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Reading ‘ll’ endings

Reading ‘ll’ endings (Phase 2 phonics)

Look at the pink and orange words below. Can you see that they all have ‘ll’ endings? Draw sound buttons under each word. The first one is done for you.
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Reading and drawing words using phonics knowledge

Reading and drawing words using phonics knowledge (Phase 2 phonics)

Read the words and draw a picture showing what the word says.
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Missing CVC words game

Missing CVC words game (Phase 2 phonics)

Some of these words match some of the pictures. Match up the ones that you can. Which words are missing? Can you write them?
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Matching simple sentences

Matching simple sentences

Can you match the sentences on the left to the pictures on the right? Ask your mum or dad to help you read the words if you need to.
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Match more initial sounds

Match more initial sounds (Phase 3 phonics)

Here are some pictures. Match the picture to the letter that it begins with.
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Initial sounds: s and t

Initial sounds: s and t (Phase 2 phonics)

Can you cut out these pictures and put them in two piles, one for things starting with ‘s’ and one for things starting with ‘t’? A Phase 2 phonics worksheet, suitable for children in Reception.
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Initial sounds: r or f?

Initial sounds: r or f? (Phase 2 phonics)

Look at the pictures below. Do the words begin with r or f? Cut the pictures out and stick them into the correct circle.
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Initial sounds: q

Initial sounds: q (Phase 3 phonics)

Henry is stuck! He’s been asked to colour in everything on this page which begins with ‘q’. He’s not sure which pictures to colour in. Can you help? Get your coloured pencils out and colour in all the objects below that begin with the letter ‘q’ (the /k/ + /w/ sound).
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Initial sounds matching

Initial sounds matching (Phase 2 phonics)

Do you recognise all these things? Match the pictures that begin with the same sound! Then see if you can spot which one is the odd one out. This is a Phase 2 worksheet, suitable for children at the beginning of Reception.
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Initial sounds: m, d and p

Initial sounds: m, d and p (Phase 2 phonics)

Let's play I spy! Look around you. Can you see anything that begins with these sounds? Draw pictures in the eyes of things you see beginning with each sound.
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Initial sounds: h

Initial sounds: h (Phase 2 phonics)

Magnifying glass at the ready – it’s time to go on a hunt for ‘h’! Go around your house collecting things that begin with ‘h’. Once you’ve collected five things draw a picture of them in this hat. Ask your mum or dad to help you label them.
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Initial sounds: h and b

Initial sounds: h and b (Phase 2 phonics)

Jack and Eva are going on their summer holiday. They’ve drawn a picture list of everything they need to take with them but they’ve missed off the first letters on the words below. Can you use either an ‘h’ or a ‘b’ to complete the words?
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Initial sounds: g and k

Initial sounds: g and k (Phase 2 phonics)

Can you be a letter detective and spy the sounds /g/ and /k/ in this box? Colour the ‘g’s in red and the ‘k’s in blue. Then match the pictures to the sound that they begin with and colour the pictures in.
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Initial sounds: a and b

Initial sounds: a and b (Phase 2 phonics)

Circle the objects that Ella has seen that begin with ‘a’ and ‘b’.
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Find the missing sounds: o and n

Find the missing sounds: o and n (Phase 2 phonics)

This sound burglar has been stealing sounds from the words below. Can you see what sounds he has in his bag? Help these words get their sounds back by filling in the missing letters!
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CVC letter fans activity

CVC letter fans (Phase 2 phonics)

A fun way to practise letter sounds! Cut out each letter, make a hole with a hole punch or scissors where the circle is and put some string through it. You need to make one fan for vowels and one for consonants. Once you have made the fans, ask your child to say each sound and think of a word with that sound in it.
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Initial letter matching puzzle worksheet

Initial letter matching puzzle

There are lots of Christmas things pictured on this worksheet! Say the first sound of each picture. Now can you find the right sound and match it with the rest of the word?
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Reading unfamiliar words using phonics worksheet

Reading unfamiliar words using phonics

These robots have such funny names! Can you read them?
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Putting names in alphabetical order worksheet

Putting names in alphabetical order

Write the name of one of your friends or someone in your family in each box, and draw a portrait of them. Can you cut the boxes out and put portraits in alphabetical order?
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Choosing books to read worksheet

Choosing books to read

Borrow some books from the library or a friend, then choose your four favourites. Why did you like them best? Ask your mum, dad or another adult to be your scribe (write for you) and explain why you enjoyed them. Or why not set up a book club with your friends to discuss your book choices?
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