Looking for ways to plan literacy activities for a Families and Homes theme? These fun, hands-on activities will help your preschool learners develop essential literacy skills like letter recognition, phonological awareness, and sequencing – all while learning about families! Here are 9 ideas to help you plan a Families theme for your students.
ABC’s Around the House Book
This Alphabet book with a Families and Home theme will be a perfect addition to your Literacy Center. It features pictures of things from around the house for each letter of the alphabet, such as “M is for mirror and mug.” This is a free printable!
Alphabet Houses
Kids will love matching letters in this fun, hands-on activity! They can match uppercase to uppercase or uppercase to lowercase letters by finding the right roof for each house. It’s a simple way to reinforce letter recognition while adding a family twist! Get this activity in the Family Theme pack here.
House Shape Book
Let your preschool learners create their very own house-shaped book! Print the cover, stack a few blank pages with cover, staple, and then cut it into a house shape. Inside, students can draw or write about who lives in their house. It’s a simple activity that encourages creativity and early writing. These shape books could also be added to your Writing Center! Get this activity in the Family Theme pack here.
Draw Your Family
Using these house-shaped printables, invite children to draw a picture of their family or the people who live in their home. This activity is perfect for small groups, and it’s a great way to encourage conversation about different types of families. Get this activity in the Family Theme pack here.
I Spy Listening Games
Make listening skills fun with this family-themed game! Children use mats with different colored houses, and teachers give directions, such as, “Place the refrigerator in the green house.” Children find the picture card and place it in the right spot. It’s a fun way to work on listening and following directions while building vocabulary. Get this activity in the Family Theme pack here.
Rhyming Houses
Rhyming is key to building phonological awareness! In this activity, children match pictures of rhyming words to their rhyming houses. The houses are color-coded, and each one has three pairs of rhyming words. This simple activity makes learning to rhyme fun and engaging for young children. Get this activity in the Family Theme pack here.
Family Sequencing
Support your students’ sequencing and storytelling skills with these family-themed picture cards. Children can use these on a flannel or magnetic board to practice putting events in order. Sequencing is key to building storytelling skills and early literacy, and this activity fits right into your family unit. A black-and-white version is available. Get this activity in the Family Theme pack here.
Alliteration Book
Introduce your class to alliteration with this silly, engaging book, called “What’s in the House?”. Each page has a family-themed rhyme using alliteration.It’s a fun and engaging way to build phonological awareness and get kids thinking about initial sounds. Get this activity in the Family Theme pack here.
All Kinds of Homes Book
This is a printable 9-page book about homes that you can read to your students. Get this activity in the Family Theme pack here.
