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Consonant Digraph Snap
31 Aug 2019

Consonant Digraph Snap

by Hannah | posted in: Digraphs | 0

This fast paced and active game provides practice with consonant digraph recognition. It can be played with just the digraphs, or words containing the digraphs. Each player takes turns to flip over a card. If two cards are the same the first player to snap then up, gets to keep the card.

1st grade, consonant digraph, elementary, kindergarten, reception, sounding out, word recognition, year one
Circle the Letters Alphabet Recognition
12 Jul 2019

Circle the Letters Alphabet Recognition

by Hannah | posted in: Letter Sounds | 0

I love this quick activity. It is so simple to prepare, and easy to adapt to whatever the learner is struggling with. As its name suggests, it is an activity where the student circles the letters. Therefore, it is great … Continued

alphabet, elementary, kindergarten, letter recognition, PreK, primary
Sight Word Battleships for Word Recognition
30 Jun 2019

Sight Word Battleships for Word Recognition

by Hannah | posted in: Sight Words | 0

This old classic gives plenty of practice for sight words. Based on the game of battleships it provides and interactive and engaging way to learn pr practice sight words.

dolch words, elementary, first grade, flashcards, fry words, kindergarten, learned words, primary, reading fluency, word lists, word recognition, year one
‘ay’ and ‘ai’ Spelling Sliders
31 May 2019

‘ay’ and ‘ai’ Spelling Sliders

by Hannah | posted in: Digraphs | 0

In this fun, interactive activity, words are made by sliding the letter strip up or down the slider. Children get practice in reading words with different spellings, but the same sound – ay and ai.

alternative spellings, digraph, digraph ai, digraph ay, elementary, first grade, kindergarten, phonics activity, primary, sounding out, word lists, year one
Letter Sounds on Sticky Notes
30 Apr 2019

Letter Sounds on Sticky Notes

by Hannah | posted in: Letter Sounds | 0

This letter sounds activity is designed to help teach and reinforce letter recognition. Write the letter sounds you want to practice on sticky notes and start playing.

alphabet, early childhood, early years, elementary, kindergarten, letter recognition, phonics activity, playbased learning, PreK, preschool, primary, reception, toddler, word lists
Rhyming Words Racetrack
26 Mar 2019

Rhyming Words Racetrack

by Hannah | posted in: Rhyming | 0

This is a fun way to read words as part of a game. Write the rhyming words in a racetrack, roll the dice, and off you go.

first grade, kindergarten, preschool, rhyming, segmenting and blending
Jigsaw Puzzle with Glued Sounds
28 Feb 2019

Jigsaw Puzzle with Glued Sounds

by Hannah | posted in: Blending and Segmenting | 0

This game introduces glued sounds and helps children ‘chunk’ parts of a word together, to make them easier to read. It’s a simple jigsaw puzzle format that is a fun and effective way to practice phonics.

first grade, glued sounds, kindergarten, letter sounds, puzzles, second grade
Compound Words with a Bouncing Ball
31 Jan 2019

Compound Words with a Bouncing Ball

by Hannah | posted in: Syllables | 0

This ‘Compound words with a bouncing ball is a simple but very effective phonics game. All you need is a ball, and some flashcards. Here we are using this game to teach compound words, but it can be adapted to … Continued

1st grade, 2nd grade, compound words, early childhood, reading
‘ck’ Flip Flap
27 Dec 2018

‘ck’ Flip Flap

by Hannah | posted in: Blending and Segmenting | 0

This ‘ck’ Flip Flap Activity involves practice in reading words containing the ‘ck’ sound and spelling.  It is a fun multi sensory activity, that can be used to teach, or to reinforce this sound.

digraph, digraph ck, first grade, flip flap, kindergarten, letter sounds, two letter sound, word lists
Letter Sounds on a Roll of Paper
30 Oct 2018

Letter Sounds on a Roll of Paper

by Hannah | posted in: Pen and Paper Phonics, Phonics, Uncategorized | 0

The Main Idea: This is a letter sounds activity, where letter sounds are written on a roll of paper. The goal of this activity is to teach, or reinforce the recognition of letter sounds. This is done by writing the letters on a … Continued

early childhood, kindergarten, phonics, reading

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