AN Word Family Flower Craft

Spring flower craft for the -an word family: one flower has petals showing can, pan, ran, van, fan and man, and a second has picture petals to match to those same CVC words in its centre.
Grades
Preschool–Junior Kindergarten, Grade 1
Pages
2
File type
PDF
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Updated Sep 20, 2026

Subject
Phonics, Language Development, ELA
Topic
Phonics Craft, Craftivity
Resource types
Crafts
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About this resource

Get those creative juices flowing with these AN words flower craftivity. Students will practice reading and identifying AN words while creating a fun spring flower.

What is Included:

  • There is 1 flower template for reading AN family words

  • There is 1 flower template for identifying and matching AN words and pictures.

This resource contains two CVC words flower template. When finished, each flower will have 6 different petals with words and pictures. They can be used to introduce or review CVC words, especially words with the AN spelling. With easy to identify images, students will not have difficulty knowing which picture matches which word.

There are two ways to use this product:

  • One way to use this resource is to simply print, and allow students to colour, cut out and glue the flower onto coloured paper.

  • Another way to use this resource is to print the flower onto coloured card stock paper. The teacher then can cut and laminate the pieces. The flower can make a great matching activity for a literacy centre, or be combined with other word flowers to sort.

Ways to Use:

  • Independent Work - Students can complete flowers on their own.

  • Small Group Activity - The teacher can target students who need more practice with word families in a small group setting.

  • Early Finishers - Students who finish other work early can make these flowers for extra practice.

  • Homework - These flower crafts can be sent home for students to work on with parents.

  • Sub Plans - The no-prep nature makes these flowers great for subs to give to students to complete.

  • Create a hallway, wall, door or bulletin board display

Skills Assessed

This activity has students practice scissor skills and following directions.

This activity tests students' ability to read CVC words and match AN words with pictures.

These flower craft templates are a single paged craft that supply a no prep option for teachers. Once the page is printed, the teacher just needs to provide students with scissors, glue, crayons, and coloured paper.

In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Read CVC words in the -an family

  • Match each -an word to its picture

Skills covered

  • Word-picture matching — pairing each -an word with the right picture petal

  • Decoding — reading each whole -an word on the first flower

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