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Father's Day
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Analogies

Alliteration

Onomatopoeia

Power
(Anagrams)



 

Coloring !

Click on coloring page to color for Daddy or Grandpa !

You may want to print off one of the coloring pages below, have your child(ren) color/paint, then glue the picture to Daddy's favorite color of construction paper making a work of art suitable to be framed

or

turning it into a card

or

creating your very own book for daddy held together by twine or yarn !

For Daddy ...

Knight in Shining Armor PDF File Coloring Page
Dad as a knight on a horse! PDF File Coloring Page
Heart Belongs to Daddy PDF File Coloring Page
Special Daddy PDF File Coloring Page
Jumping for Joy PDF File Coloring Page
(girl jumping rope)
Thanks Daddy ! PDF File Coloring Page
(boy with kite)
 
For Grandpa ...
Heart for Grandpa ! PDF File Coloring Page
Special Grandpa PDF File Coloring Page 

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Father's Day Puzzles

 


Select the puzzle(s) you would like.
Click on PDF File.
Print off !


Famous Fathers Word Search PDF File
Father's Day Maze for the youner ones PDF File
Father's Day Maze Grades 5-7 PDF File

 

 

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Father's Day Analogies

 

Complete the following analogies.  For analogy help, click here.

Mother is to female as Father is to .

Daughter is to mother as son is to .

Head is to body as father is to .

Woman is to mother-in-law as man is to .

Mama is to mother as daddy is to .

Click here for Father's Day Analogy Answers

 

 

 

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Father's Day Alliteration

Alliteration is a lot of fun and great for long car rides.  For alliteration help, click here.

Example:
Far-sighted fascinating favorable fathers fire fortified firecrackers.
Peppy peppery parental Pas passionately pasted passageways.

Do your own Father's Day Alliteration for dad, father, family, friend, courageous, honorable, love


Hint:

If you have difficulty creating alliteration phrases, try the formula below ...

______

______

______

______

______

______

______

Adjective

Adjective

Adjective

Noun

Verb

Adjective
/ Adverb

Noun

 

 

 

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Father's Day Onomatopoeia Activities

Remember:  Onomatopoeia = Words that imitate sounds or sounds that are linked with objects. In short, literary sound effects.
(from Greek = name-making)

Pronounced:  on-o-mat-o-PEE-a

Quick ... what sound ...

What sound do you hear on when a father shakes hands with others?
What sound is heard when a father hugs a mother?
What sound do you hear when children tickle their daddy?
What sound is heard when a grandchild snuggles a grandfather?

 

 

Father's Day Analogy Answers
Mother is to female as father is to male; Daughter is to mother as son is to father; Head is to body as father is to family; Woman is to mother-in-law as man is to father-in-law; Mama is to mother as daddy is to father.

 

 

 

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Father's Day Word Power (Anagrams)

 

Anagrams = An anagram is a rearrangement of the letters of one word to form another word or phrase.

Example:  The word salvation may be rearranged into the phrase A vital Son.

Get a three minute egg timer.

See how many three, four , five and six letter words can you make out of the following words in three minutes ...

 

Father ?

Fatherhood ?

Headship ?

 

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Word Power Answers

father

fatherhood

headship

 

 

father


3-letter words

aft, far, fat, rat, ref, the


4-letter words
frat, fret, hart, raft


 

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fatherhood


3-letter words

ado, aft, are, art, ate, dot, ear, fad, far, fat, fed, foe, for, fro, had, hat, her, hod, hoe, hot, oaf, oar, ode, oft, ore, rat, red, ref, rod, roe, rot, tar, the, toe, tor


4-letter words
daft,dare, dart, deaf, dear, deft, doer, door, dote, drat, fade, fare, fate, fear, feat, food, foot, ford, fore, fort, frat, Fred, fret, hard, hare, hart, hate, hath, head, hear, heat, herd, hero, hood, hoof, hoot, oath, odor, raft, read, rode, trod


5-letter words
after, death, doter, draft, earth, fated, forte, forth, froth, hater, heard, heart, hoard, ortho, other, Torah


6-letter words
dearth, hatred, hearth, hotrod


7-letter words
hothead, thread


 

 

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headship


3-letter words

ads, aid, ape, ash, asp, dip, had, has, he's, hid, hip, pad, pas, sad, she, sip, spa


4-letter words
aped, dash, dips, dish, hash, hasp, head, heap, hide, hips, pads, shed, ship, sped


5-letter words
aphid, apish, heads, heaps, hides, phase, shade, shape, shied


 6-letter words
hashed, shaped


 

 

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