RIC-7521 Stick Kids - Word Wizard (Ages 6–7)

Why Word Wizard? 

Research has shown that repetition is essential for the brain to learn and recall 

information. The engaging activities and puzzles in this book will provide 

your child with repeated practice of appropriate vocabulary and language 

skills. Becoming fluent, or automatic, with these skills helps develop reading 

fluency and build a strong foundation in reading comprehension; an important skill 

for academic success. 

Upon your child’s completion of each activity, use the provided incentive chart and 

stickers to track progress and celebrate your child’s success. 

Skills 

• Colour and number words 

• Sight words 

• Word families 

• Spelling 

• Consonant blends and digraphs 

• Contractions 

• Sorting and categorising 

How You Can Help Support Learning 

• Work with your child in a quiet, calm setting. 

• Acknowledge your child’s progress and respond to his or her comfort level. 

• Complete some activities together. Keep a positive attitude and provide words of 

encouragement to support your child’s journey in becoming a lifelong learner. 

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Boy and Girl Monsters 

Choose a word from the Word Box to finish each sentence. 

He She her his 

This is a little girl monster. 

This is a little 

This 

girl 

is 

monster. 

a little girl monster. 

is purple. 

is purple. 

is purple. 

fell and 

fell and 

bumped 

bumped 

knee. knee. knee. 

and bumped 

fell 

black. 


This 

boy 

is 

monster. 

a little boy monster. 

This is a little boy monster. 

But 

and 

is blue. 

is blue. 

But 

nose is green 

nose is green nose 

and 

hair is black. 


is blue. But 

is green and 

hair is 

is swinging 

is swinging 

from the tree. 


is swinging from the tree. 

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Find the Months 

Find and circle the names of the months. 

JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL MAY JUNE 

JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER 

T S U G U A V X H F 

R E B M E C E D C E 

J A N U A R Y N R B 

E O O Q V M O K A R 

Z K C F C V I F M U 

S E P T E M B E R A 

J J H M O J B H N R 

T U B F U B Y A M Y 

O E N L Y G E S E U 

R V Y E W A P R I L 


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If the Shoe Fits 

Draw lines to match the number words to the numbers. 

five 

2 

one 

1 

three 

7 

seven 

four 

two 

3 

5 

4 

ten 

six 

6 

8 

nine 

9 

eight 

10 

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Crack the Code 

Write a letter for each picture symbol to solve the riddle. 

A C E I K P S T U 

❋ ✪ ◆ ✱ ✚ ♥ ★ ✿ ❂ 

Riddle: You can't drink from this cup. What is it? 

✱ 

I 

✿ 

’ 

★ 

❋ 

✪ ❂ ♥ ✪ ❋ ✚ ◆ 

. 


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Name __________________________________________________________________ 

Bright Flowers 

Color the Picture 

Colour the picture with the noted colours. 

Use green, orange, and purple crayons to color the picture. 

orange 

purple 

green 

green 

green 

purple 

orange 

green 

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purple 

green 

purple 

orange 

purple 

green 

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Missing Words 

Write a missing sight word from the Word Box to complete each sentence. 

There 

are 

are three bears. 

There 

three kittens. 

are three beans. 

There 

three pigs. 

is one wolf. 


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Sea Creature Crossword 

Fill in the name of each sea creature to solve the puzzle. 

Across 

3 

clam octopus shark 

crab starfish whale 

5 

1 

6 

2 

3 

Down 

1 

4 5 

2 

6 

4 


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Compound Word Puzzle 

Write a word from the Word Box to finish each compound word. 

basket 

stop 

blue 

suit 

ball 

bird 

box 

case 

light 

tub 

bath 

mail 


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Number Word Match 

Draw a line from each number word to its matching picture. 

two 

four 

one 

five 

three 


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Bug-O-Rama 

Write the name of each bug under its picture. 

ant beetle caterpillar 

bee butterfly grasshopper 

_____________________ 

_____________________ 

_____________________ 

_____________________ 

_____________________ 

_____________________ 


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Contractions Contest 

Match the words to the contractions, and write one contraction in each sentence. 

she will 

we’ll 

we will 

he’ll 

he will 

she’ll 

___________________________ all have cake 

and ice-cream. 

___________________________ be coming 

around the mountain. 

___________________________ play music. 


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Super Word Sort 

Sort the words that go together. 

mittens snail skunk skirt 

kangaroo coat penguin boots 

Things You Wear 

Animals 

_____________________ 

_____________________ 

_____________________ 

_____________________ 

_____________________ 

_____________________ 

_____________________ 

_____________________ 


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Word Puzzles 

Unscramble the letters to write the names of the pictures. 

rake leaf bowl peach 

w o 

l b 

_____________________ 

e h a 

p c 

_____________________ 

a k 

r e 

_____________________ 

f l 

a e 

_____________________ 


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❂ Some words sound the same, but they are spelled differently, and 

❂ Some mean words different sound things. the same, but they are spelled differently, and 

❂ mean Some different words sound things. the same, but they are spelled differently, and 

mean see different 

Words 

things. 

That Sound the Same 

sea 

see 

sea 

Write the correct word in each sentence. 

❂ Write see the correct word sea in each sentence. 

❂ Write the correct word in each sentence. 


meet meat 

meet meat 

meet meat 

I will 

I will 

_____________________ you at school. 

I will 

I will 

I 

I 

had 

had 

I had 

I had _____________________ for dinner. 

be 

be 

be 

bee 

bee 

bee 

A 

Will 

Will 

you 

you 

Will you 

A _____________________ is on the flower. 

Will you _____________________ home at six? 

here 

here 

here 

hear 

hear 

hear 

is 

is cat. 

cat. 

is a cat. 

Please 

Please 

come 

come 

Please come 

The cat is _____________________. 

you 

you 

at 

at 

school. 

school. 

you at school. 

for 

for 

dinner. 

dinner. 

for dinner. 

is 

is 

on 

on 

the 

the 

flower. 

flower. 

is on the flower. 

home 

home 

at 

at 

six? 

six? 

home at six? 

me 

me 

sing. 

sing. 

me sing. 

Please come and _____________________ me sing. 


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Here She Comes! 

Write when, she or comes to finish each sentence. 

She will drive a new red race 

car 

she comes. 

She’ll be wearing cool sunglasses 

when 

comes. 

We will all go out to meet her 

when she . 

We will play some happy music 

. 


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Clocks and Socks 

Write ock on the lines to complete the words. 


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Write and Match 

Trace ar and draw lines to match the words and pictures. 


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Kate’s New Dog 

Write a word from the Word Box to complete each sentence. 

high near wish get got 

1 I live __________________ my friend Kate. 

2 Kate just __________________ a new dog. 

3 Her dog can jump up very __________________. 

4 Kate said her dog will __________________ big. 

5 I __________________ I could get a dog, too. 


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Word Clues 

Write the word that goes with each clue. 

cat slide snow 

grape spider clock 

1 

something to play on 

2 

it has 8 legs 

3 

something cold 

4 

a fruit 

5 

tells time 

6 

it has 4 legs 


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Crossword Puzzler 

Fill in the words to solve the puzzle. 

Across 

2 

bag shell tooth 

balloon stove window 

3 

1 

4 

2 

5 

3 

Down 

4 

1 

5 

2 


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Cherry Cheese Scramble 

Unscramble the letters to make words. 

chair cheese cherry chin 

1 

r i a h c 

______________________________ 

2 

n h i c 

______________________________ 

3 

c r r e h y 

______________________________ 

4 

e s c e h e 

______________________________ 


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Shape Word Match 

Name __________________________________________________________________ 

Shape Words 

Draw lines to match the shapes to the shape words. 

Draw lines to match the shapes with the shape words. 

square 

heart 

triangle 

oval 

circle 

rectangle 

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Making Words 

Use the letters from the box to make four words. 

s o e h s 

This word is something you wear on your feet. 


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Wild Animal Word Search 

Find and circle the animal names. 

BABOON ZEBRA GORILLA LEOPARD 

LIZARD BEAR OTTER SNAKE 

G Z E B R A A L 

O L I Z A R D E 

R B N U A R Y O 

I E S N A K E P 

L A C F C V I A 

L R P T E M B R 

A J O T T E R D 

T B A B O O N A 

__________________________ 


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Nice Mice 

Write the missing part of the last word in each group. 

came shut fate 

blame hut gate 

fame rut date 

g__________ 

n__________ 

sk__________ 

chose coat dock 

nose 

goat 

lock 

hose float rock 

r__________ 

b__________ 

s__________ 

hum fell nice 

plum sell rice 

sum tell dice 

g__________ 

b__________ 

m__________ 


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Cute Cat 

Write a word from the Word Box that tells about each picture. 

soft cold loud sweet 

_______________________ 

_______________________ 

_______________________ 

_______________________ 

Write one word that describes a food you like to eat. 

__________________________ 


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Nameefghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghgh 

Sparky the Spider 

Phonics: Blends with s 

Write a blend from the box to complete each word. 

Look at the letters in the box. 

Use the letters to write a word that names each picture. 

Playtime at the Park 

st sp sm sn sk 


______ 

_______ 

ail 

_______ ider 

_______ ile 

_______ irt 

_______ ake 

_______ ar 

Write the two words that have the same beginning sound. 

efefefghghghghghghghgh 

Write the two words that have the 

efefefghghghghghghghgh 

same beginning blend sound. 

__________________________ 

__________________________ 

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Around the Mountain 

Write ou to finish the words. Then circle the words in the puzzle below. 

AR 

F 

ND 

ND 

ab 

t 

S 

ND 

m 

ntain 

gr 

nd 

B S R T O P N D X A 

M O U N T A I N G B 

N U P U W R P I M O 

T N K G R O U N D U 

S D U R Y U V A O T 

C E F O U N D Q S L 

O S W I N D G I R P 


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We Want Action Words! 

Write a word from the Word Box that tells what each child is doing. 

digs jumps climbs hops 

______________________ 

______________________ 

______________________ 

______________________ 

Write one word that describes how you like to move. 

__________________________ 


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On Holiday! 

Fill in the words to solve the puzzle. 

Across 

1 

beach campfire postcard 

camera family suitcase 

5 

1 2 

6 

3 4 

Down 

5 

2 

6 

3 

4 


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Let’s Go to the Park! 


up on to like 

1 

Do you _____________ to play at the 

playground? 

2 

The seesaw goes _____________ and down. 

3 

It is not fun _____________ sit on the bench. 

4 

Let’s ride _____________ the merry-go-round. 


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Scrambled Words 

Unscramble the letters to write the names of the pictures. 

door wood nail house 

o 

d 

o 

w 

______________________ 

s u 

o h e 

______________________ 

r o 

o d 

______________________ 

l i 

a n 

______________________ 


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Spider Sort 

Phonics: Sorting Blends 

Sort the words that start with the same blend. 

Read the words in the box. 

Sort the words that start with the same blend. 

spoon tree spot trip flag 

spoon fly tree train spot flow spin trip flag 

fly train flow spin 

efghghghghghghghghghgh 

_________________ 


_________________ 


_________________ 


_________________ 


_________________ 


_________________ 


_________________ 


_________________ 


_________________ 


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Frank the Frog 

Write a blend from the box to complete each word. 

gr fr tr cr br 

_______ 

_______ 

_______ 

_______ 

_______ 

_______ 

ick 

og 

ush 

uck 

ape 

ab 

Write the two words that have the same beginning blend sound. 

__________________________ 

__________________________ 


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A Word Family 

Write ing on the lines to complete the words. 


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A Whale of a Whistle! 

Circle the word that names each picture. 

well 

wheel 

wheat 

what 

whistle 

whip 

whiskers 

white 

wheelbarrow 

where 

whale 

while 

Read the words. Write the word that names something you would find on a cat. 

___________________________ 


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Shape Crossword 

Fill in the name of each shape to solve the puzzle. 

circle square heart oval triangle 

rectangle 

Across 

4 

1 

2 3 

5 

4 

Down 

5 6 

1 

2 

3 

6 


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Scramble for U 

Unscramble the letters and write the words. 

u 

b 

e 

t 

_______________________ 

c 

e 

u 

t 

_______________________ 

m 

e 

l 

u 

_______________________ 

c 

e 

u 

b 

_______________________ 

u 

n 

e 

t 

_______________________ 

Read your words. Write a word that names a month of the year. 

___________________________ 


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Making More Words 

Use the letters to make four words. 

e s i d l 

This word rhymes with ride. 


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Ship-Shape Sheep 

Circle the word that names each picture. 

sheep 

she 

ship 

shop 

shoe 

show 

short 

shirt 

shell 

shale 

shut 

shorts 

What sound do you hear at the end of ? 

___________________________ 


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A Trip to the Zoo 


is an with zoo 

1 

I went on a trip _________________ my dad. 

2 

We went to the _________________. 

3 

Where _________________ the monkey house? 

4 

There is _________________ alligator. 


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What Is Mouse Doing? 

Write one ing action word to finish each sentence. 

cutting eating cooking picking washing 

Mouse is ______________________ apples. 




Mouse is ______________________ 

apple sauce. Yum! 


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Bird Crossword 

Fill in the name of each bird to solve the puzzle. 

Across 

1 

ostrich pelican parrot 

peacock eagle quail 

4 

1 2 

5 

3 

Down 

4 

2 

3 

5 

4 


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One, Two, Buckle My Shoe 

Write the missing number word in each sentence. 

two Three four 

six Seven ten 

1 One, _____________________, buckle my . 

2 _____________________, four, shut the . 

3 Five, _____________________, pick up . 

4 _____________________, eight, lay them straight. 

5 Nine, _____________________, a big fat . 


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Where Are the Fish? 

In each box below, write where the fish is. 

bucket lake river fishbowl 

fishbowl 

(art: pick up pg. 4) 


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Colour Word Match 

Draw lines to match the colour words to the pictures. 

red 

orange 

blue 

green 

yellow 

black 


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All in the Family 

Label the members of the monster family. Then write a sentence about one of them. 

Grandfather Mother Father Grandmother 

_______________________________ 

Daddy 

Grandma 

_______________________________ 

_______________________________ 

Grandpa 

_______________________________ 

Mummy 

______________________________________________________________ 

______________________________________________________________ 


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Word Scrambler 

❂ Unscramble 

Unscramble 

the words. 

the letters to write the names of the pictures. 

❂ Write the names of the pictures. 

❂ Use the words in the box to help you. 

Word Box 

snake cow sheep jar 


w 

o c 

e h e 

p s 

r 

a j 

n e s 

a k 

efghghghghghghghefghghghghghghgh 

______________________ 


______________________ 


______________________ 


______________________ 


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A Good Lunch 

A Good Lunch 

❂ Write piece on each line to finish the poem. 

Write piece on each line to finish the poem. 

❂ Then draw lines 

Draw 

to 

lines 

match 

to match 

the words 

the words 

with 

and 

the 

pictures. 

pictures below. 

One ______________ of fruit, 

One ______________ of meat, 

One ______________ of cheese, 

Makes a good lunch to eat! 

a piece of pizza 

a piece of bread 

a piece of pie 

a piece of melon 


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Colour Crossword 

Fill in the colour of each item to solve the puzzle. 

Across 

3 

red yellow green 

blue orange purple 

4 

1 

2 

6 

3 

Down 

1 

4 5 

2 

5 

6 


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Colors 93 

Answer Key 

PAGE 2 

PAGE 3 PAGE 4 PAGE 5 


This 

girl 

is 

monster. 

a little girl monster. 

is purple. 

is purple. 

fell and 

fell and 

bumped 

bumped 

knee. 

knee. 


This 

boy 

is 

monster. 

a little boy monster. 

is blue. 

is blue. 

But 

But 

nose is green 

nose is green 

and 

and 



is swinging 

is swinging 



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Name __________________________________________________________________ 

Color the Picture 

Use green, orange, and purple crayons to color the picture. 

orange 

purple 

green 

green 

green 

purple 

orange 

Letters, Numbers, Colors & Shapes Activity Pages © 2006 Creative Teaching Press 

purple 

purple 

orange 

green 

orange 

purple 

green 

green 

PAGE 10 PAGE 11 PAGE 12 PAGE 13 


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Shapes 129 

Answer Key 

PAGE 14 PAGE 15 


❂ Some words sound the same, but they are spelled differently, and 

❂ Some mean words different sound things. the same, but they are spelled differently, and 

❂ mean Some different words sound things. the same, but they are spelled differently, and 

mean see different things. sea 

see 

sea 

❂ Write see the correct word sea in each sentence. 



meet meat 

meet meat 

meet meat 

I 

I 

will 

will 

you 

you 

at 

at 

school. 

school. 

I will you at school. 

I 

I 

had 

had 

for 

for 

dinner. 

dinner. 

I had for dinner. 

be bee 

be bee 

be bee 

is 

is 

on 

on 

the 

the 

flower. 

flower. 

A is on the flower. 

Will 

Will 

you 

you 

home 

home 

at 

at 

six? 

six? 

Will you home at six? 

here hear 

here hear 

here hear 

is 

is cat. 

cat. 

is a cat. 

Please 

Please 

come 

come 

me 

me 

sing. 

sing. 

Please come me sing. 


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Name __________________________________________________________________ 

Shape Words 

Draw lines to match the shapes with the shape words. 

square 

r i a h c 

n h i c 

c r r e h y 

e s c e h e 

heart 

triangle 

oval 

circle 

rectangle 


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Answer Key 



Phonics: Blends with s 

PAGE 29 


Look at the letters in the box. 

Use the letters to write a word that names each picture. 


______ ail 

______ ider 

______ ile 

______ irt 

______ ake 

______ ar 

Write the two words that have the same beginning sound. 

efefefghghghghghghghgh efefefghghghghghghghgh 




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Answer Key 


sheep 

she 

ship 

shop 

shoe 

show 

short 

shirt 

shell 

shale 

shut 

shorts 



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❂ Unscramble the words. 

❂ Write the names of the pictures. 

❂ Use the words in the box to help you. 

Word Box 


_______________________________ 

Daddy 

_______________________________ 

Grandpa 

_______________________________ 

Grandma 

_______________________________ 

Mummy 

______________________________________________________________ 

______________________________________________________________ 

w 

o c 

e h e 

p s 

r 

a j 

n e s 

a k 





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Word Wizard 

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