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/Sh/ and /ch/ words Snap (Phase 3 phonics)
A free Phase 3 phonics game created by an experienced teacher to help your child practise their Phase 3 phonics learning. This printable activity covers /Sh/ and /Ch/ words in a simple game of Snap.
Wordsearch: the /oo/ sound (Phase 3 phonics)
Look at the /oo/ words below. Can you read them out loud? These words are all jumbled up in this wordsearch. Can you find them? Put a tick next to each word that you find.
Summer holiday wordsearch
Can you find the words in our summer holiday wordsearch?
Phase 3 phonics sound snap: the /ee/, /oo/ and /oo/ sounds
Let's play a game of sound snap with the /ee/, /oo/ and /oo/ sounds. Just cut out the card, shuffle and deal!
Phase 2 phonics sound snap: middle sound
Let's have a game of snap! Can you hear the middle sound in these words?
Phase 2 phonics sound snap: first sound
Let's have a game of sound snap. Just cut out the snap cards, shuffle up, and deal out!
The phonemes /or/, /ar/ and /ur/ (Phase 3 phonics)
By adding the letter r to the letters o a u we get three new phonemes: /or/, /ar/, /ur/. Try a wordsearch to find words containing these phonemes.
Blending sounds to read: /igh/ (Phase 3 phonics)
A Phase 3 phonics worksheet to help children practise reading the trigraph /igh/.
Blending sounds to read: /oa/ (Phase 3 phonics)
A Phase 3 phonics worksheet to help children practise reading the digraph /oa/.
Blending sounds to read: /ai/ (Phase 3 phonics)
A Phase 3 phonics worksheet to help children practise reading the digraph /ai/.
Blending sounds to read: /ee/ (Phase 3 phonics)
A Phase 3 phonics worksheet to help children practise reading the digraph /ee/.
Dot to dot puzzles
Help your child improve their pencil control and number sequencing with a few dot to dot puzzles. An exclusive extract from The Puzzle Activity Book (£5.99, Buster Books).
Roll a CVC word (Phase 2 phonics)
Using two consonant dice and a vowel die, play this simple phonics game with your Reception child and roll and write CVC words.
Connect 4: words with ‘ll’ endings (Phase 2 phonics)
A downloadable, printable Connect 4-style game to help children practise reading words with 'll' endings as part of Phase 2 phonics learning in Reception.
Spelling words list
Get weekly spelling practice organised with our printable spelling lists, blank and ready to be filled with your child's assigned words. Attach the list to the fridge for quick revision sessions before the weekly spelling test.
Look, Cover, Write and Check spelling words
A blank Look, Cover, Write and Check spelling words list for kids to download and print to practise their weekly spelling words and prepare for tests.
Reception spelling tests pack
Introduce your child to spelling with a pack of simple spelling tests, designed to help them show off their new writing skills and reinforce the phonics and spelling work they're doing in the classroom.
The /ure/ sound (Phase 3 phonics)
Read these words with /ure/ sound then make up your own sentences using these ‘ure’ words.
The /oa/ sound (Phase 3 phonics)
When we put the letter o and a together it makes the sound /oa/ as in road and goat and coat. Cut out the phoneme frame and see how many real words you can make by adding consonants to the beginning and end of ‘oa’.
The /ee/ sound (Phase 3 phonics)
When we put two ee letters together we write the long vowel sound /ee/. Look at these pictures. How would you write these words? Now have a go at reading these sentences.
Writing b and d (Phase 2 phonics)
The letters b and d are often confused by children when they are earning to read. Show them this mnemonic to help them remember which is which, then practise writing b and d. Then, using the phoneme frame, put the b at the beginning of the word and the d at the end. Keep changing the vowel to see what the new word says.
Two-syllable words jigsaw (Phase 3 phonics)
Lots of words end in -ng or -er, making two-syllable words. Try adding these words to the endings -ing and -er to see how many new words you can make. Then cut out the jigsaw pieces and match together the first and second syllable to make a real word.
The trigraph ‘igh’ (Phase 3 phonics)
In the phoneme frame below keep changing the first letter to read different words. How many different words can you come up with? Then answer these yes or no questions, then make up some of
your own using the ‘igh’ words.
your own using the ‘igh’ words.