Listening activities that have pictures for children to follow instructions to color and add to. Promotes listening and concentration skills. Why do you need this? Listening is a fundamental skill for academic success and effective communication. By engaging in listening activities with clear instructions and visual cues, students can practice active listening and improve their ability to follow directions accurately. Following instructions while completing a task requires focused attention and concentration. Listening activities with visual prompts encourage students to concentrate on the task at hand, enhancing their ability to stay engaged and attentive. How and when might you use this? To use this activity each child involved will have their own copy of the picture and then the teacher will read out clear verbal instructions for children to listen to and follow. Children will all need a variety of coloring pencils available to them. What is included? Included are 8 pictures and instruction sheets. Contains two versions of the resource one with the English spelling and one with the American spelling (colour / color).

Children match CVC words to the corresponding pictures. 120 cards containing either a CVC word or picture and then with cards to match. Why do you need this? Matching pictures with corresponding CVC words helps students develop word recognition skills. By associating the visual image with the written word, students strengthen their ability to identify and read CVC words independently. By engaging in activities that pair words with pictures, students develop reading comprehension skills. They learn to make connections between written text and its meaning, improving their overall understanding of the material. How and when might you use this? This activity could be used in a variety of way: · Small group instruction to provide targeted support · Independent work stations · Early morning work · Homework for additional practice · Assessment For continued use I would recommend laminating this resource and using Velcro to move the jigsaw pieces around. What is included? Included are 62 cards with CVC words on and corresponding pictures to match and 62 cards with pictures on and corresponding words to match.

25 worksheets each with 6 different activities to support learning to read and spell high frequency sight words: reading, colouring, making the word with magnets, tracing, writing and putting the word into a sentence. Why do you need this? Instantly recognising common sight words is a milestone of early reading fluency. These 25 worksheets provide multi-sensory practice reading, spelling, tracing, and using frequently encountered vocabulary like “the”, “and”, “is” and more. With six activities per page, students gain repeated exposure through varied formats. Tracing and writing build motor skills and proper letter formation. Fun exercises like forming the words in magnets and filling in blanks allow practical application. How and when might you use this? Each worksheet focuses on six different high-frequency words. Students will read the word, color in the word, arrange letter magnets to form the word, trace the word, write them from memory, and use them in sentences. These techniques reinforce sight word recognition through visual, kinesthetic, and cognitive learning styles. These worksheets can be used in a variety of ways: · During small group phonics sessions · Independent work stations · Homework practice · Guided reading groups · Morning work · Reading interventions for children who need additional support · Whole class instruction What’s included? 25 PDF worksheets

Writing jigsaws with images for words containing digraphs - ck, nk, ng, sh, th, ch, ay, ee, ow, oo, ar, or, ir, oo, ou, oy, oa, ur, aw, er, ow, ea, oi, ai, ew 25 different worksheets Clipart images courtesy of Kari Bolt Children’s Illustrator

Colourful Semantics is a structured language intervention designed to support the development of language and communication skills, particularly in children with speech and language difficulties. This resource includes jigsaw cards for children to match together the correct colour coded sentence with picture. Why do you need this? Colourful Semantics uses colour coded cards to help children to learn the important elements of a sentence and how to join them together in the correct order. By visually representing each part of the sentence with a specific colour, learners can better understand the structure and meaning of sentences, as well as the relationships between words. How and when might you use this? This approach is often implemented through a variety of interactive and hands-on activities, such as sentence building games, storytelling, and picture-based exercises. It can be tailored to the individual needs and abilities of learners, making it suitable for use in both classroom settings and speech and language clinics. What’s included? 30 jigsaw cards to match the picture to the correct colour coded sentence.

CVC word bingo with 2 different versions – one with words and one with pictures. Why do you need this? Bingo games provide an engaging and interactive way to reinforce phonics skills, including decoding and blending CVC words. Playing bingo helps students practice recognising common letter-sound correspondences and blending them into words. CVC word bingo introduces students to a variety of simple, high-frequency words that are essential for early reading development. By playing the game, students expand their sight word vocabulary and become more proficient readers. How and when might you use this? This game can be used in a variety of ways: · Whole class instructions as a fun and interactive way to reinforce phonic skills · Small group activities for targeted practice of decoding CVC words · Children can play independently or in pairs · Homework to reinforce learning of CVC words What’s included? Included in this resource is: · 7 bingo game boards with pictures on · 7 bingo game boards with words on · 56 picture cards · 56 word cards · 14 colour cards

Colourful Semantics is a structured language intervention designed to support the development of language and communication skills, particularly in children with speech and language difficulties. This resource includes cards to help children build sentences, it includes cards that describe ‘who’, ‘what’, ‘where’ and ‘what doing’. Why do you need this? Colourful Semantics uses colour coded cards to help children to learn the important elements of a sentence and how to join them together in the correct order. By visually representing each part of the sentence with a specific colour, learners can better understand the structure and meaning of sentences, as well as the relationships between words. How and when might you use this? This approach is often implemented through a variety of interactive and hands-on activities, such as sentence building games, storytelling, and picture-based exercises. It can be tailored to the individual needs and abilities of learners, making it suitable for use in both classroom settings and speech and language clinics. What’s included? · 94 Who Cards · 161 What Cards · 52 Where Cards · 86 What Doing Cards These cards can be used in conjunction with what like, who to, who with, how and when cards

Alphabet Flash Cards showing capital and lower case letters and corresponding picture for that sound. These could be used as flash cards for a lesson or as a display. Why do you need this? Learning the alphabet is important for children because it is the foundation for developing reading and writing skills. Displaying the alphabet in a classroom can be useful for young students who are just learning to read and write. It helps them to visually recognise the letters and their order, and can make it easier for them to learn the alphabet song or recite the letters in order. It also serves as a reference for students who are working on spelling or writing tasks. What’s included? Included in the resource are 13 PDf pages with 2 flash cards per page each showing both upper and lower case versions of the letter and a corresponding picture beginning with that letter.

Flash cards showing homophones with corresponding pictures. Why do you need this? These Homophone Flash Cards make learning these tricky sound-alike words engaging and effective. The set includes 68 cards featuring common homophone pairs with corresponding pictures. Learning to identify and properly use words that sound the same but have different meanings is a key phonics and reading comprehension skill. These Homophone Flash Cards give students focused practice to build mastery of these tricky words through repetitive exposure and visual association. The pictures aid retention while keeping students interested. How and when might you use this? There is one flash card for each word which teachers can either show as sets of 2 or print or laminate as a two sided card. Teachers can use these cards for small group lessons, literacy centers, and vocabulary reinforcement. What is included? 68 Flash cards. Homophone words included: hear, here, heel, heal, main, mane, male, mail, knot, not, break, brake, die, dye, I, eye, night, knight, ate, eight, bear, bare, bury, berry, dear, deer, flu, flew, know, no, made, maid, meet, meat, blew, blue, ,flower, flour, hair, hare, one, won, pain, pane, pail, pale, pause, paws, pear, pair, red, read, right, write, see, sea, stairs, stares, tale, tail, toe, tow, tea, tee, ring, wring, ball bawl

5 worksheets in which children need to look at a picture and think about what the short vowel sound would be in the middle of that word, they then need to colour the correct letter. Why do you need this? Understanding short vowel sounds is fundamental to strong literacy skills, it lays the foundation for their early literacy skills and paves the way for successful reading and spelling. These worksheets give students focused practice isolating vowel sounds in simple CVC words. The ability to recognise and differentiate between short vowel sounds helps children sound out words, enabling them to read new and unfamiliar words with accuracy. How and when might you use this? Each page displays 6 pictures along with a choice of 3 different vowel sounds, children have to work out what CVC word the picture is representing and then colour in the correct middle vowel sound for that word. For example, seeing a picture of a pig would cue colouring the “i” as the middle vowel sound in “pig”. These worksheets can be used in a variety of ways: · During small group phonics sessions · Independent work stations  · Homework practice · Guided reading groups · Morning work · Reading interventions for children who need additional support · Whole class instruction What’s included? 5 PDF worksheets

Basic reading comprehensions based on pictures. Children have to read and follow instructions to both add things to the picture and color them correctly. Why do you need this? Picture-based reading comprehensions provide an alternative approach to traditional text-based activities, catering to diverse learning styles and abilities. Pictures capture students’ interest and make the learning experience more engaging and enjoyable. By incorporating visuals into reading activities, teachers can create a more dynamic and interactive learning environment. How and when might you use this? These activities can be used in a variety of ways: · Whole class instruction · Homework and independent practice · Assessment activities · Reading interventions What is included? Included are 13 different comprehensions with different levels of difficulty.

Colourful Semantics is a Speech and Language therapy technique which uses colour coded cards to help children to learn the important elements of a sentence,and how to join them together in the correct order. This resource is 4 sets of colour coded cards for who, what, where and what doing. There are 395 cards in total. Children can use these cards to plan sentences either to then speak aloud or to write down. Clipart images courtesy of Kari Bolt Clip Art

Flash cards containing the first 100 high frequency words

Although I have suggested play dough for these mats they would also work with other sensory materials as well or simply with whiteboard pens. These mats include the sound sh, ch, th, wh and ph

Reinforce correct letter formation, letter recognition, and letter sounds. The lines are large and perfect for beginning writers. This pack includes 27 worksheets with 2 versions of k. Clipart images courtesy of Kari Bolt Children’s Illustrator

CVC writing frames with pictures. Clipart images courtesy of Kari Bolt Children’s Illustrator

Play dough mats are a great way to practice fine motor skills while learning a variety of other skills.  These particular mats can be used to help teach children high frequency words. Although I have suggested play dough for these mats they would also work with various other sensory materials as well simply with whiteboard pens. Clipart images courtesy of Kari Bolt Children’s Illustrator

11 Worksheets with different activities to recognise and find nonsense words. Nonsense words are an important part in assessing phonics and decoding because a student can only decode and read the word if they understand the phonic sounds within the word.

Alphabet Chart to support children in learning phonics and completing independent writing. Why do you need this? Learning the alphabet is important for children because it is the foundation for developing reading and writing skills. Knowing the letters and their sounds allows children to start decoding words and building their vocabulary. How and when might you use this? Teachers can make use of an alphabet chart in various ways to support literacy development and language learning in the classroom including letter recognition, phonics lessons, word building and writing practice.