I am passionate about the early years and firmly believe that children learn best through play. My products are centred around 'hands-on' learning, with an emphasis on fun!
I am passionate about the early years and firmly believe that children learn best through play. My products are centred around 'hands-on' learning, with an emphasis on fun!
**Teach your class to read and write 2 letter vowel-consonant words with this fun phonics activity! There are 12 VC words for your class to hunt for and differentiated recording sheets for them to fill in. Simply print, cut out and laminate the cards and then hang them around your classroom!
The following are included:**
12 VC word cards
3 differentiated recording sheets
3 answer sheets
1 page of activity ideas
The VC words included are: at, an, am, as, in, is, it, if, on, of, up, us.
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**Five editable games and activities for teaching high frequency words, topic words or other words of your choice. Simply type your 10 words (up to 11 letters long) into the word list at the beginning and they will automatically be inserted into every game and activity! LOW-PREP and endless fun!
Included are:**
Sandcastle Sprint board game (in colour and B+W), instructions, playing pieces & die – make your way around the board, saying the words as you go! Who will be first to reach the sandcastle?
Words, Waves & Other Things game (in colour and B+W) - search for and read tiny high frequency words in the beach picture, using a magnifying glass. Children could make a list of the words which they find and compete to find the most!
Roll and read game (in colour and B+W) - roll the die and read the words in the matching column.
High frequency word spinners (in colour and B+W) - spin the spinner and read the high frequency word.
Countdown game (in colour and B+W) – how many high frequency words can the children read in 1 minute?
**To edit, download the PDF to your computer and then open the PDF in the latest version of Adobe Reader. Next click on the text boxes in ‘Your Word List’ and enter your high frequency words. Only the text is editable, not the images! **
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PHASE 2 HFW GAMES
Games pack for teaching the 32 phase 2 high frequency words (decodable and tricky words). Simply laminate, cut out and have fun! The resources have a cute autumn design.
Included in the pack are:
Word cards - each of the 32 phase 2 high frequency words is provided in black & white (4 words per page) – use for whole class/group/independent activities. You could play a bingo or pairs game.
Die and playing pieces to use with the games.
Squirrel Hunt Tricky Words Game (colour and B+W) – game to teach the phase 2 tricky words.
Mind the Mushrooms Game (colour and B+W) – read words containing phase 2, set 1-3 letters/sounds.
Autumn Fun Game (colour and B+W) – read words containing phase 2 set 1-3 letters/sounds.
Jumping in the Leaves Game (colour and B+W) – read words containing all of the phase 2 high frequency words.
I spy game (colour and B+W)– use a magnifying glass to search for and read tiny phase 2 high frequency words. Find all 32!
Roll and read game (colour and B+W) - roll the die and read the words in the matching column.
Word spinners (B+W) –Spin the spinner and read the word.
Countdown game (colour and B+W) – set a timer - how many words can the children read in 1 minute?
PHASE 3 HFW GAMES
Game pack for teaching the 24 phase 3 high frequency words (decodable and tricky words). Simply laminate, cut out and have fun! The resources have a bright spring/summer design.
Included in the pack are:
Word cards - each phase 3 high frequency word comes in 2 different colours and black & white – use for whole class/group/independent activities. You could play a bingo or pairs game.
High frequency word board game – place playing pieces on start, take turns to roll a die and make your way around the board, saying the words as you go! Who will be first to reach the flowers? Each of the high frequency words appears twice in the game.
I spy game - search for and read tiny words in the spring picture, using a magnifying glass.
Roll and read game (roll the die and read the words in the matching column). Each of the high frequency words appears twice in the game.
Word spinners –Spin the spinner and read the word.
Countdown game – set a timer - how many words can the children read in 1 minute? Each of the high frequency words appears twice in the game.
High frequency word race game –4 player game: laminate the board. Place a playing piece on each ‘START’ position. Take turns to roll the die & say the word you land on. Who will reach the end first? Each of the high frequency words appears twice in the game.
PHASE 4 HFW GAMES
Teach the 20 phase 4 ‘Letters and Sounds’ high frequency words. Simply laminate, cut out and have fun!
Included are:
High Frequency word cards (in colour and B+W) – for each word – use for whole class/group/independent activities. You could print 2 copies and play a pairs game.
Sandcastle Sprint board game (in colour and B+W), instructions, playing pieces & die – make your way around the board, saying the words as you go! Who will be first to reach the sandcastle?
Words, Waves & Other Things game (in colour and B+W) - search for and read tiny sight words in the beach picture, using a magnifying glass. Children could make a list of the words which they find and compete to find the most!
Roll and read game (in colour and B+W) - roll the die and read the words in the matching column.
Sight word spinners – 2 spinners (in colour and B+W). Spin the spinner and read the sight word.
Countdown game (in colour and B+W) – set a timer - how many sight words can the children read in 1 minute?
Sight Word Dice (in B+W only) – roll the die and read the word.
Sight Word Race game (in colour and B+W) and instructions –4 player game: Take turns to roll the die & say the word you land on. Who will be first to reach the end?
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PHASE 3 HFW GAMES
Game pack for teaching the 24 phase 3 high frequency words (decodable and tricky words). Simply laminate, cut out and have fun! The resources have a bright spring/summer design.
Included in the pack are:
Word cards - each phase 3 high frequency word comes in 2 different colours and black & white – use for whole class/group/independent activities. You could play a bingo or pairs game.
High frequency word board game – place playing pieces on start, take turns to roll a die and make your way around the board, saying the words as you go! Who will be first to reach the flowers? Each of the high frequency words appears twice in the game.
I spy game - search for and read tiny words in the spring picture, using a magnifying glass.
Roll and read game (roll the die and read the words in the matching column). Each of the high frequency words appears twice in the game.
Word spinners –Spin the spinner and read the word.
Countdown game – set a timer - how many words can the children read in 1 minute? Each of the high frequency words appears twice in the game.
High frequency word race game –4 player game: laminate the board. Place a playing piece on each ‘START’ position. Take turns to roll the die & say the word you land on. Who will reach the end first? Each of the high frequency words appears twice in the game.
PHASE 4 HFW GAMES
Teach the 20 phase 4 ‘Letters and Sounds’ high frequency words. Simply laminate, cut out and have fun!
Included are:
High Frequency word cards (in colour and B+W) – for each word – use for whole class/group/independent activities. You could print 2 copies and play a pairs game.
Sandcastle Sprint board game (in colour and B+W), instructions, playing pieces & die – make your way around the board, saying the words as you go! Who will be first to reach the sandcastle?
Words, Waves & Other Things game (in colour and B+W) - search for and read tiny sight words in the beach picture, using a magnifying glass. Children could make a list of the words which they find and compete to find the most!
Roll and read game (in colour and B+W) - roll the die and read the words in the matching column.
Sight word spinners – 2 spinners (in colour and B+W). Spin the spinner and read the sight word.
Countdown game (in colour and B+W) – set a timer - how many sight words can the children read in 1 minute?
Sight Word Dice (in B+W only) – roll the die and read the word.
Sight Word Race game (in colour and B+W) and instructions –4 player game: Take turns to roll the die & say the word you land on. Who will be first to reach the end?
ALPHABET GAMES & RESOURCES:
Resources for teaching the alphabet. Simply laminate, cut out and have fun! EACH RESOURCE IS ALSO PROVIDED IN BLACK AND WHITE, TO SAVE ON PRINTING COSTS
Included for each of the letters are:
2 sets of letter cards and a page of ideas for games/activities.
2 sets of letter fans (make fans up using groups of letters. Laminate, cut out and fasten using a split pin or treasury tag)
Letter craft pages to decorate using paint, pens, sequins, etc. These pages could also be laminated and children could make the letters using dough.
Also included are games containing all 26 letters:
I Spy game (search for and read tiny letters using a magnifying glass)
Roll and Read game (roll the die and read the letters in the matching row)
Alphabet board game – make your way around the board, saying the letters as you go! Watch out for the dinosaurs!
Match magnetic letters to lower case letter chart
Match magnetic letters to upper case letter chart
Letter Race game – 4 player game: laminate & cut out the boards. Take turns to roll the die & say the letter you land on. Who will reach the end first?
VC BLENDING ACTIVITY:
Teach your class to read vowel-consonant words with this fun pack!
Children should say the sounds as they drive their car past the trees and then blend them together to read the word.
Road mats with the following words are provided (one word per mat):
it, in, is, if
an, am, at, as
up, us
on, of
Each word is also written on a car flashcard (colour copy and B&W copy). These could be used for assessment purposes or children could match them to the correct road mats.
CVC BLENDING ACTIVITY:
Teach your class to read consonant-vowel-consonant words with this fun pack!
Children should say the sounds as they drive their car past the trees and then blend them together to read the word.
Road mats with the following words are provided (one word per mat):
Middle ‘a’ sound: dad, bag, jam, fan, cat
Middle ‘e’ sound: bed, leg, hen, ten, net
Middle ‘i’ sound: lid, pig, him, fin, sit
Middle ‘o’ sound: job, rod, dog, mop, hot
Middle ‘u’ sound: cub, bug, sum, run, nut
Each word is also written on a car flashcard (colour copy and B&W copy). These could be used for assessment purposes or children could match them to the correct road mats.
Teach your class to read words containing phase 3 vowel digraphs and trigraphs with this fun pack! Digraphs and trigraphs included are ai, ee, igh, oa, oo/oo, ar, or, ur, ow, oi, ear, air, er.
Children should say the sounds as they drive their car past the birds and then blend them together to read the word.
Road mats with the following words are provided (one word per mat):
ai: rain, wait, sail, pain, tail
ee: seed, deep, feet, bee, see
igh: high, night, light, right, sigh
oa: boat, coat, road, toad, goat
oo: look, book, wood, foot, good
oo: too, zoo, moon, boot, food
ar: car, farm, hard, park, shark
or: for, born, sort, fork, torch
ur: burn, turn, fur, curl, hurt
ow: cow, now, down, owl, town
oi: coin, boil, soil, join, oil
ear: hear, gear, near, tear, dear
air: hair, fair, chair, pair, stair
er: fern, her, herb, term, herd
Each word is also written on a car flashcard (colour copy and B&W copy). These could be used for assessment purposes or children could match them to the correct road mats.
**Teach your class to blend to read words containing vowel digraphs & trigraphs with this fun pack! Phase 3 vowel digraphs/trigraphs: ow, oi, ear, air, er.
Children should say the sounds as they drive their car past the birds and then blend them together to read the word.
Road mats with the following words are provided (one word per mat):
ow: cow, now, down, owl, town
oi: coin, boil, soil, join, oil
ear: hear, gear, near, tear, dear
air: hair, fair, chair, pair, stair
er: fern, her, herb, term, herd
Each word is also written on a car flashcard (colour copy and B&W copy). These could be used for assessment purposes or children could match them to the correct road mats.**
Click here for https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/phase-3-phonics-blending-game-consonant-digraphs-11867370) (Drive and Decode Phonics: Consonant Digraphs)
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**Teach your class to blend to read words containing vowel digraphs with this fun pack! Phase 3 vowel digraphs included - oo/oo, ar, or, ur.
Children should say the sounds as they drive their car past the birds and then blend them together to read the word.
Road mats with the following words are provided (one word per mat):
oo: look, book, wood, foot, good
oo: too, zoo, moon, boot, food
ar: car, farm, hard, park, shark
or: for, born, sort, fork, torch
ur: burn, turn, fur, curl, hurt
Each word is also written on a car flashcard (colour copy and B&W copy). These could be used for assessment purposes or children could match them to the correct road mats.
Click here for https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/phase-3-phonics-blending-game-consonant-digraphs-11867370) (Drive and Decode Phonics: Consonant Digraphs)
Click here for https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/phase-3-phonics-high-frequency-word-games-11863644 (Phase 3 High Frequency Word Games)**
**Teach the 20 phase 4 ‘Letters and Sounds’ high frequency words. Simply laminate, cut out and have fun!
Included are:
High Frequency word cards (in colour and B+W) – for each word – use for whole class/group/independent activities. You could print 2 copies and play a pairs game.
Sandcastle Sprint board game (in colour and B+W), instructions, playing pieces & die – make your way around the board, saying the words as you go! Who will be first to reach the sandcastle?
Words, Waves & Other Things game (in colour and B+W) - search for and read tiny sight words in the beach picture, using a magnifying glass. Children could make a list of the words which they find and compete to find the most!
Roll and read game (in colour and B+W) - roll the die and read the words in the matching column.
Sight word spinners – 2 spinners (in colour and B+W). Spin the spinner and read the sight word.
Countdown game (in colour and B+W) – set a timer - how many sight words can the children read in 1 minute?
Sight Word Dice (in B+W only) – roll the die and read the word.
Sight Word Race game (in colour and B+W) and instructions –4 player game: Take turns to roll the die & say the word you land on. Who will be first to reach the end?
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**Games and activities packet for teaching the first grade sight words (based on the Dolch list). Simply laminate, cut out and have fun!
Included in the packet are:
Sight word cards (in color and B+W) – for each first grade sight word – use for whole class/group/independent activities. You could print 2 copies and play a pairs game.
Sandcastle Sprint board game (in color and B+W), instructions, playing pieces & die – make your way around the board, saying the words as you go! Who will be first to reach the sandcastle?
Words, Waves & Other Things game (in color and B+W) - search for and read tiny sight words in the beach picture, using a magnifying glass. Children could make a list of the words which they find and compete to find the most!
Roll and read game (in color and B+W) - roll the die and read the words in the matching column.
Sight word spinners – 5 spinners (in color and B+W). Spin the spinner and read the sight word.
Countdown game (in color and B+W) – set a timer - how many sight words can the children read in 1 minute?
Sight Word Dice (in B+W only) – roll the die and read the word.
Sight Word Race game (in color and B+W) and instructions –4 player game: Take turns to roll the die & say the word you land on. Who will be first to reach the end?
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**Game pack for teaching the Primer sight words. Simply laminate, cut out and have fun!
ALL RESOURCES ALSO PROVIDED IN BLACK AND WHITE, TO SAVE PRINTING COSTS!
Included in the pack are:
Sight word cards – for each primer sight word;
Sight word board game – place playing pieces on start, take turns to roll a die and make your way around the board, saying the words as you go! Who will be first to reach the flowers?
I spy game - search for and read tiny sight words in the spring picture, using a magnifying glass;
Roll and read game (roll the die and read the words in the matching column);
Sight word spinners – 7 bright spinners. Spin the spinner and read the sight word;
Countdown game – set a timer and see how many sight words the children can read in 1 minute;
Sight Word Race game –4 player game. Place a playing piece on each ‘START’ position. Take turns to roll the die & say the word you land on. Who will reach the end first?
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**Teach your class to read phase 2 vowel-consonant words with this fun pack! PERFECT for hands-on learning and practising blending.
Children should say the sounds as they drive their car past the trees and then blend them together to read the word.
Road mats with the following words are provided (one word per mat):
it, in, is, if
an, am, at, as
up, us
on, of
Each word is also written on a car flashcard (colour copy and B&W copy). These could be used for assessment purposes or children could match them to the correct road mats.
For more exciting resources, visit my store!***
**Resources for teaching the alphabet. Simply laminate, cut out and have fun! EACH RESOURCE IS ALSO PROVIDED IN BLACK AND WHITE, TO SAVE ON PRINTING COSTS
Included for each of the letters are:
2 sets of letter cards and a page of ideas for games/activities.
2 sets of letter fans (make fans up using groups of letters. Laminate, cut out and fasten using a split pin or treasury tag)
Letter craft pages to decorate using paint, pens, sequins, etc. These pages could also be laminated and children could make the letters using dough.
Also included are games containing all 26 letters:
I Spy game (search for and read tiny letters using a magnifying glass)
Roll and Read game (roll the die and read the letters in the matching row)
Alphabet board game – make your way around the board, saying the letters as you go! Watch out for the dinosaurs!
Match magnetic letters to lower case letter chart
Match magnetic letters to upper case letter chart
Letter Race game – 4 player game: laminate & cut out the boards. Take turns to roll the die & say the letter you land on. Who will reach the end first?
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