Reception English worksheets
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/Sh/ and /ch/ words Snap (Phase 3 phonics)
A free Phase 3 phonics game created by an experienced teacher to help your child practise their Phase 3 phonics learning. This printable activity covers /Sh/ and /Ch/ words in a simple game of Snap.
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?
Short vowels in CVC words (phase 2 phonics)
A worksheet to support your child with reading and recognising the vowels in the centre of CVC (consonant, vowel, consonant) words.
Reception high frequency words flashcards
A cut-out-and-keep flashcard set containing all the Reception year high frequency words. Why not slip a set into your bag or wallet for a quick practice during quiet moments?
Learning the alphabet
A fun join-the-dots activity that will help your child with learning their alphabet.
Match the initial sounds (Phase 2 phonics)
A matching game to help children identify the initial sound of a word. With your help, they can then sound out the letters in the rest of the word and read the word in full, using the picture as prompt. Excellent confidence booster for beginner readers.
Giving spoken instructions
An activity to support your child's speaking skills. It involves blindfolding someone and then giving clear instructions on where to go.
Find the rhyming words
Can you find all the words that rhyme with 'right'? An excellent activity to help your child practise listening carefully to see if a word rhymes.
Picture sequencing for stories
Pictures for your child to cut out and then re-arrange into an order that makes sense. This activity supports your child's storytelling skills.
All about the /igh/ sound (Phase 3 phonics)
A colouring activity sheet to help your child identify words with the /igh/ sound.
Upper case and lower case letters matching game
A fun game involving matching capital letter and lower case letters.
Blending CVC words (Phase 2 phonics)
It's so exciting when children start to put sounds together and realise that they can read! Practise some CVC words together with this handy activity sheet and watch their confidence grow.
Spelling game Little Red Riding Hood
This game actively helps your child to memorise spellings and can be adapted for their personal level.
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.