Scrub-a-Dub-Dub with Compound Fun!
Bathtime is the perfect time to help your little one identify closed compound words like washcloth and toenail.
Big readers grow from small, steady steps. Every moment you share, every word you notice—it all adds up. Let today’s tiny moment plant tomorrow’s love for language Learning and reading.
Tiny Steps, Mighty Readers: Everyday Literacy Hacks
AGE CATEGORY
Kindergarten
SKILL
Sound Explorer
EVERYDAY TASK
Bathtime
Activity
Identifying Compound Words
The tub is filling, toys are floating, and your little one is all wiggles and giggles. Between washing fingertips and chasing tugboats, it’s the perfect moment to splash in a little word magic—one compound word at a time.
Discover the magic in the mundane and how ordinary moments can build extraordinary readers—one small, joyful step at a time.
Bathtime Compound Word Exploration
Scrub-a Dub-Dub.
Turn each bath time into a splashy word adventure by spotlighting a fun compound word.
Here are some ideas to get you started:
- It’s time to get your little one into the bathtub. Draw your child’s attention to the fact that bathtub is a word made up of two separate words, “bath’ and “tub”, to form the word “bathtub”.
- Where is the bathtub? It’s in the bathroom!
- It’s time to scrub your child clean, don’t forget to wash their armpits, earlobes, fingertips, and kneecaps.
- Time to splish and splash. Why is that a tugboat, submarine, and sailboat I see?
- Your child is clean and out of the bath. You ask them to look at their toenails. Yep, they are too long and need a snip!
- Time to brush your little one’s hair with a hairbrush. Hmmm, is it almost time to get a haircut?
Think of it as a mini workout for curious minds—yours and theirs. As your child gets squeaky clean, you’ve both flexed your language muscles.
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Hi, I’m Julie, the passionate creator of Ox & Owl Literacy. I enjoy empowering families and educators with wonderful resources to inspire fun, imaginative, and joyful learning opportunities for young kiddos. You’ll find lots of recommended books, reading resources, and creative learning activities on this site aiming to help children fall in love with language, books, reading, and the transformational power of stories.
