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This week I have five FREE ccvc phonics games for you to download and print.
Although we keep phonic vocabulary to the minimum, it would do all students well if they knew these two terms: vowel - five special letters with out at least one we cannot make a word. consonant - all the letters of the alphabet that are not vowels. A consonant blend, is simply two consonants together. Many words start or end in this way: st, fr, sp, lt, lk, st, pr, pl, tr, tw, etc... Once young readers can blend three sounds with a short vowel, then they can move on to blending four sounds with consonant blends and a short vowel. Remember - a short vowel simply means the vowel saying its sound not its name: 'a' for apple, rather than 'ay'. The blend can either come at the start of the word: f r o g
consonant consonant vowel consonant
or at the end:
s a n d
consonant vowel consonant consonant
This ability to blend these letters quickly is quite crucial in developing reading fluency, however having given some practice, once a child has begun to get the idea I move on to the next phonic stage as I know they will get plenty of practice as we go on.
Children do not have to memorise these blends as they can just sound them out, however it will speed up their reading no end if they can blend them quickly. These ccvc games have been designed to help children both feel the consonant blends with their lips as they say them - which helps with reading - and to hear them in order to sound out a word - with helps with spelling. I am a great believer in multi-sensory learning. A mirror is a useful piece of teaching equipment, especially for helping children with speech difficulties, as you can teach speech as the same time as phonics. Let the child see their mouth in the mirror as they shape each sound. Let them say each sound slowly and see the lips change position. Blend the sounds slowly and feel the movement of the lips and tongue. CCVC games
From the Initial Blends Game
this game like all of our games is very easy to play. PLayers simply take it in turns to choose a card, blend the letters, for example: 'f' 'r' = 'fr', and see if they have a picture starting with that sound on their card.
This is a good game for students who are just being introduced to putting two letters together in this way. Because the pupil is only being asked to look at two letters, rather than a whole word, it takes the stress off of having to read a whole word and focuses the attention on the blends. These two games give plenty of practice in doing just that. If your pupil is willing - then encourage him/her to play them again and again. Play with Dad, Mum, Gran, sister, brother, friends - who can win? And because winning is not dependent on cleverness, there is no threat if anyone loses! The more practice the better!
From the Consonant Blends Game
Four Letter Word Game
Having got the pupil used to blending two consonants, we move on to reading words.
From the Four-letter-word Game
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