The Alphabet

Moving on from blending letters to making words is an exciting development in learning how to read. Here are some printable phonic activities to help your child learn while having fun! Initial Blend Dominoes: This is a great game to revise initial blends. Suitable for those who know their blends, but just need a little extra practice. Wonderful graphics and…

Why use children’s nursery rhymes? Using children’s nursery rhymes is a great way to build phonological awareness and provides welcome practice with phonograms and word families in a fun way…..you can only go so far with flashcards! Knowing how to rhyme will greatly improve your child’s auditory skills which is vital for pre-school phonics. And…

Click the links below to view all the free phonics printables! Just sit at your computer and press the ‘print’ button!!  Word Blends Alphabet Printables Word Search Puzzles Flashcards Sight Words Rhyme Printables Flip Books Phonics Worksheets Lesson Plans Phonics Games PowerPoint Phonics: rhyme powerpoint short presentation – dog/frog, carrot/parrot, cat/hat, house/mouse

Water Balloon Alphabet Fun by Miss Conni (Michigan) Outdoor activity: Fill a laundry basket with water balloons. Write one letter on each balloon, repeating letters often. I do a group of 8 children at once, so I only do 3 letters at a time to allow each child a chance to throw the same letter…

Consonant clusters or blends, are the names given to two or three consonants that appear together in a word. Each consonant retains its sound when blended. The term cluster refers to the written form and the term blend refers to the spoken form. Consonant clusters consist of four major categories: r-clusters s-clusters l-clusters 3 letter clusters You can teach beginning…

Alliteration What is alliteration? It is the repetition of the first letter sound in a phrase. For example: six slimy smiling snakes is using the s letter. Do you remember being introduced to Tongue Twisters as a child? Chances are you were being introduced to alliteration to build on your phonemic awareness skills. It can…