FREE Printable Word Family Books for Short Vowels

Looking for some FREE printable word family books to use with your child at home or students in your classroom? This is where I am collecting all the word family books from my beginning reading curriculum, Learn to Read (with short vowel word families).

*Look towards the bottom of this post for all the free word family books! Click on any image and it will take you to the post.

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FREE Printable Word Family Books

In these books are simple and fun stories with a mostly predictable text structure. Not only will kids practice a particular short vowel word family with these, two beginning sight words are also featured for each book.

Also included in each word family book pack are

free, printable puzzles for that particular word family,
a roll & write activity for the two sight words,
and another fun reading activity that helps kids practice the word family and two sight words.

Want a quick way to download all of these AND MORE?
Then, get the Learn to Read bundle pack!

Assembling the Word Family Books

Print front to back on cardstock- I use cardstock because it’s less flimsy and the color doesn’t bleed through. If you want to laminate the book, that would make it even more durable and kids can also mark in it with dry erase marker.

Be sure to open the file with the free, updated Adobe Reader. Once opened up, print the book pages front to back, making sure you check “flip on the short side.” If you miss this step, the pages will be upside down.

Stack the pages on top of each other, making sure your pages are in order. Then “hamburger” fold it {down the center landscape}.

When it’s stacked and folded correctly, you will have:

1. the front cover with a blank page on the back
2. a title page with Words I Can Read on the back
3. pages of the story in order 1-6 (see page numbers on the bottom)
4. one page to spare at the back of the book, with “www.thisreadingmama.com” and the word family featured under it