Hands-On Phonics Activities & Resources for Home and School
The first book in the Pen and Paper Phonics Book Club is ‘Not a Stick’ by Antoinette Portis. Read on to find out why this is a great book to share with children, and all the activities that can be based on it.
Play this quick phonics activity to teach the vowel digraph ee. Children can be introduced to the idea that more than one letter can make the same sound. Use the resources, or make your own cards, to turn over and match. The one with the most vowel team ee matching cards wins!
CVC words form an important stage in the reading process. The reason a treasure map activity like this works when practicing CVC words, is that children love board games. So they are already going to be excited to play, and … Continued
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.