$5 - $10 Phonics Activities (by date, oldest first)

Phonics skills-based differentiated "Guess Who Game" for Vowel Pairs

Get ready to supercharge your students' phonemic awareness with this incredible printable PDF game! Designed specifically for long vowel sounds review, this game is the perfect tool to help your students practice identifying and reading long vowel sounds in CVVC and CVCe words.

With its engaging and interactive format, this game will keep your students fully engaged and motivated as they work to master these important skills. Whether you're a teacher looking for a fun and effective way to reinforce long vowel sounds, or a parent looking to help your child improve their reading skills, this game is the perfect solution.

So why wait? Give your students the gift of phonemic awareness mastery with this amazing printable PDF game today!

Engage your elementary school ELA students by using this phonics game to practice reading words with vowel pairs. Ideas for differentiation and prompting are included to ensure the game is suitable for students of all academic levels. This game also includes three levels of word difficulty- from simple words to multi-syllabic words. The sets of cards are notated with different colored inner borders so you can easily tell them apart.

This activity is perfect for elementary school reading and ELA centers, elementary school reading and ELA lesson plans, small group instruction, extra help sessions, early finishers, group/partner work, classroom competitions, individual practice, and so much more. 

What's included

• 72 "word pile" cards- 24 for each level
• 72 red board inserts- 24 for each level
• 72 blue board inserts- 24 for each level
• 40 question prompts
• Directions for five different ways to play (for individual players, two players, or small group)
• Guess Who game board linked here (NOT INCLUDED IN DOWNLOAD)

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This Letter Puzzle is an engaging letter game designed to develop first-sound fluency and letter-sound recognition in young learners. Each puzzle presents a colorful illustration of an animal, object, or character, accompanied by a selection of black and white pictures representing the sounds heard at the beginning of the word. The objective is simple: match the correct picture to the corresponding sound of the letter.

As children explore the puzzles, they're not only honing their ability to identify initial sounds but also reinforcing their understanding of letter-sound correspondence. With a range of vibrant and appealing visuals, the game offers an immersive learning experience that captures children's attention and motivates them to participate actively.

Why You Will Want to Use This Letter Puzzle:

1. Foundational Literacy Skills: The Letter Puzzle provides an interactive platform for children to develop essential literacy skills from an early age. By focusing on first sound fluency and letter sound recognition, it lays a solid foundation for future reading and writing success.
2. Engaging and Interactive Learning: Unlike traditional flashcards or worksheets, The Letter Puzzle transforms letter practice into an exciting adventure. Children are drawn into the game's world of colorful illustrations and playful challenges, making learning feel like play.
3. Positive Reinforcement: Every correct match in the Letter Puzzle is met with immediate feedback and encouragement, fostering a sense of accomplishment and boosting children's confidence in their letter-sound skills.
4. Great for Centers: Playing with the Letter Puzzle can be a great way to work on the alphabet and keep them engaged. No more wondering and coming to interrupt small groups!

In conclusion, the Letter Puzzle offers a delightful way for children to practice first sound fluency and letter sound recognition, paving the way for successful literacy development. With its engaging gameplay and educational benefits, parents can feel confident in using this puzzle game to support their early literacy journey.

This packet is perfect to get your 4-year-old ready for Kindergarten! I created this resource to align with the Early Learning Core Standards for 4-year-olds. This packet is FUN and ENGAGING to get your kids excited about learning! The best part about this packet is that there IS NO PREP! Just print and it is ready to go! I have planned out each day for you, these practice pages will last 7 weeks!

The packet supports the following skills: nursery rhymes, rhyming pages, first-sound fluency, letter names and sounds, counting, numbers, number sense, and shapes.

This is perfect to work on over the summer to help get your child ready for Kindergarten or to work on skills they may need in Kindergarten that have not yet mastered!

To get a pattern to STICK in a new readers brain we need to read AND spell with a word and provide context. These self-correcting picture cards are perfect to achieve that goal!

Within this product your child will be exposed to beginning and end blends with short vowels. You can have the child read the card and flip it over to see if the picture matches the word or you can use the spelling mats to have the child look at the picture, say the word, and spell the word. When they are done they can flip the card over to check their spelling.

Handwriting improves a student's ability to recall information, make connections between different concepts, and synthesize information in new ways!

My handwriting book includes:

• Mnemonic keywords and pictures (this will help with memory of letter name and sound as they practice the writing of the letter)
• Letter formation sayings and pictures for where to start and end your letters
• Sentence Practice
• Binding edge so that you can place it in folders with sheet protectors to use with dry erase markers, staple or coil bind together to use fun pens, glitter crayons, colored pencils, markers, etc!

When a student can produce the letters correctly and quickly, they will use less brain power when writing words and sentences!

Let's be honest, phonemic awareness can be SO boring for our students! Whenever we are working on it they want to use the words in sentences or want to see a picture of what that word means! Now they have a picture to connect to the word!

These cards are so much fun my students beg me to work with them! I let them choose their manipulative; whether it is play-dough to tap, legos, chips, or blocks! This also gives those kiddos struggling with blending and segmenting a concrete method to gain those skills!

The cards are broken into each vowel so that you can easily practice phonemic awareness with the vowel you are working on. You can also mix them up so they can practice the skill for each vowel!

-Includes

-vowels; ar,or,er,ur,ir

-R-controlled vowel words with a picture

-Sound boxes on the front

-The word and amount of sounds on the back for self-correction!

Reading and letters can be FUN! These games are perfect for small-group instruction or centers! I give different tips and tricks to work on each skill! I would use these as a Friday fun day during small-groups and my students loved them! These games don't have any prep! Print and play! I would suggest laminating or sticking in a sheet protector to keep them nice for a longer period of time!

Includes:

All 26 letters of the alphabet

Letter names and sounds

Reading words with word families

Reading words with short vowels (a, e, i, o, u)

Reading 1-25 Zeno High-Frequency Words

Roll and Read

Board Games

Bingo

Why not work on letters while coloring? My students love a color-by-code! 

Ways to use this resource:

• Name the letters as you color
• Identify name and sound of letters as you color
• Name letters before you color
• Identify name and sound of letters before you color

It is important for a child to understand what a syllable IS and how to break words apart into syllables! When children begin to read and write multisyllabic words it will be vital they understand how to break the word into their syllables! This is a great hands-on and engaging way to work on syllables! Pick a manipulative that your child wants to use and get to work! Use them in centers or during small group!

There is no prep needed! Print and get to work! The alphabet needs to be automatic for our little learners to learn to read! They need to know its name, sound, and formation, and that these letters are represented in words in stories! These letter practice pages are great to meet the needs listed above! My mnemonic device at the top will give the child a great way to remember their letters!

Let's be honest, phonemic awareness can be SO boring for our students! Whenever we are working on it they want to use the words in sentences or want to see a picture of what that word means! Now they have a picture to connect to the word!

These cards are so much fun my students beg me to work with them! I let them choose their manipulative; whether it is play-dough to tap, legos, chips, or blocks! This also gives those kiddos struggling with blending and segmenting a concrete method to gain those skills!

The cards are broken into each vowel sound so that you can easily practice phonemic awareness with the vowel you are working on. You can also mix them up so they can practice the skill for each vowel!

-Includes

-a,e,i,o,u

-CVC words with a picture

-Sound boxes on the front

-The word and amount of sounds on the back for self-correction!

Let's be honest, phonemic awareness can be SO boring for our students! Whenever we are working on it they want to use the words in sentences or want to see a picture of what that word means! Now they have a picture to connect to the word!

These cards are so much fun my students beg me to work with them! I let them choose their manipulative; whether it is play-dough to tap, legos, chips, or blocks! This also gives those kiddos struggling with blending and segmenting a concrete method to gain those skills!

The cards are broken into each vowel so that you can easily practice phonemic awareness with the vowel you are working on. You can also mix them up so they can practice the skill for each vowel!

-Includes

-vowels; a,e,i,o,u

-VCe words with a picture

-Sound boxes on the front

-The word and amount of sounds on the back for self-correction!

These games are perfect for small-group instruction or centers! I give different tips and tricks to work on the skill! I would use these as a Friday fun day during small groups and my students loved them! These games don't have any prep! Print and play! I would suggest laminating or sticking in a sheet protector to keep them nice for a longer period of time! You can also use the bingo games as fun review as a whole class

Includes:

Roll and Read

Board Games

Bingo

CVC:

Reading words with word families

Reading words with short vowels (a, e, i, o, u) in isolation and mixed

Beginning Blends:

bl, cl, fl, gl, pl, sl

br, cr, dr, gr, fr, pr, tr

sc, sk, sm, sn, sp, str, sw

End Blends:

nd, sk, st, ft, sp, nt, nk, lt, ct, lt

*All vowels are short vowels

Digraphs:

sh

th

wh

ch

ck

*All vowels are short vowels

*Some of the words also include blends

These keyword letter cards will help your students remember their sounds! When you add pictures and keywords research has shown it helps in the retention and retrieval of information.

Included:

• Mnemonic keywords
• All 26 letters of the alphabet
• Long Vowels
• Digraphs; th (voiced and unvoiced), ch, sh, ck, ph, wh
• Vowel Teams: ai, ay, ee, ea, ey, oi, oy, oa, oe, ow, ou, ue, ew, au, aw, oo
• Word Families: all, am, an, ang, ing, ong, ung, ank, ink, onk, unk
• R-Controlled Vowels: ar, or, er, ir, ur

I always have my kids create actions that go with the pictures. This allows them to be active while doing letter sounds! Research shows that adding movement to learning can also help in the retrieval and retention of information.

CVC Cards in 7 different styles for differentiated learning. Let these cards grow with your students! 85 words covering short a, e, i, o, and u. Each word comes in 7 different styles including phonics dots and arrows, phonics dots, word only, and picture only. Almost 600 cards included! Laminate the picture only cards and have students create the CVC word with dry erase markers or letter manipulatives.

Cards are four to a page so that they're large enough to put up on the wall but still small enough for students to use easily. These are low prep...just print, cut and laminate. Please check out the preview above to see examples of the different card styles!

Words Included:

Short a - bag, bat, can, cap, cat, fan, ham, hat, jam, mad, map, nap, pad, pan, rag, tag, van

Short e - bed, beg, den, gem, hen, jet, leg, men, net, pen, pet, red, ten, vet, web, wed, wet

Short i - bib, bin, dig, dip, fin, hid, kid, lid, lip, pig, pin, pit, rib, rip, sit, wig, win

Short o - box, cob, cog, dog, fox, hop, hot, jog, log, mop, pod, pop, pot, rod, rot, sob, top

Short u - bud, bug, bun, cub, cup, cut, gum, gun, hug, hut, mud, nut, pup, rug, sub, sun, tub

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Check out my other CVC activites:

*all of my CVC activities use the same words and images for cohesive learning*

CVC Words Rearrange Puzzles

CVC Memory Game

Seasons Color by CVC Word

Snow White Color by CVC Word

CVC Vocabulary Cards

Sports Color by CVC Word

More coming soon...

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CVC Words Pocket Chart SUPER Packet!

This GIANT CVC Words Pocket Chart SUPER Packet is packed with over 384 cards total!! CVC (short A, E, I, O, and U). They are available in both color and black & white options.

SHORT "A" CVC Words Pocket Chart: (12 images total! 6 color and 6 B+W) and 2 headings (color and B+W).

**Each word family set includes both color and black + white options**

-AB Words:

Lab

Cab

Dab

Gab

Tab

Nab

-AD Words:

Mad

Sad

Dad

Pad

Lad

Bad

-AG Words:

Bag

Wag

Tag

Rag

Gag

Nag

-AM Words:

Ham

Jam

Yam

Ram

Dam

Mam

-AN Words:

Can

Man

Fan

Van

Tan

Pan

-AP Words:

Cap

Nap

Tap

Gap

Map

Sap

-AT Words:

Mat

Cat

Rat

Fat

Hat

Bat

-AX Words:

Wax

Sax

Tax

Max

Axe

Lax

-AR Words:

Car

Far

Jar

Bar

Tar

Star

SHORT "E" CVC Words Pocket Chart: (12 images total! 6 color and 6 B+W) and 2 headings (color and B+W).

**Each word family set includes both color and black + white options**

-ED Words:

Fed

Wed

Bed

Red

Ted

Led

-EG Words:

Leg

Beg

Keg

Peg

Meg

Egg

-EN Words:

Den

Hen

Men

Ten

Pen

Zen

-ET Words:

Jet

Net

Vet

Get

Met

Bet

SHORT "I" CVC Words Pocket Chart: (12 images total! 6 color and 6 B+W) and 2 headings (color and B+W).

**Each word family set includes both color and black + white options**

-IT Words:

Zit

Pit

Sit

Hit

Bit

Kit

-IP Words:

Rip

Tip

Sip

Lip

Dip

Zip

-IB Words:

Jib

Rib

Nib

Bib

Crib

Fib

-ID Words:

Kid

Lid

Slide

Rid

Hid

Bid

-IG Words:

Dig

Big

Fig

Pig

Wig

Rig (truck)

-IN Words:

Bin

Fin

Tin

Pin

Win

Twin

-IX Words:

Mix

Six

Fix

Pix

Nix

Kix

-IM Words:

Dim

Him

Rim

Tim

Kim

Jim

SHORT "O" CVC Words Pocket Chart: (12 images total! 6 color and 6 B+W) and 2 headings (color and B+W).

**Each word family set includes both color and black + white options**

-OB Words:

Rob

Mob

Cob

Job

Sob

Bob

-OG Words:

Dog

Log

Fog

Hog

Jog

Cog

-OT Words:

Cot

Dot

Hot

Pot

Lot

Tot

-OP Words:

Mop

Cop (girl)

Hop

Pop

Top (spinning)

Top (mountain)

-OD Words:

Rod

Nod

Sod

Cod

Pod

Tod

SHORT "U" CVC Words Pocket Chart: (12 images total! 6 color and 6 B+W) and 2 headings (color and B+W).

**Each word family set includes both color and black + white options**

-UB Words:

Cub

Rub

Sub (submarine)

Sub (sandwich)

Tub

Nub

-UD Words:

Bud (flower)

Bud (friend)

Mud

Sud

Stud

Loud

-UG Words:

Bug

Hug

Dug

Jug

Rug

Pug

-UM Words:

Gum

Yum

Mum

Sum

Hum

Plum

-UN Words:

Sun

Fun

Run

Nun

Bun (hair)

Bun (burger)

-UT Words:

Nut

Shut

Cut

Hut

Gut

Jut

You might also be interested in these other resources:

• Sequence of events headings
• Sequence of events worksheets
• Opinion Writing Worksheets
• 384 CVC Words Pocket Chart SUPER Packet
• Compare and Contrast worksheets, Picture Cards and Poster
• CVC Middle Sound Words Pocket Chart
• 57 Story Starters Picture Writing Prompts
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This GIANT Beginning Blends Pocket Chart SUPER Packet is packed with over 240 cards total!!

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**Each blend set includes both color and black + white options** Please download the preview for more details.

S Blends includes the following blends:

Sc, Sk, Sm, Sn, Sp, St, Sw, and Sl

R Blends includes the following blends:

Tr, Br, Fr, Gr, Cr, Dr, and Pr

L Blends includes the following blends:

Bl, Fl, Gl, Pl, and Cl

W Blends includes the following blends:

Dw and Tw Words

You might also be interested in these other resources:

• Sequence of events headings
• Sequence of events worksheets
• Opinion Writing Worksheets
• 384 CVC Words Pocket Chart SUPER Packet
• Compare and Contrast worksheets, Picture Cards and Poster
• CVC Middle Sound Words Pocket Chart
• 57 Story Starters Picture Writing Prompts

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This bundle of alphabet mystery puzzles is the perfect literacy center to help students gain confidence with letter recognition and beginning sounds. Featuring 74 alphabet picture puzzles in total, students will love this fun, hands-on, low-prep activity where they put their phonics skills to use to reveal a hidden picture. What’s more, the puzzles are self-checking so students can correct their own work making them perfect for independent literacy centers. Each puzzle set includes several levels of difficulty providing differentiation opportunities to cater for students of all levels.

The literacy skills in focus with this set of alphabet mystery puzzles are:

- Lowercase matching: 14 Mats

- Uppercase matching: 14 Mats

- Lowercase to uppercase matching: 8 Mats

- Uppercase to lowercase matching: 8 Mats

- Beginning Sounds Mats (Uppercase and Lowercase): 15 Mats x 2 = 30 Mats

What are puzzle mats?

Puzzle Mats are just that - a puzzle! Students build a puzzle by placing the matching puzzle piece on top of the matching letter or picture. The goal for this activity is to identify the correct letter or picture match to reveal the mystery puzzle picture.

How are puzzle mats best utilized?

Puzzle mats work are suited for use in a wide range of setting including, but not limited to:

-Word Work Stations

-Morning Work

-Early Finishers

-Enrichment

-Intervention

-Home Connection

-Incentive

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These hands-on Kindergarten Clip Cards are a great option for your kindergarten Back to School centers. This printable includes clip cards to practice 2D Shapes, Beginning Sounds, Colors and Numbers with your preschoolers and kindergarteners. The printable comes in an engaging wheel clip cards printable making this perfect for a hands-on Back to School Math Center! These wheel clip cards are also great for your early finishers, enrichment opportunities, morning work, or even intervention groups.

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What is included in this Wheel Clip Cards Bundle?

- 2D Shapes Wheel Clip Cards (with real photos) - 12 Wheels

- Beginning Sounds Wheel Clip Cards (with clipart) - 5 Wheels

- Colors Wheel Clip Cards (with real photos) - 11 Wheels

- 1 to 20 Number Sense Wheel Clip Cards (with clipart) - 20 Wheels

Using this printable:

These hands-on and engaging Wheel Clip Cards are designed for young children who are learning the skills above and can use these for additional practice.

How do you use these clip cards?

Children will use wooden clothespin and clip the sides that match the number/color/beginning sound/shape in the center of the wheel.

How many wheels are included in the printable?

There are a total of 69 Wheels included for all the 4 sets. You can decide how many wheels can be used, it can just a few or multiple can be used at once depending on the learner.

This bundle can be used to strengthen fine motor skills, explore during morning work or used as supplemental literacy/math centers. The clip cards are skill-based, they are not thematic, so they can be used anytime during the year.

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Looking for some simple no-prep crafts for for your kindergarten learners? This bundle of Printable Foldable Crafts is a great way to get your kindergarteners crafting and learning at the same time! Covering 2D shapes, numbers 1 to 20, alphabet letters and colors, this bundle is the perfect resource for your kindergarten learners to learn and have fun!

Your learners will love putting together these crafts together as they soon realize that they can open it up to reveal the fun craft inside!

Best of all, these are NO-PREP! Simply print and give it to your learner. Let them have fun as they color, cut and paste the different pieces together and bring their craft to life.

The following resources are included in this bundle:

• NO-PREP Numbers 1 to 20 Foldable Crafts
• No-PREP Alphabet Foldable Crafts
• NO-PREP Color Things Foldable Crafts
• NO-PREP 2D Shapes Foldable Crafts

What is included in each craft printable?

Each craft is a single no-prep page printable. Simply print and present it to your learners.

• Alphabet and Beginning Sounds - 26 Pages
• Numbers 1 to 20 - 20 Pages
• 2D Shapes - 14 Pages
• Colors - 11 Pages

Using the NO-PREP Foldable Craft Printable:

• Print the pages you want to use.
• Learners will color in all the images.
• Cut apart all the pieces.
• Paste all the pieces onto the strip according to the instructions.
• Finally fold along the black lines (alternate it to make sure it opens up properly).
• The craft is ready!

Have fun learning and crafting!