Looking for a fun way to develop your students' phonological awareness? My Compound Word Clip Cards are the perfect addition to your literacy centers and lessons! Designed with beginner-level phonological awareness in mind, these picture cards help preschool, kindergarten and first-grade students master the skill of blending and segmenting compound words.

These Compound Word Clip Cards are:

• Engaging and Interactive: These compound word activities are hands-on and super fun. Students will love using the real-life photos to practice hearing and identifying individual words and combining them into a single compound word.

• Educational and Effective: With 80 clip cards, this set includes everything you need to teach blending and segmenting compound words. The activities focus on hearing the words rather than thinking about letter-sound correlations, making them ideal for developing phonemic awareness.

• A Versatile Learning Tool: Perfect for small group activities, guided reading, independent work, and more. These cards can be used in various settings, including literacy centers, reading investigation areas, and even for homework or early finishers.

2 Sets of Compound Word Clip Cards and More

• 40 Clip Cards for Blending Compound Words: Each card shows two separate images. Students say each word and blend them into a longer word, clipping a clothespin onto the matching compound word.

• 40 Clip Cards for Segmenting Compound Words: Each card features a compound word picture. Students say the compound word, then segment it - split it into two parts, clipping the clothes pegs onto the matching pictures.

• Heaps of BONUS Resources: A Compound Words Reference Poster, Learning Prompt Posters, Student Recording Worksheets, Teacher Assessment Sheets, and Task Card Box Labels to keep everything organized.

Why Teach Compound Words?

Your students must develop their phonological and phonemic awareness skills before you can expect them to segment and blend phonemes – a vital skill needed to decode and spell words and something we spend alot of time teaching in Prep and kindergarten.

It is best to start with activities designed to first practice segmenting and blending words and syllables because it is much easier for children to hear the bigger units of language, like syllables, than it is to differentiate individual phonemes in a word.

That’s why I designed these fun activities using 40 different compound words.

This resource is 100% picture-based so you can focus on teaching phonological awareness - an auditory skill.

With the two versions in this resource, your students can use them to practice both blending or segmenting compound words.

Perfect for Various Phonological Awareness Activities:

• Small Group Literacy Rotations

• Guided Reading Instruction

• Independent Reading Activity

• Morning Tubs and Early Finishers

• Homework and Reading Intervention

• Word Work and Reading Stations

Easy and Fun to Use

These clip cards are designed to be self-correcting, making them easy for students to use independently. They’re a great way to keep students on task and motivated to develop their phonological awareness.

Boost Your Students’ Language Skills

With two types of activities and 40 different compound words in each set, these cards provide a fun activity for your students to practice their knowledge of compound words.

Whether it’s for a whole group game or independent practice, they are the best way to give students that little extra practice they need.

Transform your literacy instruction with these engaging and interactive activities. They’re the perfect tool for helping students develop their phonological awareness and language skills.