Help your child master reading simple words through this IG word family list from The Teaching Aunt.
Welcome back, parents and teachers! Today, we’re going to talk about the IG word family. Words in the IG word family all end with the letters “ig” and make the “ihg” sound.
This is a fun word family to teach, and there are lots of creative ways to help your little ones learn!
Here’s an outline to guide you through the lesson:
I. Introduction
- Explanation of IG word family
- Importance of learning word families
II. Words in the IG Word Family
- Examples of words in the IG word family (e.g. big, pig, wig)
- Demonstration of how to sound out words in the IG word family
III. Fun Activities to Teach IG Word Family
- Fine motor activities (e.g. cutting and pasting, tracing)
- Word-building activities using letter blocks or magnets
- Rhyming games and exercises
IV. Conclusion
- Recap of the lesson
- Encouragement to continue practicing and using the IG word family
IG Word Family Lesson Video
Ready to practice reading and writing these -ig words? Explore my IG Word Family Worksheets featuring tracing activities, matching games, cut-and-paste activities, word puzzles, writing practice, and more.
Now, let’s dive into the lesson!
I. Introduction
As mentioned earlier, the IG word family consists of words that end with “ig” and make the “ihg” sound. This is an important word family to learn because it helps children recognize patterns in language and improves their reading skills.
II. Words in the IG Word Family
Some examples of words in the IG word family include “big,” “pig,” “wig,” “fig,” and “dig.” When teaching these words to your child, demonstrate how to sound out each letter slowly and then blend them together to create the word. This technique helps build phonemic awareness and lays the foundation for reading fluency.
III. Fun Activities to Teach IG Word Family
To help reinforce the IG word family, here are some fun activities that parents and teachers can do with their children:
- Fine motor activities: Provide children with scissors and glue sticks and have them cut out pictures of objects that end in “ig” and paste them onto a piece of paper. This helps improve their fine motor skills and allows them to visually connect the word with its ending sound.
- Word-building activities: Use letter blocks or magnets to create words in the IG word family. Start with simple three-letter words like “big” and gradually increase the difficulty as your child becomes more confident.
- Rhyming games: Play rhyming games with your child and encourage them to come up with words that rhyme with “big” or “pig.” This is a fun and interactive way to reinforce the IG word family while also building vocabulary.
IG Word Family List
Once children become comfortable reading -ig words, encourage them to mix these words with other CVC word families during reading practice. For example, they might read pig, bag, pen, dog, and sun together. Mixing different word families helps children pay attention to every letter instead of guessing words based only on the ending pattern.
In my preschool classroom, children loved discovering how changing just the first letter could create a whole new word. Starting with pig, we would build big, dig, fig, and wig together using letter cards. Watching them realize they could read several new words with one simple pattern always made phonics lessons exciting.
I hope you found this lesson helpful. Stay tuned for more fun and interactive ways to teach your child about language and literacy!
And remember to check out our growing collection of free preschool worksheets!
Practice with IG Word Family Worksheets
Now that your child can recognize -ig words, it’s time to strengthen those skills with hands-on practice.
My IG Word Family Worksheets include:
- tracing activities
- cut-and-paste worksheets
- picture matching
- word puzzles
- writing practice
- word searches
👉 Practice with the IG Word Family Worksheets
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Last Updated: July 31, 2026
