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Important update from TheSchoolRun
For the past 13 years, TheSchoolRun has been run by a small team of mums working from home, dedicated to providing quality educational resources to primary school parents. Unfortunately, rising supplier costs and falling revenue have made it impossible for us to continue operating, and we’ve had to make the difficult decision to close. The good news: We’ve arranged for another educational provider to take over many of our resources. These will be hosted on a new portal, where the content will be updated and expanded to support your child’s learning.
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Eyfs Spelling worksheets
Free worksheets: Spelling, EYFS, Reception
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V, X, Y, Z words Snap (Phase 3 phonics)
Shuffle the word cards and share them between two players. The oldest player starts the game by turning over a card and placing it face up on the table or floor. Each player then takes turns placing cards, face up, next to the card. When the word card and picture card match that’s SNAP! The player with most cards at the end wins.
Simple words memory game
A free word game created by a teacher for Reception children to help them learn simple, common words for their age group.
Reception high frequency words flashcards
A cut-out-and-keep flashcard set containing all the Reception year high frequency words. Why not slip a set into your bag or wallet for a quick practice during quiet moments?
Reading and writing silent ‘h’ (Phase 5 phonics)
Lots of our question words start with ‘wh’. Can you read these words? Can you think of a question using each of these question words? Now fill in the gaps in these questions with the right ‘wh’ words.
Reading and writing h, f and l (Phase 2 phonics)
This worksheet all about these three letters: h, f and l. Here are some words with the first letter missing. Which letter do you need to fill in to make real words? Can you write the words in the boxes? Now read these sentences and answer yes or no.
Reading and writing e, u and r (Phase 2 phonics)
What letters do these words start with? Write the letter under each picture. Now can you highlight the letters e, ur and r in these words?
Reading and writing b and d, h and n (Phase 2 phonics)
Sometimes b gets muddled with d and h gets muddled with n. Can you highlight all the bs and all the ds in two different colours? Now cut out these words and play Pairs or Snap!
Reading and writing b and d, h and n, f and t (Phase 2 phonics)
Children often muddle up the letter shapes b and d, h and n, f and t as they look similar. Practise writing these letters and talk about why they look similar and what is different about them. Then have a quick game of letter bingo!
Phonics sentences art (Phase 2 phonics)
Read each of these sentences and then draw a picture that describes what the sentence says.
Phonics dominoes (Phase 2 phonics)
Play dominoes with these Phase 2 phonics cards. The winner is the first player to put all their cards down on the table
Phase 3 phonics tricky words practice (Phase 3 phonics)
Tricky words are ones that your child can’t sound out with their phonics knowledge but need to be learned and remembered. Here are some ideas to help your child learn tricky words.
Phase 2 phonics tricky words practice (Phase 2 phonics)
These are sight words that should not be sounded out before reading but just need to be memorised. Read the word out loud, then trace the word and finally try writing the word.
Pairs game: ‘z’ and ‘qu’ (Phase 3 phonics)
Play a game of pairs with these ‘z’ and ‘qu’ words. Each player takes it in turn to pick up two words and read them out. If they find the same word, that is a pair and they get to keep them. The winner is the player with most pairs
Making words that end in ‘ss’ (Phase 2 phonics)
Which of these words end in ‘ss’? Colour in the pictures of the words that have an /s/ sound at the end.
First letter I spy (Phase 2 phonics)
The adult chooses a letter from this list and says: “I spy with my little eye something beginning with...”; the child has to find all the pictured objects that start with that letter. Then pick a different letter and swap roles.
Double consonant pairs (Phase 2 phonics)
Print and cut out these words with double consonants and play a game of Pairs.
Building Phase 2 phonics words (Phase 2 phonics)
Cut out the letters below. Can you think of a word that starts with each one? Now listen to these words – can you hear the sounds in the word? Can you find the sounds to build the word?
Rhyming memory game: 'oi' words (Phase 3 phonics)
Play this fun memory game and see how many 'oi' words you know.
First 100 high-frequency words list
Children learn to read and spell high-frequency words, the most common words in English-language texts, throughout primary school. Download a list of the first 100 high-frequency words to use for at-home spelling practice and revision.
V, X, Y, Z words Snap (Phase 3 phonics)
Shuffle the word cards and share them between two players. The oldest player starts the game by turning over a card and placing it face up on the table or floor. Each player then takes turns placing cards, face up, next to the card. When the word card and picture card match that’s SNAP! The player with most cards at the end wins.
Tricky word sentences
Cut out the words and see if you can put some of them together to make sentences. You can stick them onto another sheet of paper if you like, and add a full stop at the end.
Simple words memory game
A free word game created by a teacher for Reception children to help them learn simple, common words for their age group.
/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.