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Important update from TheSchoolRun
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Eyfs Phonics worksheets
Free worksheets: Phonics, EYFS, Reception
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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.
Reading ‘ng’ endings (Phase 3 phonics)
Can you circle the ‘ng’ sound in each of these words? These funny aliens all have silly names ending in the ‘ng’ sound! Can you read their names?
Collage sounds /i/ and /n/
Use stickers, pom-poms or any other collage materials you have to hand to fill in the letters i and n in these objects.
Changing sounds hide and seek
Listening to the way sounds change, for example by getting louder or quieter, can help children develop their focused listening skills. Here is a great game to help develop these skills.
Body percussion
Body percussion is all about making beats and music with your body. Have a go at some body percussion patterns and see how long can you keep them going.
Blending practice
Here's a great game to help your child to hear the different sounds within words and then blend them together to make a word they recognise.
Revise /oo/, /ar/, /or/ and /ur/ sounds (Phase 3 phonics)
This simple game is designed to help support and reinforce the learning of the Phase 3 phonics sounds /oo/, /ar/, /or/ and /ur/.
Revise /ai/, /ee/, /igh/ and /oa/ sounds (Phase 3 phonics)
This simple game is designed to help support and reinforce the learning of the Phase 3 phonics sounds /ai/, /ee/, /igh/ and /oa/.
Phase 3 phonics missing tricky words
Help your child practise reading and writing the tricky words they've learned in Phase 3 phonics with this Reception activity. Tricky or exception words are words in which the English spelling code works in an unusual or uncommon way.
Phase 2 phonics missing tricky words
Help your child practise reading and writing Phase 2 tricky or exception words (words in which the English spelling code works in an unusual or uncommon way) with this Reception activity.
Listen to final sounds
Many children are able to hear the initial sounds (the first sounds) in words or in a word but might struggle to hear the final sounds. This game is designed to help them practise both of these skills and covers a mixture of Phase 2 and Phase 3 phonics sounds.
Finding rhyming words
Help your child listen to sounds and identify rhyming words with this Reception activity sheet.
Finding CVC words game (Phase 2 phonics)
Once your child is confident with the Phase 2 phonics sounds /h/ /b/ /f/ /g/ /l/ /p/ /i/ /u/ and /o/, use this game to help them practise blending vowel-consonant and consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) words.
Final sound board game
Blending sounds is a tricky but important skill. This quick phonics game is designed to help Reception children practise blending two sounds. Then they'll need to decide if they’ve made a real or nonsense word!
Blending CVC words game (Phase 2 phonics)
A quick game designed to help your child review the Phase 2 phonics sounds /g/ /c/ /k/ /r/ /t/ /h/ /e/ /a/ and /i/ and to help them practise blending vowel-consonant and consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) words.
Be a CVC word hunter
A game to help your child review the Phase 2 phonics sounds /s/ /a/ /t/ /p/ /i/ /n/ /m/ /d/ and /o/ and to help them practise blending vowel-consonant and consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) words.
/Ch/, /sh/ and /th/ sound sort (Phase 3 phonics)
This game is designed to help children to distinguish between the Phase 3 sounds /ch/, /sh/ and /th/ in words they read and hear.
Write the initial sounds
Oh dear – Captain Clumsy has forgotten where she has hidden her treasure! Luckily she left herself a clue. Look at the pictures of the items below. What sound do they each begin with?
Read and Spell Game (Phase 2 phonics)
This fun game is designed to support your child’s progress in phonics and covers some of the Phase 2 sounds.
Word sorting (Phase 3 phonics)
The words below include the vowel graphemes ‘ear’, ‘air’, ‘ure’ and ‘er’. Can you spot them? Cut out the words and place them face down on the table.
The /ai/ sound treasure hunt trail (Phase 5 phonics)
Cut out the words below and ask your grown up to hide them around the room for you to find. No peeking! When you have found all the cards, read them to your grown up. Sort each word into the table below. Which grapheme (‘ay’, ‘a_e’’, ‘ai’) has the most words? Which has the least?
Sorting words (Phase 3 phonics)
These words include the vowel graphemes ‘ai’, ‘ee’, ‘igh’ and ‘oa’. Can you spot them? Cut out the words and place them face down on the table.Turn a card over and read it aloud. Which sound can you hear? Write the word in the table. Which sound has the most words? Which has the least?