Family of Words

This song is also available on Jack Hartmann's album Shake, Rattle n' Read.

Focus: Identifying and using word families

Activity – This is another word family development song. This one puts the beginning sound and the word family sound close so children can really hear them together. Follow how children do the first one. A word family chart would be a very helpful visual aid.

Let’s meet the at family
Words that end with "at"
We’ll give you the beginning sound
Then put them together with "at"

What word does it make?
What word does it make?
b - at = bat
(Children respond)

What word does it make?
What word does it make?
c - at = cat
(Children respond)

(Repeat for the onsets of h, m, p, r, and s.)

Let’s meet the ug family
Words that end with "ug"
We’ll give you the beginning sound
Then put them together with "ug"

What word does it make?
What word does it make?
b - ug = bug
(Children respond)

(Repeat for the onsets of d, h, j, m, r, and t.)

Repeat Chorus

 

OPEN VERSION:
Activity – 2Use any word family you want to follow the same way as in the version above.

Let’s meet the at family
Words that end with "__"
We’ll give you the beginning sound
Then put them together with "__"

What word does it make
What word does it make
_ – “__” - __
(Children respond)
What word does it make
What word does it make
_ – “__” – ___
What word does it make
What word does it make
_ – “__” - ___
What word does it make
What word does it make
_ – “__” - ___
What word does it make
What word does it make
_ – “__” - ___
What word does it make
What word does it make
_ – “__” - ___
What word does it make
What word does it make
_ – “__” - ___

(Repeat Chorus)

Repeat with new word families.

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