Pre-k is all about fun learning. We’re trying to head towards reading. There are so many benefits of reading. Reading makes learning so much easier. Word building is something Aiden is obsessed with. He really wants to know how to make words. To help him learn I decided to make him some puzzles to help him build words and I thought I’d share them with you. Grab your Pre-K word builder freebie at the end of this post.
Pre-K Valentine’s Day Printable Word Builder
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I decided to make these ones within heart shapes since Valentine’s Day is coming. He’s all about cutting things out so I let him do a few.
I wanted to make this easy and helpful so mostly 3 letter words. Our endings are ED, AD, AT, and AN.
Once we get used to each of these words I hope to help him build stories so the words were picked to make that easier.
ED Words
For the ED endings, there aren’t a lot of 3 letter words. I think it will be a better ending when we move to bigger words. However, there are a few. I choice bed, red, led, wed, med, and Ted as my ED words.
AD Words
AD endings are pretty easy. There should be plenty of harder ones too. I liked sad, had, bad, dad, lad, and pad for the AD words.
AT Words
When it comes to AT words there are so many. I feel like Bob books are full of them. With sat, mat, Pat, hat, fat, and cat I think we’re going to be good on AT words.
AN Words
Another easy one is the AN ending. There are not too many consents that can’t start an AN word. I went with man, ran, fan, pan, can, van, and tan for our AN words.
Word Building
We are having a lot of fun with these. He really liked cutting them out and sorting out the colors. When he put the pieces together we talked about each word and used it in a sentence. He made up a short story about his cat who sat on his hat on the mat.
What do you do to teach your Pre-K new words? Are you focused on learning to read yet? Let me know in the comments. Oh and download your freebie here 🙂
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This is such a cute activity to share with the little ones. I’m definitely going to trying this when am babysitting my cousins. My nephews and niece will love it.
Hey! this is such an interesting idea 😀 I am into art and love creativity. Thanks for sharing it ,will be helpful for kids. I can share it with mothers.
I love you using the hearts to help with word building. I know this would be helpful with the library I work for and their after school program. Very fun.
Fantastic idea to motivated them to read.
What an amazing idea for me to show son’s GF, she is interning at a preschooler. A great way to make learning fun with some Valentines Day hearts.
How cute is that! i love Valentine’s and your idea moves my heart! thanks!
What an effective and fun-filled way to make kids learn new words. Must share this with friends who have young children.
What a wonderful activity! I am going to try this in classroom this week!
It’s amazing how interested he is in cutting the colors and sorting them out. It’s also cute that he puts the pieces together. You are such a great mom because you take all the effort in talking with him and allowing him to use each word in a sentence.
I love your games always so colorful, fun and educational!
Time flies, I feel like it was just Valentine’s day yesterday. This is pretty cute and lovely actually. I cannot wait to get my hands on them.
Super fun way to mix learning with the holiday! I will have to print some of these off the next time I’m babysitting!
This is such a fun idea to get your child involved in valentines AND educate them 😎😎
This is such a cute idea! I will definitely try this when my baby grows up a bit. I love how you used hearts for Valentine’s day!