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/Sh/ and /ch/ words Snap (Phase 3 phonics)
Read the word cards together and discuss which card belongs to which picture. Shuffle the word cards and share them between two players. The oldest player starts the game by turning over a card and placing it face up on the table or floor. Each player then takes turns placing cards, face up, next to the card. When the word card and picture card match that’s SNAP! The player with most cards at the end wins.
Wordsearch: the /oo/ sound (Phase 3 phonics)
Look at the /oo/ words below. Can you read them out loud? These words are all jumbled up in this wordsearch. Can you find them? Put a tick next to each word that you find.
Summer holiday wordsearch
Can you find the words in our summer holiday wordsearch?
Blending CVVC words (Phase 3 phonics)
Help children understand more about vowel digraphs with this practice activity. Children can use their existing knowledge of decoding CVC words to read words that have two vowels but make one sound.
Spelling game fish
Create your own game by colouring in the fish and then cutting them out. The game involves memorising spellings in order to collect as many fish as you can.
Perfect Punctuation Workbook
Full stops, commas, semi colons, apostrophes… Whatever aspect of punctuation your child is grappling with, we’ve come up with a bumper pack of 60 activities to help them practise, as well as a parent's refresher guide to each punctuation mark and how it's used.
Spelling game shape words
This game encourages children to think about the shapes of letters within words which will help them with their formation of letters and spelling.
Have fun with spelling
Does your child’s spelling really let their writing down? Have fun with spelling offers you practical and effective strategies to help support your child’s learning at home, based on a real understanding of how spelling is taught and why it’s tricky to master. The bad news? Your child will be beating you at Scrabble before you know it!
Talking about choices
A fun worksheet where your child can talk and write about their preferences for unusual situations.
Match rhyming words (Phase 2 phonics)
Understanding that words rhyme is an important part of your child's phonics and reading journey. This Reception worksheet helps them match rhyming words.
Sound buttons: reading 'ck' (Phase 3 phonics)
This worksheet shows children how to sound out the phonemes in words ending 'ck'.
Write the sound and read the word
A colourful worksheet to help your child identify the first sound in a word, write it down, and move on to reading the word.
Reception wordsearch
A very first wordsearch for beginner readers. This puzzle contains phonemes and words your child will be learning in Reception and is easy enough for Reception children, though they might need some support from you. A solution to the puzzle is also included!
Using sounds to make words (Phase 3 phonics)
Encourage your child to use these sounds and put them together to make a variety of different words.
Write the missing sounds /oo/ and /ee/ (Phase 3 phonics)
Digraphs can be tricky for young children to master. Help your child to identify words containing the sounds /oo/ and /ee/ with this download.
Looking for igh
A first wordsearch puzzle containing the /igh/ phoneme. Your Reception child may need help completing it. The solution is also included.
Write the missing letter (Phase 2 phonics)
This fun worksheet will help your child identify the vowel in six CVC words. Great for beginner readers.
Find rhyming words
Help your child familiarise themselves with word sounds with this rhyme-matching worksheet. Read the words with them and help them find the sound pairs.
Write the /ch/ sound (Phase 3 phonics)
Sometimes two letters can make just one sound! This activity will enable children to practise the consonant digraph sound /ch/. Write in the boxes, then read together!
Finding the /ee/ sound (Phase 3 phonics)
Help your child read different words and identify the /ee/ sound, then colour in the words that contain it.
Working on /s/ and /sh (Phase 3 phonics)
Need some practice identifying where to use /s/ and where to use /sh/? This is the perfect say-then-write activity for you.
Blending CCVC words
Help your child practise reading CCVC words – consonant consonant vowel consonant – with this worksheet. They will need to read out each sound and then blend them together.
The /oo/ sound (Phase 3 phonics)
Help your child master this vowel digraph with a do-together colouring activity based on the /oo/ sound.