Vocabulary Flip Book

What You Need:

• Index cards
• One metal ring
• Markers
• Hole punch

What You Do:

1. Have your child pick a book, and explain that you are going to go on a word search.
2. Instruct your child to point out unfamiliar words as you read the book aloud.
3. Write the word down on an index card, and continue reading until the story is finished.
4. Define the words for your child, breaking the word apart by tracing each syllable in a different color.
5. Direct your child to color each syllable or decorate the cards how they wish.
6. As they are decorating, sound out and use the words in new sentences.
7. Refer back to the story and reread the sentences with the unfamiliar words in them.
8. Make a small hole in one corner of the card, and slip the cards onto the metal ring.
9. Have your child add new words to their vocabulary flipbook and teach you what the words mean!