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A spring phonics game to help children
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A first reader that your child can read for him/her self once this game has been played
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Make sure your pupil has been introduced to the necessary phonics sounds before playing this game
My Spring Phonics Game is suggested for those readers who have completed Stage 7 of Reading Made Simple.
So that you can work out if this Spring Phonics Game is appropriate for your child, I have listed the words contained in the game, with their phonics sounds marked, below:
nest
eggs frog bud blossom catkins |
Tulip
Crocus Daffodil |
chicks
Bluebells Primrose frogspawn tadpole |
flowers
butterfly |
The Spring Phonics Game...
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'ie' - Eye-EE
'ur' = You Are
'er' = EE ARE
This phonic ir/ur/er game helps spelling no end!
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Hop to the Pond Game
This game is suitable for children at Stage 5 of Letters and Sounds who have learnt 'ch', 'sh' and 'ay' already.
How to play:
The pupil takes a letter card (ur/er/ir) from the feely bag and then has to select a picture from the pool of picture cards that pictures a word from the chosen family .
The pupil will then have to see if it is correct by checking against the Word Bank Card. The teacher can help with this.
If correct, the picture card is taken and put by the player. If not it is returned to the table, face up.
The winner has the most picture cards once one player has reached the pond.
Full instructions are given in this FREE download (see below).
You will need:
2 counters
A feely bag, or small box to put the letter cards in.
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Playing Tips:
- Remind the pupil that 'er' most usually occurs at the end of a word: it's that sound that we make at the end of words such as 'jump - er'. Help the pupil to speak 'posh' and sound the 'er' correctly.
- Talk about the words represented by the pictures before you start to play the game. If you are not sure, check with the Word Bank first, by finding the picture for each word as it is read.
- If the pupil chooses the wrong word for a sound, refer to the Word Bank Card and reinforce the correct spelling.
- Have fun! As the pupil's mind will be taken up with the game - s/he will forget the learning that is taking place quietly underneath!
- Afetr the game, ask the pupil to say the word for each picture and tell you which family it belongs to. E.g. bird - 'ir'.
Other resources you might find helpful:
A printer to print your game
Card to print it on
Alaminator to protect it and make it last longer
Afolder to keep all the pieces safe.
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The ai/oa phonics game
'ai' makes an 'ay' sound in words, listen:
tr ai n
b oa t
boat: loaf toast, coat, road, toad
train: tail, drain, nail, rain, maid
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You could use the game as an individual activity, for which it is great for assessing a child's ability in phonics.
This game involves listening and reading to give practice in hearing the ai/oa sounds and recognising them in words. there are no complicated rules - so you can be ready to play in no time at all!
Easy to make!
- Just download and print the game pages - card is good but not essential.
- Cut out the necessary cards.
- Laminate the games to make them last longer (optional)
- Find a small box/bag or purchase a blank die.
- And you are ready to go!
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Find worksheets to support teaching and learning here:
Other games you may like:
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Once more we have two games for you to download and print free, to give children practice in blending - this time with the sounds or and ar.
By the time pupils reach this stage, they should be becoming quite fluent at blending one syllable words, but they will need plenty of practice in first of all recognising new blends as they are taught and then applying their knowledge while reading texts.
Our first game will give help with the former: hearing the sounds 'ar' and 'or' in words and knowing which letters to use to represent those sounds.
Our second game will give practice in using the new knowledge when reading short sentences and phrases.
Game 1: Which sound can you hear
This game - like all our games, is simple to play. You will just need a little box to put the sound cards in, or a feely bag.
A base board is chosen (blue or green) and the player takes a sound card from the box/feely bag. The player can then choose a picture with that sound in to place on his/her board. Play continues until both boards are completed and the winner is the first to fill his/her board.
Game 2: Matching phrases to pictures
Easy to make
- Download the files.
- Print the needed pages - card is a good option.
- Cut out the relevant cards.
- Laminate to make them last longer (optional).
- Store in a plastic folder to keep everything safe (optional).
Find worksheets to support learning here:
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Hello and welcome to our next sound. This week it is sh/ch. These two digraphs are often taught close together as they are so similar. Despite this, most children will grasp them quickly, especially after playing our games!!
Young children like to put their finger to their lips and say 'shhh' for 'sh'. I often get children to pretend to chop with their hands for 'ch'. Its amazing how a little bit of body movement helps children to learn new things quickly: they call it 'multi-sensory'.
So here we have two more games for you to download and print for free . The first is a simple matching game. Do talk about the pictures as you play the game. You can even do this before you start, making sure that your pupil knows what each picture is. Watch out - it's not 'food' this time, but 'lunch'!
Game 1
This is a simple matching game- but non-the-less greatly enjoyed by children.
In this game they are not being expected to read words for which they have not yet learnt the phonic code - only identify the intial sound, 'ch' or 'sh'.
this game is helpful as it gives children the opportunity of reading short phrases, without the pressure of reading a 'book'.
How to make your games
Cut out cards as necessary for game 1
Laminate the cards if they are to be used lots of times.
Store the games carefully - I like to keep mine in plasctic folders.
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Once you have played the games, why not follow up your work on 'sh/ch' with a worksheet ?
Find sh worksheets here. Find ch worksheets here.
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In this post I will be sharing with you three phonics games for you to download and print for free, for helping children to read and spell words with the sounds 'oo' and 'ee'.
Two letters making one sound: oo and ee
As always, the key to learning these new sounds, is to help the child to see two letters together, making one new sound.
So 'when we see the word: 'feet', we say:
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ee Phonic Games
I have written this game for pupils with special needs who find it hard to learn that one 'e' says 'e' as in bed, and two e's says 'ee' as in feet.
The 'e' or 'ee' Phonic game helps pupils to differentiate between the two sounds, so that they become familiar with the new sound before attempting to read and spell words containing it. I suggest that you introduce the sound 'ee'. Then practice it on a flashcard with the sound 'e' and then play this game.
'OO' makes two sounds
boot
and then the word
look
you will hear that although they are both written with 'oo', they do not both have the same 'oo' sound.
boot has a long ooo sound, while look just has a short 'oo' sound.
One easy way of helping children to remember is to say it is like a cuckoo
'oo' says cu (for look) and coo for moon.
oo Phonic Games
o or oo? Game
oo Board Game
Build a Tower Game
Like 'Jenga', read the oo words, pile the 'bricks', but be careful your pile does not topple!
oo/ee games
Once both oo and ee have been learnt these games can be played.
oo/ee Missing Sound Game
Read and Match oo/ee
It has two boards and a set of matching word cards.
Teaching Tips
- Use flashcards of the phonic sounds and drill pupils daily (mon-fri) and have the child say
- Look for words with oo and ee in books.
- Help children to become familiar with the 'oo' and 'ee' sound (not worrying about reading and spelling for this - just listening) by coming up with rhyming words:
look: took book shook rook cook hook
hoot: boot toot coot
feet: meet street beat fleet greet seat meat
Pupils will learn the other ways to make these sounds later on - what matters is that they can hear the sounds in words.
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Hello, I'm Lilibette, qualified teacher (B.Ed Hons). I have taught phonics in mainstream education, followed by have home-educated my two sons to 18, and am now a private tutor.
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