Word Families Color It Coloring Pages

The Word Families Color It Coloring Pages make phonics learning engaging and visual for young readers. These printable worksheets help children build phonemic awareness and decoding skills by identifying and coloring pictures that belong to each CVC and CCVC word family.

🎨 What’s Included in Word Families Color It Coloring Pages

• 32 Word Families Color It! Coloring Pages featuring short vowel word families
  • Covers CVC and CCVC word families: ab, ad, ag, am, an, ap, at, ax, ed, eg, en, et, ib, id, ig, im, in, ip, it, ix, ob, od, og, op, ot, ox, ub, ud, ug, um, un, ut
  • American and Australian spelling versions included

✏️ How to Use the Word Families Color It Coloring Pages

• Use during literacy centers, small group instruction, or phonics intervention
• Introduce the target word family and discuss examples before students begin
• Have students say each picture name aloud and color the ones that belong to that family
• Perfect for independent work, early finishers, or review activities

🎯 Educational Benefits

• Develops word family recognition and rhyming skills
• Builds phonemic awareness and decoding fluency
• Strengthens early reading and vocabulary development
• Encourages confidence and independence in beginning readers

🖍️ Classroom Tips

• Introduce a few word families at a time for focused phonics review
• Pair with letter tiles or word cards for word-building extensions
• Use as part of a phonics literacy center or home practice packet

📚 Word Families and Words Included

1. AB: cab, dab, fab, gab, jab, lab, nab, tab, blab, crab, grab, scab
2. AD: bad, dad, fad, lad, mad, pad, rad, sad, tad, glad
3. AG: bag, gag, hag, lag, nag, rag, sag, tag, wag, drag, flag, snag, stag
4. AM: bam, dam, ham, jam, ram, yam, clam, pram
5. AN: ban, can, fan, man, pan, ran, tan, van, bran, flan, plan, scan
6. AP: cap, gap, lap, map, nap, sap, tap, yap, zap, clap, flap, snap, trap
7. AT: bat, cat, fat, hat, mat, pat, rat, sat, vat, flat, slat
8. AX: fax, sax, tax, wax
9. ED: bed, fed, led, red, wed, sled
10. EG: beg, keg, leg, peg
11. EN: den, hen, men, pen, ten, yen, zen
12. ET: bet, get, jet, met, net, pet, set, vet, wet
13. IB: bib, fib, jib, nib, rib, crib
14. ID: bid, hid, kid, lid, rid, skid
15. IG: big, dig, fig, jig, pig, rig, wig, zig
16. IM: dim, him, rim, brim, skim, trim
17. IN: bin, fin, kin, pin, tin, win, grin, skin, spin
18. IP: dip, hip, lip, nip, pip, rip, sip, tip, yip, zip, clip, drip, flip, grip, skip, snip
19. IT: bit, fit, hit, kit, lit, pit, sit, wit, zit, skit
20. IX: fix, mix, six
21. OB: bob, cob, fob, gob, job, mob, rob, sob, glob
22. OD: cod, nod, pod, rod, sod
23. OG: bog, cog, dog, fog, hog, jog, log, clog, frog, smog
24. OP: bop, cop, hop, lop, mop, pop, top, drop, prop, stop
25. OT: cot, dot, got, hot, jot, lot, not, pot, rot, tot, plot, spot
26. OX: box, fox, pox
27. UB: cub, hub, nub, rub, sub, tub, club, grub, stub
28. UD: bud, dud, mud, sud, spud
29. UG: bug, dug, hug, jug, lug, mug, pug, rug, tug, plug, slug, smug, snug
30. UM: gum, hum, mum (Australian for mom), sum, yum, drum, glum, plum
31. UN: bun, fun, nun, pun, run, sun
32. UT: cut, gut, hut, nut

These coloring pages are the perfect addition to your phonics curriculum, giving young learners a hands on way to master word family patterns while having fun with reading and coloring.
Happy Teaching! 😊