Word Families

hat the heck are word families or phonograms?  They are just a group of letters that have the same sound within a variety of words.  You see the ing pattern all the time in words like, king, ring, sing, thing.

​These groups of letters are very important in early reader phonemic awareness (learning letter patterns).  Later, they become a key skill in helping a child decode (figure out) unknown words.   

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Resources

• This lady rocks my world with the amount of FREE materials she supplies!  She has printable, videos, and even audio readings for each word family.  

Hubbards Cupboard

• For my son, I created a word family flip book.  Click the word families picture to download the free book.  Print, cut, and staple.

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• For your more visual learner follow Kids Phonics on YouTube.​

Kids Phonics

• Also make sure to check out the "Kids" literacy games within this site.  

Educational Gaming

Good luck and remember to have fun!
Karen Delaney