:

1. Decide on the word family you would like your student to practice reading. I chose the -at family.

2. Make a list of the words in that word family. The words should be simple enough for your student to read. My list had these words: bat, cat, hat, sat, fat, pat, rat, mat.

3. Count the number of words you wrote and then cut out that many circles. Color the circles yellow to look like a pancake.

4. Write each word on a different circle.

5. Then draw or tape a picture of the word on the back of the circle.

I got my pictures from www.clipart.com.

6. Draw or print a frying pan for your pancakes.

I found these printable frying pans here.

7. When you are done making your pancakes, you should have about 8-12.

8. Your student is to look at the side of the pancake with the word on it first. Once they read the word, they flip the pancake. When your student sees the picture on the back of the pancake, they will know if they read the word correctly.

This is a great game for your student to do independently or during center time. You could even give your student a real frying pan and spatula to make it more fun!