Word Families Write & Read — All 23 Families (Free PDF)

All 23 of the most useful rime families in one pack — once a child can read -at, they can read bat, cat, fat, flat and more without sounding out every letter.

What’s inside

• An instructions page, then one page per family: -at, -an, -ap, -ag, -am, -ad, -et, -en, -ed, -eg, -it, -in, -ip, -ig, -id, -ot, -og, -op, -ob, -ug, -un, -ut, -ub.
• Each page lists words split into onset and rime (b-at, c-at, f-at, fl-at…) with a line to write each one.
• Later words on each page add a blend at the front (fl-at, cl-an) as a stretch.

Every word in this PDF (254)

Handy for checking the list fits your child before printing, or for making your own games.

bat, rat, cat, sat, fat, flat, hat, chat, mat, that, pat, splat, ban, tan, can, van, fan, clan, man, plan, pan, scan, ran, span, cap, sap, gap, tap, lap, clap, map, flap, nap, snap, rap, trap, bag, tag, gag, wag, lag, brag, nag, drag, rag, flag, sag, stag, dam, cram, ham, gram, jam, slam, ram, swam, yam, tram, clam, bad, mad, dad, sad, had, clad, lad, glad, bet, pet, get, jet, vet, let, wet, met, yet, net, den, yen, hen, glen, men, pen, when, ten, wren, bed, bled, fed, fled, led, shed, red, sled, wed, sped, beg, peg, leg, reg, bit, wit, fit, grit, hit, knit, kit, slit, lit, spit, pit, split, sit, bin, win, din, grin, fin, shin, kin, spin, pin, thin, tin, twin, dip, drip, hip, flip, lip, grip, nip, ship, rip, skip, sip, slip, snip, zip, trip, chip, whip, clip, big, jig, dig, pig, fig, rig, gig, twig, bid, rid, did, grid, hid, skid, kid, slid, lid, squid, cot, tot, dot, blot, got, knot, hot, plot, jot, shot, lot, slot, not, spot, pot, trot, rot, bog, log, dog, clog, fog, frog, hog, smog, jog, cop, drop, hop, flop, mop, plop, pop, prop, top, shop, chop, slop, crop, stop, bob, rob, cob, sob, fob, blob, gob, job, knob, lob, snob, mob, throb, bug, rug, dug, tug, hug, plug, jug, shrug, lug, slug, mug, snug, pug, bun, run, fun, sun, gun, spun, nun, stun, pun, but, rut, glut, gut, shut, hut, strut, nut, club, shrub, cub, snub, dub, stub, hub, sub, rub, tub

How to use it

1. Read the family chunk alone first: "at."
2. Add each onset in turn: b… at, bat. Write the word.
3. Ask your child to invent a new word in the family, real or silly.
4. Leave the blend words (fl-at) until consonant blends have been taught.

Who it’s for

Ages 4–6 in Stage 3, as a bridge between sounding out every letter and reading chunks.

Where it fits: Stage 3 — Blending & Segmenting (CVC Words)

Goes well with

• Word Families List: 23 Rime Families with 200+ CVC Words
• Onset and Rime: The Pre-Phonics Skill That Doubles Decoding Speed
• Word Family Sort game