Free Kindergarten Phonics Activities

11 worksheets with different activities to recognise and find nonsense words. Nonsense words are an important part in assessing phonics and decoding because a student can only decode and read the word if they understanding the phonic sounds within the word.

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This resource was created in order to help Speech Language Pathologists target initial phonemes at the word level.

The h-insertion trick can be an extremely helpful strategy to use when children are stuck at the isolation level of a sound. By producing /h/ after the initial sound, the child continues their air flow, making it easier to produce the following vowel. This helps them to eliminate the prior habit of producing the incorrect sound.

Find the Full H-Insertion Resource Here!

If you haven't tried /h/-insertion, download this FREEBIE and see it work it's magic!

H-Insertion can help target the following:

• Phonological Processes: prevocalic voicing, gliding, backing, fronting, stopping, deaffrication, labialization, denasalization, excessive nasal emissions, initial consonant deletion
• Motor planning and sound transitions for children with Childhood Apraxia of Speech
• Sound production for children with Dysarthria or weak articulatory musculature
• Myofunctional disorders including frontal lisp, lateral lisp, limited lip rounding
• Articulation disorders to target initial /b/, initial /k/, initial /d/, initial /f/, initial /g/, initial "j", initial /l/, initial /m/, initial /n/, initial /p/, initial /r/, initial /s/, initial /t/, initial /v/, initial /w/, initial "y", initial /z/

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Spring short vowel mini set - Included is one of each of the activities featuring short a.

Students will write and wipe or use manipulative letters. Students will build letters using flower petals, tap out sounds with Mr. Frog, and slowly talk with Mr. Turtle. Turtle and Frog are ready to be printed and attached to popsicle sticks for hopping / walking along each word. Use them again and again in your small groups or centers.

Turtle Talk

Materials - Picture cards, turtle

Directions - 

We will be talking very slowly like a turtle!  We call this turtle talk.  Look at the picture.  What is it?  Say the word slowly.  Tap out every sound you hear.  Write the letters on the card.  Use your turtle to walk and turtle talk the word you made!   

Flower Building

Use the letters on each flower to build words. Each set has 3 pages to provide appropriate support for your students. You will have one blank page, one with the medial sound written, and one with word families.

Hop along with MR. Frog then find a matching picture

I hope you like my sample set featuring short vowel a. I have an extended packet available for purchase that includes all short vowel sounds, and manipulative letters for a total of 88 words in each set.

Spring Short Vowel CVC - Word Blending, Segmenting & Building

Young children learn the best through play and fun! This learning bundle sample is filled with 4 learning games to engage them in age appropriate skills to learn more about the world around them and help get them ready for school.

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Alphabet Animal Memory- Have fun playing and learning your letters in this engaging games your learners will love!

Included in the Preschool Alphabet Bundle

Roll and Color- Learn your colors and work on fine motor too with this simple and fun game!

Included in the Preschool Colors Bundle

Go Fish Numbers- A fun spin on a classic game and a great way to play while learning your numbers!

Included in the Preschool Numbers Bundle

I Spy In My Backyard- Let's explore outside our home and learn our shapes too with this interactive learning tool!

Included in the Preschool Shapes Bundle

You can save even more with the Preschool Skills Bundle!

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These worksheet is for students to use to prepare for tests like DIBELS and other Phoneme Segmentation Fluency (PSF) assessments. It provides targeted practice to help students improve their phonemic awareness skills through simple and effective exercises.

What's included:

• 1 worksheets with 30 words each for phoneme segmentation practice
• A variety of words to enhance phonemic segmentation skills
• Ideal for practice in small groups, one-on-one, or independent sessions

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Students will read and sort words based on common vowel pair sounds ea, ai, and oa. Visuals are added as prompts to help the students remember the sounds.

✅Letters, ✅Numbers, ✅Phonics, ✅Sight Words...

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Enter the letters, numbers, or words you would like the student to practice recognizing!

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Print! What you enter automatically appears in the color by code worksheet!

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• BUNDLE! EDITABLE Dolch Words Autofill PDFs for Assessment & Intervention!

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• EDITABLE Color by Code! Auto Fill PDF for Differentiated Instruction!

• EDITABLE First Grade Dolch Words Autofill PDFs for Assessment & Intervention!

• EDITABLE Fry First 100, Set 1 Autofill PDFs for Assessment & Intervention!

• EDITABLE Fry First 100, Set 2 Autofill PDFs for Assessment & Intervention!

• EDITABLE Fry First 100, Set 3 Autofill PDFs for Assessment & Intervention!

• EDITABLE Fry First 100, Set 4 Autofill PDFs for Assessment & Intervention!

• EDITABLE Pre-Primer Dolch Words Autofill PDFs for Assessment & Intervention!

• EDITABLE Primer Dolch Words Autofill PDFs for Assessment & Intervention!

• EDITABLE Second Grade Dolch Words Autofill PDFs for Assessment & Intervention!

• EDITABLE Third Grade Dolch Words Autofill PDFs for Assessment & Intervention!

Short Vowel Word Ladders is a way students can practice substitutions and deletions within a single word family.

Included in each resource:

Teacher word meaning page

⭐2 different whole sheet ladders in black and white and color

⭐2 half sheet ladders (2 to a sheet for easy printing) in black and white and color

⭐6 half sheet ladders for small group, center, or independent practice in black and white and color

Other Resources:

Free Printable Preschool Dolch Sight Words List

Introduce your preschool students to foundational reading skills with this freebie Dolch Sight Words List! Featuring 40 essential sight words specifically curated for preschoolers, this resource will help young learners build early literacy and word recognition skills with ease.

Whether you're a teacher or a parent, this printable word list is perfect for classroom activities, home learning, or small group instruction. It offers a simple, easy-to-read format designed to make learning fun and engaging for preschoolers. Use it as a reference, a flashcard guide, or a foundation for creating games and activities!

What’s Included:

• 40 Dolch Sight Words for preschool
• Clean and clear design for easy use
• Free download for your classroom or homeschool activities

Download this freebie today!

This file is a free sampler of some of my letter sound fluency activities. This will be a growing file, as I will add more free files as I create more letter sound fluency activities.

Right now this file contains:

**Letter Sound Fluency Strips**

This low prep activity gives students a quick and engaging way to practice and improve their letter sound fluency. Students point to colorful pictures one at a time as they say the letter sounds on them. They can use the same strips repeatedly and work to increase their speed.

You can find more activities just like this in my Letter Sound Fluency BUNDLE.

**Letter Sound Fluency Tear Off Strips**

These low prep tear off strips bring a fun, active element to practicing letter sound fluency. My small group intervention students beg for this activity!

Display the colorful sheets of tear off strips around the room. Students tear off one strip at a time and practice the row of 10 letter sounds 3 times to increase fluency. Then they can read their strip for the teacher or a classmate before choosing another sheet to tear from.

You can find more activities just like this here.

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Sort between word families with this Christmas tree themed sorting center. Print the trees and ornaments on card stock. Laminate the pieces for durability. Students will sort the ornaments onto the correct tree. There is a page included for students to record their sorting. This product is available in color and in black and white. This is a freebie sample of the ornament sorting centers. The following word families are available in this free packet: -all -aw -ow -own If you like this Freebie, be sure to check out my other vowel sorting sets! Christmas Ornament Long A Word Family Sort (AGE/AKE/ALE/AME/APE/ATE) Christmas Ornament Long A Word Family Sort (ADE/AIL/AIM/AVE/AY) Christmas Ornament Long E Word Family Sort (EACH/EAL/EAM/EAN/EAT/ECK/EEP/EET) Christmas Ornament Long I Word Family Sort (IDE/IGHT/IKE/IND/IME/INE/ITE/IVE) Christmas Ornament Long O Word Family Sort (OAT/OKE/OLD/OLE/ONE/OPE/OTE/OW) Christmas Ornament Long U Word Family Sort (EW/OOL/OOM/OON/OOT/UE/UNE/UTE) Christmas Ornament CVC Short A Word Family Sort (AT/AM/AG/AD/AP/AN) Christmas Ornament Short A Word Family Sort (AB/ACK/AMP/AND/ANG/ANT/ASH/ASK/ATCH) Christmas Ornament Short E Word Family Sort (ECK/ED/ELL/ELT/EN/END/ENT/EST/ET) Christmas Ornament Short I Word Family Sort (ID/IG/ILL/IN/IP/IT) Christmas Ornament Short I Word Family Sort (ICK/ING/ISH/IST/ITCH) Christmas Ornament Short O Word Family Sort (OB/OCK/OD/OG/OP/OSS/OT) Christmas Ornament Short U Word Family Sort (UB/UCK/UG/UMP/UN/UNG/UNK/USH/UT)

"Letter is for..." Recording Sheet:

These sheets are intended for Pre-k to 1st grade. These can be used as:

• An assessment piece
• Homework/supplemental work
• To reinforce letter and sound recognition

Display sheets on a bulletin board to celebrate the letter of the week or create a letter of the week journal

St Patricks Day themed science of reading aligned heart word bingo. 6 unique cards are included in both color and black & white options. Includes a teacher call list with all the words on the cards.

Fun activity for a small group to have some festive fun while still learning!!!

Science of Reading aligned heart word bingo. Most words also align to trick words from the grade 3 Fundations program.

**Looking to play with your whole class?! Check out my St. Patrick's Day Bingo set with the same words, but 24 unique cards for some whole class fun!

**Note these are the same words used in my Winter Bingo Product!

Words Included:

• again
• another
• answer
• are
• beautiful
• because
• bought
• breakfast
• brother
• come
• could
• does
• done
• every
• eye
• false
• family
• father
• floor
• friend
• from
• give
• great
• have
• here
• hour
• listen
• lose
• love
• many
• minute
• mother
• move
• none
• our
• put
• said
• says
• should
• their
• they
• today
• very
• want
• was
• water
• were
• word
• young
• your

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These reading and writing activity cards are perfect for beginning readers! Children get to blend words, color the matching picture and practice writing the words. These cards can be used in centers or for one to one support. This freebie includes 14 cvc words. For more cards check out my full bundle in my store!

Preschool to Kindergarten will gain fine motor skills while learning the letter A with these 3 Letter A crafts! Decorate the large letter with crayons, markers, paint, etc. Use at your Centers with manipulatives or bingo markers. There is a cut and paste letter activity and a take home/room décor apple project all celebrating the letter A.

What you will need:

• Large google eyes (optional)
• Printer and paper
• Scissors and glue/paste
• Crayons, markers, paint, etc.

You get three crafts:

• 1-Decorate the Letter Aa
• 2-Cut and paste apple seeds
• 3-Apple Face Craft

You get two versions:

• Color and B/W
• Lowercase and uppercase

BONUS

• Sing-a-long Letter A song poster
• Song 3" x 5" card

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VC words are simple, two-letter words made up of a vowel followed by a consonant, such as "at," "in," or "up." These words are beneficial for early readers because they introduce basic phonics skills, helping students recognize and blend vowel and consonant sounds. Mastering VC words builds a strong foundation for decoding more complex words, improves reading fluency, and boosts confidence in early literacy development.

Benefits

• Mastering sound blending

• Developing fluency in reading phonetically regular words

• Supports early literacy skill development

• Lays the groundwork for advanced reading comprehension

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Print, fold and let your students color and trace these Alphabet Booklets. Use for letter recognition, letter tracing, and coloring in the lines.

This packet includes 2 activities to practice short vowel sounds aligned to UFLI lessons 8-18 from the Vital Vowels Short Vowel Series which has all 5 activities. Learning the vowel sounds and why they make the sounds they do is VITAL to fluent reading. Vital Vowels is a daily practice in saying vowel sounds. This packet includes 2 activities to practice short vowel sounds aligned to UFLI lessons 8-18. These activities are intended to be used daily as a quick practice. They can be used in whole group instruction on the projector, in small group instruction differentiated to what students need, in a center rotation, or even for homework. Use the corresponding lesson AFTER it is explicitly taught and continue to use the same activity until the next vowel is taught, then move to the next level.

This FREEBIE pack includes two activities for practicing the short vowels up through lesson 53. Each activity in this pack includes the breve symbol for the short vowel sound. A blank chart is included for each activity to create your own targeted instruction. Slide it into a clear cover and write your own.

If your students enjoy these activities, check out all 5 activities in the full Short Vowel Packhere.

Check out the rest of the Vital Vowels Series that includes long vowels, vowel teams, diphthongs, and advanced vowels through lesson 118. *COMING SOON*

This sight word worksheet includes the pre-primer Dolch word "and". This high frequency sight word page is perfect for writing centers, tutorials, small groups, homeschooling, homework, sub plans and more! Pre-k, Kindergarten, and first grade students will practice their sight word in various ways! Reading, tracing, rainbow writing, writing on handwriting lines, finding and circling the word, filling in missing letters, reading fluency sentences, and completing the secret sentence challenge!

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What's Included

• 1 Pre-Primer dolch sight word worksheet for "and"

In the worksheet students will...

• Read the word
• Trace the word
• Rainbow write the word
• Practice writing the word on handwriting lines
• Find and circle the word in a list of other pre-primer sight words
• Fill in missing letters for the word in multiple ways
• Read fluency sentences that include the word
• Complete the secret sentence challenge by writing the first letter sound they hear for each symbol and reading the completed sentence at the end

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Roll & Read Sight Word Fluency Sentences

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