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Short vowel word family houses

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Looking for a hands-on printable for teaching word families?  Check out our word family houses!

These word family house printables are one of our favorite word family activities. Great for hands-on learning!

My word family houses were one of my very first printables here at The Measured Mom®. These little gems are wonderful for helping new readers crack the code of sounding out words!

If you’re teaching a new reader to sound out words, it is sometimes helpful to use word families.

What are word families?

Word families are groups of words that share the same ending.  For example, the words cat, fat, and mat all belong to the “-at” word family.

These word family house printables are one of our favorite word family activities. Great for hands-on learning!

UPDATE: My word family houses give reading practice with analytic phonics instruction, as described above. Analytic phonics is when you use known words or word parts (such as word families) as analogies for figuring out words. Many children do well with analytic phonics instruction. However, as I learn more about the science of reading, I now prefer to start with synthetic phonics instruction. You can learn more about that in this video blog post.  

These word family house printables are one of our favorite word family activities. Great for hands-on learning!

 

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These word family houses are easy to print and assemble!

If you print on colored cardstock and laminate, you get a durable printable that will hold up through a lot of use.

These word family house printables are one of our favorite word family activities. Great for hands-on learning!

1. Print each house on a single piece of cardstock.

These word family house printables are one of our favorite word family activities. Great for hands-on learning!

2. Cut out each house and wheel, being sure to cut into the house to cut out the window.

These word family house printables are one of our favorite word family activities. Great for hands-on learning!

3. Laminate.  (For this demonstration, I put just one house and wheel in the laminator, but I can fit two houses and two wheels on a single piece of laminate.)

These word family house printables are one of our favorite word family activities. Great for hands-on learning!

4. Cut out the pieces and use a sharp tool to punch a hole through the black dots.  Assemble with a brass fastener for some hands-on reading practice!

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24 Comments

  1. Norma

    August 27, 2020 at 10:55 am

    I love it!!! Thank you very much for sharing it.

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  2. Lana

    July 25, 2020 at 6:51 am

    The printable card patterns you have made are very beautiful. I see some cards that are like a houses. They are wonderful. Will you send me some cards…

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    • Kate Dowling

      July 27, 2020 at 10:05 pm

      Hi Lana!

      This is Kate, Anna’s assistant. To download these cards, please scroll up to where it says, “Get the original versions for free.” Under that you will find links for each of the five vowels. Enjoy the cards!

      Reply to this comment
  3. Kiersten

    July 22, 2020 at 9:42 am

    Thank you so much for sharing these amazing resources! For some reason when I try to click the short “u” houses, it won’t take me to it like the other ones. Does anyone know a solution for this? Thanks!!

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna G

      July 24, 2020 at 5:03 am

      Thanks, Kiersten – fixed it!

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  4. Shannon

    May 28, 2020 at 2:29 pm

    These are such a cute idea! Thanks so much.

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  5. Sam

    February 21, 2019 at 7:48 am

    Hi! Great resource thank you! I don’t have any brass fasteners where I am currently. Any other ideas as to what I can use instead?
    Thanks!

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    • Anna G

      February 24, 2019 at 5:52 pm

      Sorry, I don’t! I would google “alternatives to brass fasteners” and see if you find a DIY option. 🙂

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  6. Yael

    June 19, 2017 at 9:49 am

    LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this!
    Thank you!

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    • Anna Geiger

      June 19, 2017 at 3:48 pm

      You’re very welcome, Yael!

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  7. Antara

    June 30, 2016 at 11:42 pm

    Hi Anna,

    Was just wondering if the small books that you had for ‘word families’ are still available? I can’t seem to find it anymore. They were really very helpful.

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna Geiger

      July 1, 2016 at 9:01 pm

      Yes! All my word family books are here: https://www.themeasuredmom.com/free-phonics-books/

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      • Renate Flannelly

        September 13, 2021 at 4:14 pm

        Thank you so much! I am tutoring children of varying ages whose single mothers are experiencing homelessness. They stay in our nonprofit’s transitional housing for up to a year and the kids are often significantly behind in their academic skills. The links you provide for free materials that I can use with these kids to supplement their learning in school is invaluable. Thank you!

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        • Heather Groth, Customer Support

          September 13, 2021 at 7:29 pm

          Thank you for the important work that you are doing, Renate! You are truly making a difference in each of these children’s lives!

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  8. MERAL toramanoglu

    March 11, 2016 at 9:35 am

    SO GOOD :)) THANK YOU

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    • Anna Geiger

      March 11, 2016 at 3:53 pm

      You’re very welcome!

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  9. susi

    February 28, 2016 at 10:23 pm

    Genevieve loves the houses! Colored them and they are gorgeous! Thanks

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    • Anna Geiger

      March 1, 2016 at 9:12 pm

      Yay! Thank you for sharing, Susi!

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  10. Elena

    June 22, 2015 at 1:40 am

    Thank you very mach!

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    • Anna Geiger

      June 22, 2015 at 5:30 pm

      You’re very welcome, Elena!

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