Build Vocabulary with Prefixes and Suffixes

What You Need:

• Index cards
• Markers
• Dictionary

What You Do:

1.  Go over these lists of prefixes and suffixes with your child:

2. Ask your child to take the stack of index cards and label each card with a prefix or suffix from the list above.
3. Shuffle all the cards and turn them face down in one pile. As the dealer, it's your job to flip over the top card and lay it face up. The first player who can shout out a word that uses the prefix or suffix correctly, and can provide the definition of the prefix or suffix, gets to keep that card for his pile. You may want to keep a dictionary handy, just in case some funny words come tumbling out. The person with the most cards at the end of the game wins!

​For even more practice with prefixes and suffixes check out our word smash worksheet!