The Word Family Comes over for Thanksgiving Dinner

I found a cute free printable on Pinterest that has a bunch of -et, -en, and -eg words paired with pictures of Thanksgiving foods. The designer also included a page of cornucopias labeled "et, en, eg" that you're supposed to have kids match the pictures to, but Lucy doesn't know what a cornucopia is and I didn't want to use that much printer ink, so I came up with my own variation.

1. Laminate and cut out the word family cards. (I threw away "yen" and "veg" because Lucy doesn't know what "yen" is and I thought the soft "g" on "veg" was too confusing.)

2. Hide the cards throughout your house.

3. Set the table with 3 place settings and place cards labeled -et, -en, and -eg.

4. Tell your kid that we're having guests for dinner, but they're very picky. Mr. Et only eats -et words, Mr. En only eats -en words, and Mr. Eg only eats -eg words. Explain that we're going to pretend we're Native Americans hunting for food for the Thanksgiving feast, then search the house for the cards.

5. Have your kid read each word, then put it on the appropriate plate. (There are a few pictures of apple cider, too, that Lucy gleefully put in the appropriate glass.) 

Lucy loved this activity and asked to do it again as soon as we were done!

Happy hunting!