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I hope that you are enjoying using our phonics games with your pupil/s! They have been designed to be fun, minimal prep. and no fuss games that you can get on with playing and your pupil can learn from, without knowing it, (such are the benefits of a good game)! Don't forget though - that for your pupil, the best part will be having your undivided attention for a few moments. Oh how rare that is these days, but oh how precious to a young child. Enjoy these sessions - savour every moment! Play together, laugh together and learn together! Your child will soon grow up and forget the process of learning to read - but those precious times with you will not be so easily forgotten. So what are we waiting for - turn off that phone, or put it right away where it can't distract you and let's play!
The ai/oa phonics game
Before playing this game, please make sure that your child knows these two sounds.
'ai' makes an 'ay' sound in words, listen: tr ai n
'oa' makes a long 'oh' sound:
b oa t
Two letters, but one sound! Now that's simple and clever - so now we can make lots of words, for example:
boat: loaf toast, coat, road, toad
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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).
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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.
Look after your games
Have you seen our other games?
Find oo/ee worksheets here to support learning:
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Learning this sound is a natural progression from first having learnt to blend cvc and ccvc words.
Rigour and repetition in phonics work
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Flashcards - old fashioned but so effective!
Therefore I suggest in my reading programme that each sound is taught thoroughly for a week, while at the same time practising the sounds that have gone before. At the end of this time, move to the next sound, but continue to practice all the sounds learnt so far. Your pupil will no doubt continue to need reminding of the new sounds and support to use them when both reading and spelling.Reading Made Simple ensures that children have that regular practice by the use of weekly simple dictations of little stories using only words they have already learnt. This builds real confidence and concretes the knowledge firmly in place.
ck sound words games help the new rule to 'stick' in the mind
The 'ck' rule - repetition is the key!
sack peck lick sock duck
- Make it a daily saying.
- Say it every time you spell or read a 'ck' word
The first game involves finding the 'ack', 'eck', 'ick', 'ock' or 'uck' ending to complete each word.
Make it a daily saying:
The first game involves finding the 'ack', 'eck', 'ick', 'ock' or 'uck' ending to complete each word.
Resources to help you make your games
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Keep your games somewhere safe. I like to use plastic A4 plastic wallets for each game. Then I don't lose any pieces!
If you find these games helpful, please do tell others and leave a review as a comment on this mail.
Find free phonics 'ck' worksheets here.
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The first game gives extra practice in hearing the middle vowel sound. This is necessary as the vowels are all sounds made at the back of the throat and for some children they can be difficult to tell apart. These games all have a short vowel in the middle- that is, a vowel saying its sound not its name. For example 'a' as in apple, not 'ay'.
All ages, including special needs and ESL students.
Students who are having difficulty hearing all three sounds in a cvc word.
So easy to make...
Print out the game pages - not my terms and conditions! I like to print on card. Laminating the baseboards will make them last longer, or you can use A4 plastic wallets.
Then:
- Missing Vowel Game: Cut out the individual word cards.
- Final sound Game: cut out the letter and picture cards.
- Store your game in a folder. Small cards can be kept in envelopes. I like these folders to keep mine in.
So easy to play...
Missing vowel Game:
- Take a baseboard each.
- Scatter the letter cards face down on the table.
- Take it in turns to take a letter card and see if there is place for it on your picture board.
- If there is, then place the letter in the word.
- If not return it face down to the table. Continue play until one player completes their board.
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- Take it in turns to choose a letter card.
- Sound out the letters on the letter card first.
- Then look at your pictures to see if you have the missing final letter.
- If it matches one of your picture cards, sound out the word, say it properly and then put the completed word to one side.
- Then take another picture card.
- If it doesn’t match, the letter card should be returned face down to the pool of letter cards.
- Play continues until all the cards have been used up. the winner has the most completed picture cards.
Young readers need to hear the 'breaking-up into sounds' process modelled to them many times. Sound out your words as you read them. Get used to saying each sound separately, like 'c..a...t' and then saying the whole word 'cat'. Drag out the vowel sound so that it is easier for the child to hear how the sounds join to make a word: 'c....aaaaaa....t'. If they hear you doing it, they will be more inclined to try for themselves.
Make some mistakes sometimes and correct yourself. This might seem odd, but actually, you will find your student peering over your shoulder to help you! Being the teacher really helps children to think through what they know!
Resources to help you make the games...
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If you like these games, then rather than having your computer cluttered up with separate files, why not purchase this compendium, for a small price, and have all 6 games in one file?
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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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