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Free compound words worksheets, games, activities, matching pages, printables and more! Learning about compound words can be fun and engaging with our free hands-on teaching resources. These worksheets are great for students of multiple age and abilities, helping you to differentiate your compound words lesson planning. We’ve created a variety of compound words lists, games, cut & paste worksheets, segmenting activities, matching worksheets, spelling resources, file folder learning centers and more!

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Compound Words Lists & Activities

Compound Words List

Here is a simple chart you can hang in your classroom to list out some common compound words. Practice reading these words with your students.

Compound Word Game

This is a fun word building exercise. Students roll the dice to build nonsense words or compound words and write them into the correct category.

Spin a Compound Word

This is another fun compound word game for students to build compound words or nonsense words and place them into the correct group.

Compound Words Cut & Paste Activity

Students cut and paste the pictures of the compound words to match each set of pictures: rainbow, pineapple, raincoat, popcorn, and sandbox.

Compound Words Activity Worksheet

Students combine words to create compound words: seashell, skateboard, snowman, sunflower, sunglasses. Students cut and paste the pictures.

Compound Words Matching Worksheets

Segmenting Compound Words Worksheets

Compound Words Segmenting Worksheets

Students look at each compound word and draw a line to segment (or separate) the two single words. Students color each side of the compound word a different color.

Compound Words Segmenting Worksheets

Students look at each compound word and draw a line to segment (or separate) the two single words. Students color each side of the compound word a different color.

Compound Words Spelling Worksheet

Compound Words Spelling Worksheet

Students look at these compound picture words and write them below. Single word clues are given to help them separate and spell each side of the compound word.

Compound Words Spelling Worksheet

Students look at these compound picture words and write them below. Single word clues are given to help them separate and spell each side of the compound word.

Compound Words Spelling Worksheet

Students segment and color each part of the compound words. Picture clues are given to help students know where to draw the line of separation.

Making Compound Words Worksheets

Making Compound Words Worksheet

Students look at each picture to form a compound word. Picture clues are giving and students are expected to write the words on their own.

Making Compound Words Worksheet

Students make compound words by looking at the picture clues. Next to each picture is room for students to write the words and the compound words.

Compound Words Game

Our Compound Words Learning Game is great for PreK-2nd grade students. Each compound word is represented with a picture and students need to find the matching word cards to make the compound word. There are 30 different words for students to create with 60 picture word cards.

With 6 game board mats you can keep the cards together in a file folder or separate them into task boxes. Laminate the mats and the game cards for durability. Students match the picture cards to each compound word card.

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There are so many different moving parts when it comes to learning and understanding compound words!

How do you build a compound word?

How do you tell the difference between a compound word and a word that is made up of root words, suffixes, and prefixes?

Can students identify two words in sentences that should be compound words?

We are so excited to show you our Compound Word Activities for Kids. These activities have definitely helped our students master compound word concepts.

Whether your child can read well, or needs help from pictures, there’s something for everyone included. Even better is that there’s a free printable included!

Compound Word Activities for Kids with Free Printables

Compound Word Equations with Pictures

I just love this activity and so do my students! They search the container to find the pictures that match the words listed in the equation to form a compound word.

It’s so neat to watch them sort out individual words versus the compound word and understand that two words, that are completely unrelated, form a new word that is completely different.

Source: The printable for this activity is from our Montessori Compound Word Printable Pack.

Compound Word Sorting Activity

When teaching compound words, it’s important to understand what’s not a compound word, especially if it may seem like it is. This activity introduces root words, suffixes, and prefixes and how they compare to compound words.

Kids sort words and place them under the correct heading.

Source: The printable for this activity is from our Montessori Compound Word Printable Pack.

Compound Word Sentence Correction Activity

These sentence challenges are so much fun! Students read the sentence and determine which two words should be a compound word. 

They underline the two words, and then write them correctly as a compound word on the line provided.

Compound Word Puzzle Cards

I’m super excited to provide yet another way to teach children compound words, especially younger children who may struggle with reading. 

When using this printable, cut out the cards, and then cut them in half on the dotted line provided. Students will then have the task of match halves to create full images.

Each half includes one word that’s part of the compound word. When the puzzles are put together, the child can see what two words make the compound word.

The Montessori-inspired Compound Word Puzzle Cards are a free printable. Click on the link at the bottom of this post to obtain your copy.

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