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Reception Phonics worksheets

Free worksheets: Phonics, EYFS, Reception

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/Sh/ and /ch/ words Snap

/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.
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Wordsearch: the /oo/ sound

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.
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Reading ‘ng’ endings

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?
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Initial sounds: h and b

Initial sounds: h and b (Phase 2 phonics)

Jack and Eva are going on their summer holiday. They’ve drawn a picture list of everything they need to take with them but they’ve missed off the first letters on the words below. Can you use either an ‘h’ or a ‘b’ to complete the words?
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Initial sounds: g and k

Initial sounds: g and k (Phase 2 phonics)

Can you be a letter detective and spy the sounds /g/ and /k/ in this box? Colour the ‘g’s in red and the ‘k’s in blue. Then match the pictures to the sound that they begin with and colour the pictures in.
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Initial sounds: a and b

Initial sounds: a and b (Phase 2 phonics)

Circle the objects that Ella has seen that begin with ‘a’ and ‘b’.
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Find the missing sounds: o and n

Find the missing sounds: o and n (Phase 2 phonics)

This sound burglar has been stealing sounds from the words below. Can you see what sounds he has in his bag? Help these words get their sounds back by filling in the missing letters!
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CVC letter fans activity

CVC letter fans (Phase 2 phonics)

A fun way to practise letter sounds! Cut out each letter, make a hole with a hole punch or scissors where the circle is and put some string through it. You need to make one fan for vowels and one for consonants. Once you have made the fans, ask your child to say each sound and think of a word with that sound in it.
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Initial letter matching puzzle worksheet

Initial letter matching puzzle

There are lots of Christmas things pictured on this worksheet! Say the first sound of each picture. Now can you find the right sound and match it with the rest of the word?
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Two-letter vowel sounds: /ee/ /oo/ /ur/ worksheet

Two-letter vowel sounds: /ee/ /oo/ /ur/ (Phase 3 phonics)

Can you think of words which contain the sounds /ee/, /oo/ or /ur/?
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Reading the /sh/ and /ch/ sounds worksheet

Reading the /sh/ and /ch/ sounds (Phase 3 phonics)

What words can you think of that end in /sh/ or /ch? Can you write in the missing sounds in these words?
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Sound buckets: using 'ss', 'll' and 'zz'

Sound buckets: using 'ss', 'll' and 'zz' (Phase 3 phonics)

Use sounds from the three different buckets to make as many words as you can. Write the words on the lines.
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Phonics games learning pack cover

Phonics games

Your child will do lots of phonics learning at school – so why not use games to help them put their new skills into practice at home? Our Phonics games learning pack, created by a KS1 teacher (and parent), offers ten games and activities to choose from. Everything you need to start playing, from instructions to game boards and a sound die, is included in your download – print off your bingo counters, sharpen your pencils and have some fun!
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Phonics letter and sounds worksheet

Phonics letters and sounds

This handy phonics letters and sounds worksheet will help you practise each phonics sound with your child by the 7 groups they'll be learning them in. How many other words can you think of that give examples of each sound?
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Blending CVVC words

Blending CVVC words (Phase 3 phonics)

Help children understand more about vowel digraphs with this practice activity. Children can use their existing knowledge of decoding CVC words to read words that have two vowels but make one sound.
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Match rhyming words

Match rhyming words (Phase 2 phonics)

A teacher-created Phase 2 phonics worksheet for EYFS/Reception children. This activity uses rhyming words to help children practise phonics (as taught in UK primary schools).
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Reception wordsearch

Reception wordsearch

A very first wordsearch for beginner readers. This puzzle contains phonemes and words your child will be learning in Reception and is easy enough for Reception children, though they might need some support from you. A solution to the puzzle is also included!
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Looking for igh worksheet

Looking for igh

A first wordsearch puzzle containing the /igh/ phoneme. Your Reception child may need help completing it. The solution is also included.
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Finding the /ee/ sound worksheet

Finding the /ee/ sound (Phase 3 phonics)

Help your child read different words and identify the /ee/ sound, then colour in the words that contain it.
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Blending CCVC words

Blending CCVC words

Help your child practise reading CCVC words – consonant consonant vowel consonant – with this worksheet. They will need to read out each sound and then blend them together.
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Write the missing sounds /oo/ and /ee/

Write the missing sounds /oo/ and /ee/ (Phase 3 phonics)

Digraphs can be tricky for young children to master. Help your child to identify words containing the sounds /oo/ and /ee/ with this download.
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Recognising short vowels in CVC words worksheet

Short vowels in CVC words (phase 2 phonics)

A worksheet to support your child with reading and recognising the vowels in the centre of CVC (consonant, vowel, consonant) words.
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Write the missing letter

Write the missing letter (Phase 2 phonics)

This fun worksheet will help your child identify the vowel in six CVC words. Great for beginner readers.
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