Free oo/ee phonics Games

FREE oo/ee Phonics Games

8/5/2019

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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

Most children find these sounds easy to learn. They are clear and distinct.
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:

f ee t

which is 3 sounds
NOT

f e e t

which is 4 sounds

ee Phonic Games

Most of my 'ee' phonic games include the sound 'oo' as well, as this sound has just been taught previous to 'ee' in my Reading Made Simple Free reading programme.

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.

Find phonic sound ee worksheets here

'OO' makes two sounds

If you think of the word
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.

Find phonic oo sound worksheets here

oo Phonic Games

o or oo? Game

This game helps children who try to say 'o' instead of 'oo'. Not all children will have this difficulty, but some do. A simple game takes the problem away.

Build a Tower Game

This game is great fun! Children will play it again and again!
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 this game can be played.

oo/ee Missing Sound Game

Read and Match oo/ee

The first game is a simple 'read and match' type game to help the child to get used to 'seeing' the two letters as one sound.
It has two boards and a set of matching word cards.

The Missing Sound game involves the child in having to listen as they say each word and hear which sound is needed to complete each word.

Teaching Tips

Use flashcards of the phonic sounds and drill pupils daily (mon-fri) and have the child say

cu ckoo as s/he sees the card.

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:

moon: spoon tune soon June noon
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

Do keep your games safe. I laminate mine to make them last longer - which is great if they are to be used for several children. Then I put mine in plastic folders so that I don't lose any pieces!

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