Magnetic letter word card maker

A picture and a box for each letter

Make word cards for magnetic letters. Each card has a picture and one big box for each letter of its word. Your child reads the pale word in the boxes and builds it on top with magnetic letters, or you can leave the boxes empty so the word has to be spelled from the picture.

Words that have a picture (755): press one to add it
Pick a design

Now: . Hundreds of designs to choose from.

Choose each part yourself

To keep a copy, choose “Save as PDF” as the printer. What you type stays on your device: it is not sent to us and not saved.

Your worksheet:

Watch: how the free worksheet makers workA two-minute lesson. Every maker works the same way.

How to make your worksheet

  1. Pick a word set or type words of two to five letters.
  2. Choose pale letters in the boxes, or empty boxes.
  3. Print and lay the page on a cookie sheet.
  4. Your child builds each word and says its sounds.

The reading skill

Building a word letter by letter, and saying each sound, joins spelling and reading. With empty boxes it becomes a spelling task: the picture is the only clue.

Three cards on a page

Cut them apart, or keep the page whole on a baking tray so the letters hold it down.

No magnetic letters?

Letter tiles, bottle caps with letters or paper squares work the same way.

Good questions

How big are the boxes?

Up to about an inch and a half for three-letter words, a little smaller for longer words.

Which words work?

Words of two to five letters. Longer words are left out.

Can I use my own words?

Yes. Choose “Type your own words” at the top of the word list and type them. What you type stays on your device.

Where do the pictures come from?

Every picture is one of our own hand-drawn crayon pictures. A picture is used as a question only where a young child would name it with that word.

Is it free?

Yes, with no sign-up and no limit.

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