I love to make clear and colourful resources and can't resist using rainbow colours which so often help make learning visually clearer.
I'd love to know what you think of what you download and please don't hesitate to let me know if you have any suggestions or requests...
I am also available to tutor younger learners online via Sherpa!
I love to make clear and colourful resources and can't resist using rainbow colours which so often help make learning visually clearer.
I'd love to know what you think of what you download and please don't hesitate to let me know if you have any suggestions or requests...
I am also available to tutor younger learners online via Sherpa!
What’s included?
x7 sheets each sheet with x12 cards to read and match (x84 cards in total). Portrait orientation, pdf format
Who’s it for?
This ‘Phase 2’ phonics picture and word matching set has been designed to be a simple activity to consolidate learning. This set focuses on ALL sounds in Phase 2 s, a, t, p, i, n, m, d, g, o, c, k, ck, e, u, r, h, b, f, ff, l, ll, ss.
This activity is ideal for groups/individuals to be getting on with independently and/or for learners to revisit these sounds with an adult.
This resource has been designed for Early Years children who are learning these sounds for the first time, pupils in Year 1 who need some practise/reinforcement of these sounds. This resource is also ideal for learners with additional learning needs.
How to use it?
Each learner matches the ‘word’ and 'picture’ cards as pairs. There are x4 colour sets included (indicated by the outer line colour of each box) to help keep cards in order.
The red set includes words/pictures which only include sounds s, a, t, p, i, n.
The orange set includes words/pictures which only include sounds s, a, t, p, i, n AND m, d, g, o, c, k.
The yellow set only includes sounds s, a, t, p, i, n, m, d, g, o, c, k AND ck, e, b, r, u, h.
The green set includes sounds in all of Phase 2 (s, a, t, p, i, n, m, d, g, o, c, k, ck, e, b, r, u, h) but with a particular focus on the sounds f, ff, l, ll, ss…
Resource Details…
ALL images featured here have been chose because they CAN be sounded out in the order that the Phase 2 sounds have been learnt.
The words included are listed here:
Red Set
pin
tin
tap
pants
sap (some learners may not be familiar with what ‘sap’ is)
ant
Orange Set
cap
pink
man
pig
cogs
dig (the only verb included - rather than a noun)
Yellow Set
crab
hat
peg
bed
pen
ted
ten
red
tick
bin
rock
stick
bun
hut
bug
mug
sun
socks
Green Set
truck
cup
octopus
slug
plug
clock
lips
fig
dress
handcuffs
bull
lock
Special request
ANY issues with any of this please don’t hesitate to let me know - I am happy to make changes AND I am happy to create a new resource if you have an idea just let me know - I’d love to hear from you!
Feedback would be wonderful! Thank you!
What’s included?
This download includes x3 A4 portrait pdf sheets. These include three dice to make, x2 ‘game cards’ and simple, clear instructions for how to play the game.
Red Die 1 (page 1)
Includes sounds s b h m p r
Amber Die 2 (page 2)
Includes sounds a a e i o u
Green Die 3 (page 2)
Includes sounds ck d g ll n t
How to use this resource
An adult needs to cut out and make the three phonics dice - clear instructions are included. Each player will need one game card (and a pencil!) There are two game cards included on page 3 - these can be printed/photocopied as many times as needed and the sheet cut in half to separate the two game cards (one per player).
This game can be for one learner to play alone or for several learners to play together in a group (taking turns).
The game instructions are included on pages 1 and 3 of the download - I will also include them here:
How to play game
Each player takes turns to roll the three dice together.
Each player places the three dice next to each other, left to right - red, amber, green.
Player sounds out the graphemes to read the word.
If this is a ‘real’ word player writes it in the coloured boxes on their card (on the ‘left’ side). If this is a ‘nonsense’ word the player writes this word in the coloured boxes on their card (on the right side).
Play passes to next player.
If a player rolls the same combination as previously rolled they can have another turn.
First player to roll (read and write!) x5 real OR nonsense words wins!
There are various words which can be made using this combination of letters in the set order. Some ‘real word’ examples include sat/bat/hat/mat/pat/rat, pig/bill/hill/mill/pill, pull/bug/hug/mug/rug, sock/rock/hog, hen/men/pen/red/bell/sell. I hope you have fun finding them all - real AND nonsense!
Who’s it for?
This resource has been designed for early years children, pupils in years one and two as well as older students needing additional learning support.
Important message…
ANY issues with this phonics dice game please don’t hesitate to let me know - I am happy to make changes AND I am happy to create a new resource if you have an idea just let me know - I’d really love to hear from you!
Feedback of these resources and this phonics game would be wonderful! Thank you!
What’s included?
x5 sheets (x4 sets of cards and answers) for Phase 2 split into x4 activity sets. Portrait orientation, pdf format
Who’s it for?
This ‘Phase 2’ phonics practise activity set has been designed to be a simple activity to consolidate learning. This activity is ideal for groups/individuals to be getting on with independently and/or for learners to revisit these sounds with an adult.
This resource has been designed for Early Years children, pupils in Year 1 who need some sound practise/reinforcement or learners with additional learning needs.
How to use it?
Each learner is to match the ‘grapheme’ and 'picture’ cards. There are four colour coded sets to help limit options and make the different sets clear to help with organisation.
Resource Details…
Phase 2 is split into four sets, one set per sheet. Not all phonemes are ‘initial’ letters (in sets 3 and 4 here) - so learners may need this pointing out before working with these.
Although the focus of this activity is the ‘sound’ (only) ALL images featured here have been chose because they CAN be sounded out in the order that the Phase 2 sounds have been learnt. The red set (with the exception of ‘nest - which contains an ‘e’ from set 3) are all words which contain the sounds s, a, t, p, i, n.
I have designed additional resources to extend learning, including reading and writing words only using sounds in Phase 2. These are available in my TES shop.
The answers are listed here:
Set 1
s - stamp
a - ant
t - tap
p - pan
i - ink
n - nest (contains ‘e’ - introduced later, with set 3)
Set 2
m - map
d - dog
g - gift (contains ‘f’ ‘ introduced later, with set 4)
o - octagon (although this is a longer word it can be sounded out using sounds from sets 1 and 2. IF learners know this 2D shape)
c - cat
k - kit (e.g. football/PE kit)
Set 3
ck - duck (first ‘end’ sound here so may catch out some learners)
e - egg (double ‘gg’ may be an issue though of course the ‘g’ letters together only have one ‘g’ sound)
u - up (escalator - arrow indicates this)
r - rat (not to be confused with ‘mouse’ !)
h - hen (not to be confused with ‘chicken’ !)
b - bag
Set 4
f - frog
ff - daffodil (‘middle’ sound may catch out some learners) Learners will need to know this particular flower or may just associate this image with ‘flower’ (for ‘f’)
l - lemon
ll - bell (‘end’ sound may catch out some learners)
ss - grass (‘end’ sound may catch out some learners)
Recommendations
I recommend printing these resources onto card rather than paper to help improve durability. I’ve recently purchased a ‘corner cutter’ which gives beautiful smooth, curved edges - these card corners are radius size 18. I used size R7 for square cards (corners) and size R4 for larger ‘answer’ cards. The corners of the answer cards are size R10.
What’s included?
This download includes four A4, portrait pdf sheets to make x4 phonics fans featuring all sounds in Phase 2.
Red Set 1 (page 1)
Includes sounds s a t p i n
Orange Set 2 (page 2)
Includes sounds m d g o c k
Yellow Set 3 (page 3)
Includes sounds ck e b r u h
Green Set 4 (page 4)
Includes sounds f ff l ll ss
How to use this resource
As all letter sounds for Phase 2 are included here all letters can be combined onto one ring as one set. I have included ‘covers’ for each individual set incase the preference is to split the sets. A ‘cover’ for ALL sounds is included on page 4.
Phonics fans can be used in a variety of situations including on-the-carpet questioning with the whole class/smaller groups where pupils can show their answers instead of speaking. Learners can use these phonics fans as a personal reference resource to cross-check the correct grapheme or orientation of individual letters if unsure when writing. Phonics fans can also be used for a variety of games and to involve learners during sound rhymes and songs. These fans are a great size to fit into a pocket or clip onto a lanyard to be accessed both inside the classroom and outdoors.
Who’s it for?
This resource has been designed for early years children, pupils in years one and two as well as older students needing additional learning support.
Suggestion
I recently purchased some brightly coloured plastic keyrings which can be easily opened by unclipping the plastic. These could be ideal should you wish learners to access the contents of the ring (e.g. to order the sounds) and come in a variety of colours. Alternatively I have found standard metal keyrings also work well as a more permanent ‘holder’ of the contents threaded onto the keyring.
I recommend that each letter is laminated before punching a hole and threading onto a keyring - this is included in the instructions on the pdf.
Important message…
ANY issues with these phonics fans please don’t hesitate to let me know - I am happy to make changes AND I am happy to create a new resource if you have an idea just let me know - I’d really love to hear from you!
Feedback of these resources would be wonderful! Thank you!
What’s included?
x4 sheets total for Phase 2 phonics (Set 1 - satpin). x3 sheets with x6 cards to cut out plus x1 ‘answers’ sheet. All landscape orientation, pdf format
Who’s it for?
This ‘Phase 2’ phonics practise activity set has been designed practise sounding out and writing simple words using only sounds in Phase 2. This set focuses on letters s, a, t, p, i, n. This activity is ideal for groups/individuals to be getting on with independently and/or for learners to revisit these sounds with an adult.
This resource has been designed for Early Years children, pupils in Year 1 who are just learning these sounds for the first time or who need some practise/reinforcement of these sounds. This resource is also ideal for learners with additional learning needs.
How to use it?
An adult cuts along the dotted lines and places the set of x6 word cards on a table top.
Learners look at the image on the left (of each card) - say this out loud and sound it out. Learners then write these sounds as graphemes on the lines (on the right) of each card/strip. A visual answer sheet is included which learners can use themselves to encourage autonomy.
Resource Details…
ALL images featured here have been chose because they CAN be sounded out in the order that the Phase 2 sounds have been learnt. This red ‘Set 1’ (with the exception of ‘nest’ - which contains an ‘e’ from set 3) includes words which all contain the sounds s, a, t, p, i, n.
The same design resource for the remaining letters in Phase 2 are also available in my TES shop.
The words to read are listed here:
Set 1
s - stamp
a - ant
t - tap
p - pan
i - ink
n - nest (contains ‘e’ - introduced later, with set 3)
Suggestion
These x6 cards could be laminated and used as a table top activity for learners to access independently using a wipe clean pen.
Special request
ANY issues with any of this please don’t hesitate to let me know - I am happy to make changes AND I am happy to create a new resource if you have an idea just let me know - I’d love to hear from you! Feedback would be wonderful! Thank you!
What’s included?
x4 sheets in total for Phase 2 phonics (Set 2 - mdgock). x3 sheets with x6 cards to cut out plus x1 ‘answers’ sheet. All landscape orientation, pdf format.
What is it?
This ‘Phase 2’ phonics practise activity set has been designed practise sounding out and writing simple words only using sounds in Phase 2. This set focuses on letters m, d, g, o, c, k.
Who’s it for?
This resource has been designed for Early Years children, pupils in Year 1 who are just learning these sounds for the first time or who need some practise/reinforcement of these sounds. This resource is also ideal for learners with additional learning needs.
This activity is ideal for groups/individuals to be getting on with independently and/or for learners to revisit these sounds with an adult.
How to use it?
An adult cuts along the dotted lines and places the set of x6 word cards on a table top.
Learners look at the image on the left (of each card) - say this out loud and sound it out. Learners then write these sounds as graphemes on the lines (on the right) of each card/strip. A visual answer sheet is included which learners can use themselves to encourage autonomy.
Resource Details…
ALL images featured here have been chose because they CAN be sounded out in the order that the Phase 2 sounds have been learnt. This orange ‘Set 2’ (with the exception of ‘gift’ - which contains a ‘f’ from set 4) includes words which all contain the sounds s, a, t, p, i, n, m, d, g, o, c, k.
The same design resource for the remaining letters in Phase 2 are also available in my TES shop.
The words included are listed here:
Set 2
m - map
d - dog
g - gift (contains ‘f’ ‘ introduced later, with set 4)
o - octagon (although this is a longer word it can be sounded out using sounds from sets 1 and 2. IF learners know this 2D shape)
c - cat
k - kit (e.g. football/PE kit)
Suggestion
These x6 cards could be laminated and used as a table top activity for learners to access independently using a wipe clean pen.
Special request
ANY issues with any of this please don’t hesitate to let me know - I am happy to make changes AND I am happy to create a new resource if you have an idea just let me know - I’d love to hear from you! Feedback would be wonderful! Thank you!
What’s included?
This download includes four A4, portrait pdf sheets to practise reading and writing to correct x8 simple sentences. Every sentence has x3 mistakes to correct. The last two pages include the same sentences with every mistake made clear.
Who’s it for?
This resource has been designed for early years children, pupils in years one and two as well as older students needing additional learning support.
Resource Details
Pages 1 and 2 both include x4 sentences, each in a separate box, illustrated with a simple image on the right. Both pages include the same instructions at the top - making it clear to learners that there are x3 mistakes in each sentence and what these mistakes might be.
Mistakes may be spellings, capital letters, finger spaces and full stops. There is a clear space for learners to write their name at the base of both pages.
The words included and spelling errors make the level of this activity aimed at learners who are learning Phase 5 phonics. Sentences include words containing Phase 5 sounds (ea, ay, a-e, aw, ph) as well as a knowledge of common high frequency words including she, you, his, are, and, said, see, their, not, with, at, the, to, do, that, can, in, loved, dad. The pictures provide clues to assist reading unfamiliar words (e.g. lions, zoo, sheep, lambs, chicken, grapes, bake) to encourage learners to use a range of reading skills when decoding these sentences if they are not at a level to read them on-sight.
Pages 3 and 4 clearly show the answers in exactly the same format to encourage learners to be autonomous in checking their own learning. Each mistake is circled in pink and corrected clearly underneath to make clear to learners exactly where and what each mistake was.
Important message…
ANY issues with any of this please don’t hesitate to let me know - I am happy to make changes AND I am happy to create a new resource if you have an idea just let me know - I’d love to hear from you! Feedback of this resource would be wonderful! Thank you!
What’s included?
x4 sheets (x1 set of cards and x3 pages of ‘matching mats’) for Phase 2 (Set 1). Landscape AND portrait orientation, pdf format
Who’s it for?
This ‘Phase 2’ phonics practise activity set has been designed to be a simple activity to consolidate learning. This set focuses on letters s, a, t, p, i, n. This activity is ideal for groups/individuals to be getting on with independently and/or for learners to revisit these sounds with an adult.
This resource has been designed for Early Years children, pupils in Year 1 who are just learning these sounds for the first time or who need some practise/reinforcement of these sounds. This resource is ideal for learners with additional learning needs.
How to use it?
Each learner matches the ‘grapheme’ and 'picture’ cards as pairs. Learners then place these cards together on the ‘matching mats’ where the full word (for every picture) is typed out for learners to sound out and read.
Resource Details…
ALL images featured here have been chose because they CAN be sounded out in the order that the Phase 2 sounds have been learnt. This red ‘Set 1’ (with the exception of ‘nest - which contains an ‘e’ from set 3) includes words which all contain the sounds s, a, t, p, i, n.
The same design resource for the remaining letters in Phase 2 are also available in my TES shop.
The words included are listed here:
Set 1
s - stamp
a - ant
t - tap
p - pan
i - ink
n - nest (contains ‘e’ - introduced later, with set 3)
Special request
ANY issues with any of this please don’t hesitate to let me know - I am happy to make changes AND I am happy to create a new resource if you have an idea just let me know - I’d love to hear from you! Feedback would be wonderful! Thank you!
What’s included?
x4 sheets (x1 set of cards and x3 pages of ‘matching mats’) for Phase 2 (Set 2). Landscape AND portrait orientation, pdf format
Who’s it for?
This ‘Phase 2’ phonics practise activity set has been designed to be a simple activity to consolidate learning. This set focuses on letters f, ff, l, ll, ss. This activity is ideal for groups/individuals to be getting on with independently and/or for learners to revisit these sounds with an adult.
This resource has been designed for Early Years children who are just learning these sounds for the first time, pupils in Year 1 who need some practise/reinforcement of these sounds. This resource is ideal for learners with additional learning needs.
How to use it?
Each learner matches the ‘grapheme’ and 'picture’ cards as pairs. Learners then place these cards together on the ‘matching mats’ where the full word (for every picture) is typed out for learners to sound out and read.
Resource Details…
ALL images featured here have been chose because they CAN be sounded out in the order that the Phase 2 sounds have been learnt. This green ‘Set 4’ includes words which all contain the sounds from Phase 2 (sets 1, 2, 3 and 4) - this includes s, a, t, p, i, n, m, d, g, o, c, k, ck, e, u, r, h, b, f, ff, l, ll, ss
The same design resource for ALL letters in Phase 2 are also available in my TES shop!
The words included are listed here:
Set 4
f - frog
ff - daffodil (‘middle’ sound may catch out some learners) Learners will need to know this particular flower or may just associate this image with ‘flower’ (for ‘f’)
l - lemon
ll - bell (‘end’ sound may catch out some learners)
ss - grass (‘end’ sound may catch out some learners)
Special request
ANY issues with any of this please don’t hesitate to let me know - I am happy to make changes AND I am happy to create a new resource if you have an idea just let me know - I’d love to hear from you! Feedback would be wonderful! Thank you!
What’s included?
x4 sheets (x1 set of cards and x3 pages of ‘matching mats’) for Phase 2 (Set 2). Landscape AND portrait orientation, pdf format
Who’s it for?
This ‘Phase 2’ phonics practise activity set has been designed to be a simple activity to consolidate learning. This set focuses on letters ck, e, u, r, h, b. This activity is ideal for groups/individuals to be getting on with independently and/or for learners to revisit these sounds with an adult.
This resource has been designed for Early Years children who are just learning these sounds for the first time, pupils in Year 1 who need some practise/reinforcement of these sounds. This resource is ideal for learners with additional learning needs.
How to use it?
Each learner matches the ‘grapheme’ and 'picture’ cards as pairs. Learners then place these cards together on the ‘matching mats’ where the full word (for every picture) is typed out for learners to sound out and read.
Resource Details…
ALL images featured here have been chose because they CAN be sounded out in the order that the Phase 2 sounds have been learnt. This yellow ‘Set 3’ includes words which all contain the sounds from sets 1, 2 and 3 - this includes s, a, t, p, i, n, m, d, g, o, c, k, ck, e, u, r, h, b.
The same design resource for ALL letters in Phase 2 are also available in my TES shop!
The words included are listed here:
Set 3
ck - duck (first ‘end’ sound here so may catch out some learners)
e - egg (double ‘gg’ may be an issue though of course the ‘g’ letters together only have one ‘g’ sound)
u - up (escalator - arrow indicates this)
r - rat (not to be confused with ‘mouse’ !)
h - hen (not to be confused with ‘chicken’ !)
b - bag
Special request
ANY issues with any of this please don’t hesitate to let me know - I am happy to make changes AND I am happy to create a new resource if you have an idea just let me know - I’d love to hear from you! Feedback would be wonderful! Thank you!
What’s included?
x4 sheets (x1 set of cards and x3 pages of ‘matching mats’) for Phase 2 (Set 2). Landscape AND portrait orientation, pdf format
Who’s it for?
This ‘Phase 2’ phonics practise activity set has been designed to be a simple activity to consolidate learning. This set focuses on letters m, d, g, o, c, k. This activity is ideal for groups/individuals to be getting on with independently and/or for learners to revisit these sounds with an adult.
This resource has been designed for Early Years children who are just learning these sounds for the first time, pupils in Year 1 who need some practise/reinforcement of these sounds. This resource is ideal for learners with additional learning needs.
How to use it?
Each learner matches the ‘grapheme’ and 'picture’ cards as pairs. Learners then place these cards together on the ‘matching mats’ where the full word (for every picture) is typed out for learners to sound out and read.
Resource Details…
ALL images featured here have been chose because they CAN be sounded out in the order that the Phase 2 sounds have been learnt. This orange ‘Set 2’ (with the exception of ‘gift’ - which contains an ‘f’ from set 4) includes words which all contain the sounds from sets 1 and 2 - this includes s, a, t, p, i, n, m, d, g, o, c, k.
The same design resource for ALL remaining letters in Phase 2 are also available in my TES shop!
The words included are listed here:
Set 2
m - map
d - dog
g - gift (contains ‘f’ ‘ introduced later, with set 4)
o - octagon (although this is a longer word it can be sounded out using sounds from sets 1 and 2. IF learners know this 2D shape)
c - cat
k - kit (e.g. football/PE kit)
Special request
ANY issues with any of this please don’t hesitate to let me know - I am happy to make changes AND I am happy to create a new resource if you have an idea just let me know - I’d love to hear from you! Feedback would be wonderful! Thank you!
What’s included?
x4 sheets in total for Phase 2 phonics (Set 3 - ck,ebruh). x3 sheets with x6 cards to cut out plus x1 ‘answers’ sheet. All landscape orientation, pdf format.
What is it?
This ‘Phase 2’ phonics practise activity set has been designed practise sounding out and writing simple words only using sounds in Phase 2. This set focuses on letters ck, e, b, r, u, h.
Who’s it for?
This resource has been designed for Early Years children, pupils in Year 1 who are just learning these sounds for the first time or who need some practise/reinforcement of these sounds. This resource is also ideal for learners with additional learning needs.
This activity is ideal for groups/individuals to be getting on with independently and/or for learners to revisit these sounds with an adult.
How to use it?
An adult cuts along the dotted lines and places the set of x6 word cards on a table top.
Learners look at the image on the left (of each card) - say this out loud and sound it out. Learners then write these sounds as graphemes on the lines (on the right) of each card/strip. A visual answer sheet is included which learners can use themselves to encourage autonomy.
Resource Details…
ALL images featured here have been chose because they CAN be sounded out in the order that the Phase 2 sounds have been learnt. This yellow ‘Set 3’ includes words which all contain the sounds s, a, t, p, i, n, m, d, g, o, c, k, ck, e, b, r, u, h.
This resource is available in my TES shop for all sounds in Phase 2.
The words included are listed here:
Set 3
ck - duck (first ‘end’ sound here so may catch out some learners)
e - egg (double ‘gg’ may be an issue though of course the ‘g’ letters together only have one ‘g’ sound)
u - up (escalator - arrow indicates this)
r - rat (not to be confused with ‘mouse’ !)
h - hen (not to be confused with ‘chicken’ !)
b - bag
Suggestion
These x6 cards could be laminated and used as a table top activity for learners to access independently using a wipe clean pen.
Special request
ANY issues with any of this please don’t hesitate to let me know - I am happy to make changes AND I am happy to create a new resource if you have an idea just let me know - I’d love to hear from you! Feedback would be wonderful! Thank you!
What’s included?
x4 sheets in total for Phase 2 phonics (Set 3 - f ff l ll ss). x3 sheets with x5 cards to cut out plus x1 ‘answers’ sheet. All landscape orientation, pdf format.
What is it?
This ‘Phase 2’ phonics practise activity set has been designed practise sounding out and writing simple words only using sounds in Phase 2. This set focuses on letters f ff l ll ss.
Who’s it for?
This resource has been designed for Early Years children, pupils in Year 1 who are just learning these sounds for the first time or who need some practise/reinforcement of these sounds. This resource is also ideal for learners with additional learning needs.
This activity is ideal for groups/individuals to be getting on with independently and/or for learners to revisit these sounds with an adult.
How to use it?
An adult cuts along the dotted lines and places the set of x5 word cards on a table top.
Learners look at the image on the left (of each card) - say this out loud and sound it out. Learners then write these sounds as graphemes on the lines (on the right) of each card/strip. A visual answer sheet is included which learners can use themselves to encourage autonomy.
Resource Details…
ALL images featured here have been chose because they CAN be sounded out in the order that the Phase 2 sounds have been learnt. This green ‘Set 4’ includes words which all contain the sounds s, a, t, p, i, n, m, d, g, o, c, k, ck, e, b, r, u, h, f, ff, l, ll, ss.
This resource is available in my TES shop for all sounds in Phase 2.
The words included in this set are listed here:
Set 4
f - frog
ff - daffodil (‘middle’ sound may catch out some learners) Learners will need to know this particular flower or may just associate this image with ‘flower’ (for ‘f’)
l - lemon
ll - bell (‘end’ sound may catch out some learners)
ss - grass (‘end’ sound may catch out some learners)
Suggestion
These x5 cards could be laminated and used as a table top activity for learners to access independently using a wipe clean pen.
Special request
ANY issues with any of this please don’t hesitate to let me know - I am happy to make changes AND I am happy to create a new resource if you have an idea just let me know - I’d love to hear from you!
Feedback would be wonderful! Thank you!
What’s included?
x3 sheets (x6 cards to cut out) for Phase 2 (Set 1) s a t p i n. Portrait orientation, pdf format
Who’s it for?
This ‘Phase 2’ phonics practise activity set has been designed to practise sounding out and reading simple words using only sounds in Phase 2. This set focuses on letters s, a, t, p, i, n. This activity is ideal for groups/individuals to be getting on with independently and/or for learners to revisit these sounds with an adult.
This resource has been designed for Early Years children who are just learning these sounds for the first time, pupils in Year 1 who need some practise/reinforcement of these sounds and to practise using their knowledge of these sounds to read simple words. This resource is ideal for learners with additional learning needs who need to work on ‘sounding out’ simple words.
How to use it?
An adult cuts along the dotted lines and places the set of x6 word cards on a table top with the last section folded backwards (where the ‘folding line’ dots indicate) to ‘hide’ the image behind the word. Learners then the sound out and read each word. Learners can check by looking behind at the hidden (folded back) image to see if they got the word correct.
Resource Details…
ALL images featured here have been chose because they CAN be sounded out in the order that the Phase 2 sounds have been learnt. This red ‘Set 1’ (with the exception of ‘nest’ - which contains an ‘e’ from set 3) includes words which all contain the sounds s, a, t, p, i, n.
The same design resource for the remaining letters in Phase 2 are also available in my TES shop.
The words to read are listed here:
Set 1
s - stamp
a - ant
t - tap
p - pan
i - ink
n - nest (contains ‘e’ - introduced later, with set 3)
Special request
ANY issues with any of this please don’t hesitate to let me know - I am happy to make changes AND I am happy to create a new resource if you have an idea just let me know - I’d love to hear from you!
**Feedback would be wonderful! Thank you!
What’s included?
x3 sheets (x6 cards to cut out) for Phase 2 (Set 3) ck e b r u h. Portrait orientation, pdf format
Who’s it for?
This ‘Phase 2’ phonics practise activity set has been designed to practise sounding out and reading simple words using only sounds in Phase 2. This set focuses on letters ck, e, b, r, u, h. This activity is ideal for groups/individuals to be getting on with independently and/or for learners to revisit these sounds with an adult.
This resource has been designed for Early Years children who are learning these sounds for the first time, pupils in Year 1 who need some practise/reinforcement of these sounds. This resource is also ideal for learners with additional learning needs.
How to use it?
An adult cuts along the dotted lines and placed the set of x6 word cards on a table top with the last section folded backwards (where the ‘folding line’ dots indicate) to ‘hide’ the image behind the word. Learners then the sound out and read each word. Learners can check by looking behind at the hidden (folded back) image to see if they got the word correct.
Resource Details…
ALL images featured here have been chose because they CAN be sounded out in the order that the Phase 2 sounds have been learnt. This yellow ‘Set 3’ includes words which all contain the sounds s, a, t, p, i, n, m, d, g, o, c, k, ck, e, b, r, u, h.
This resource is available in my TES shop for all sounds in Phase 2.
The words included are listed here:
Set 3
ck - duck (first ‘end’ sound here so may catch out some learners)
e - egg (double ‘gg’ may be an issue though of course the ‘g’ letters together only have one ‘g’ sound)
u - up (escalator - arrow indicates this)
r - rat (not to be confused with ‘mouse’ !)
h - hen (not to be confused with ‘chicken’ !)
b - bag
Special request
ANY issues with any of this please don’t hesitate to let me know - I am happy to make changes AND I am happy to create a new resource if you have an idea just let me know - I’d love to hear from you! Feedback would be wonderful! Thank you!
What’s included?
x3 sheets (x6 cards to cut out) for Phase 2 (Set 2) m d g o c k. Portrait orientation, pdf format
Who’s it for?
This ‘Phase 2’ phonics practise activity set has been designed to practise sounding out and reading simple words using only sounds in Phase 2. This set focuses on letters m, d, g, o, c, k. This activity is ideal for groups/individuals to be getting on with independently and/or for learners to revisit these sounds with an adult.
This resource has been designed for Early Years children who are learning these sounds for the first time, pupils in Year 1 who need some practise/reinforcement of these sounds. This resource is ideal for learners with additional learning needs.
How to use it?
An adult cuts along the dotted lines and placed the set of x6 word cards on a table top with the last section folded backwards (where the ‘folding line’ dots indicate) to ‘hide’ the image behind the word. Learners then the sound out and read each word. Learners can check by looking behind at the hidden (folded back) image to see if they got the word correct.
Resource Details…
ALL images featured here have been chose because they CAN be sounded out in the order that the Phase 2 sounds have been learnt. This orange ‘Set 2’ (with the exception of ‘gift’ - which contains a ‘f’ from set 4) includes words which all contain the sounds s, a, t, p, i, n, m, d, g, o, c, k.
This resource is available in my TES shop for all sounds in Phase 2.
The words included are listed here:
Set 2
m - map
d - dog
g - gift (contains ‘f’ ‘ introduced later, with set 4)
o - octagon (although this is a longer word it can be sounded out using sounds from sets 1 and 2. IF learners know this 2D shape)
c - cat
k - kit (e.g. football/PE kit)
Special request
ANY issues with any of this please don’t hesitate to let me know - I am happy to make changes AND I am happy to create a new resource if you have an idea just let me know - I’d love to hear from you! Feedback would be wonderful! Thank you!
What’s included?
x3 sheets (x5 cards to cut out) for Phase 2 (Set 4) f ff l ll ss. Portrait orientation, pdf format
Who’s it for?
This ‘Phase 2’ phonics practise activity set has been designed to practise sounding out and reading simple words using only sounds in Phase 2. This set focuses on letters f ff l ll ss This activity is ideal for groups/individuals to be getting on with independently and/or for learners to revisit these sounds with an adult.
This resource has been designed for Early Years children who are learning these sounds for the first time, pupils in Year 1 who need some practise/reinforcement of these sounds. This resource is also ideal for learners with additional learning needs.
How to use it?
An adult cuts along the dotted lines and placed the set of x5 word cards on a table top with the last section folded backwards (where the ‘folding line’ dots indicate) to ‘hide’ the image behind the word. Learners then the sound out and read each word. Learners can check by looking behind at the hidden (folded back) image to see if they got the word correct.
Resource Details…
ALL images featured here have been chose because they CAN be sounded out in the order that the Phase 2 sounds have been learnt. This green ‘Set 4’ includes words which all contain the sounds s, a, t, p, i, n, m, d, g, o, c, k, ck, e, b, r, u, h, f, ff, l, ll, ss.
This resource is available in my TES shop for all sounds in Phase 2.
The words included are listed here:
Set 4
f - frog
ff - daffodil (‘middle’ sound may catch out some learners) Learners will need to know this particular flower or may just associate this image with ‘flower’ (for ‘f’)
l - lemon
ll - bell (‘end’ sound may catch out some learners)
ss - grass (‘end’ sound may catch out some learners)
Special request
ANY issues with any of this please don’t hesitate to let me know - I am happy to make changes AND I am happy to create a new resource if you have an idea just let me know - I’d love to hear from you!
**Feedback would be wonderful! Thank you!
What’s included?
x10 sheets (activity sheets with answers) for Phase 3 split into x5 activity sets. Portrait orientation, pdf format.
What’s it for?
This ‘Phase 3’ phonics practise activity set has been designed to be a simple, predictable activity to promote independence and consolidate learning. This activity is ideal for groups to be getting on with independently.
How to use it?
Each learner needs to cut out x12 ‘phoneme pictures’ and match x2 of these ‘phoneme pictures’ to every grapheme (printed on the left of each sheet). Dotted lines guide where to cut, though picture-squares could be pre-cut for those who struggle with cutting out.
Resource Details…
I split Phase 3 into five sets, one set per sheet.
I will list the answers here in case they are not obvious(!) …
Set 1
j - jeans, jigsaw (piece)
v - volcano, van
w - wall, window
x - box, fox (learners may need help with identifying that the ‘x’ sound is at the end of these two words)
y - yes, yellow
z - zip, zebra
Set 2 (‘zz’ is in the middle/end of words here and ‘ng’ is at the end)
zz - pizza, fizz
qu - queen, quarter
ch - chocolate, cheese
sh - shoe, shorts
th - thumb, three
ng - ring, wing
Set 3 (two different ‘oo’ sounds here might confuse some learners)
ai - train, rain
ee - sheep, bee
igh - night, light (bright also!)
oa - goat, road
oo - book, foot
oo - moon, spoon
Set 4
ar - star, shark
or - fork, corn
ur - burger, purse
ow - cow, owl
oi - oil, coin
ear - beard, ear
Set 5 (three sounds ‘ow’, ‘or’ and ‘ar’ are repeated from set 4 (using different phoneme pictures) to avoid leaving gaps and provide an opportunity to reinforce these sounds)
air - airport, chair
ure - picture, treasure
er - ladder, fingers
ow - brown, clown
or - anchor, fort
ar - guitar, car
Recommendations
I find a small, flat (shallow) container is helpful for each learner to have if a group are working on the same activity set at the same time (to stop cut-out pictures becoming muddled up). Each different set here is a different colour to help with this. However, if learners only cut out one picture at a time there shouldn’t be an issue with losing any pictures.
Adding the word labels (page 2, lower right side) is optional and best provided as an extension to this activity for more able/quick learners. I feel it is best, however, to complete the ‘phoneme/grapheme matching’ first (without word labels initially) to encourage learners to think about the sounds in each word more carefully.
Phase 2 matching activities (x4 sets) in same design is also available in my TES shop (also for free!) if you’d like to try those out…
Special request
ANY issues with any of this please don’t hesitate to let me know - I am happy to make changes AND I am happy to create a new resource if you have an idea just let me know - I’d love to hear from you! Feedback of this resource would be wonderful!! Thank you.
What’s included?
This download includes four A4, pdf sheets (x2 portrait x2 landscape) to practise handwriting lowercase letters.
Resource details
Two versions of this resource are included - in alphabetical order and grouped by letter shape and how similar letters are written.
This activity has been designed to write straight on. Each letter has a clear ‘starting dot’ so learners know where to place their pencil to begin and dots on top of each letter provide guidance of where exactly to write. Both versions include the letters ‘on’ or without lines.
There is a clear space at the base of each sheet for learners to write their name.
Who’s it for?
This resource has been designed for early years children, pupils in years one and two as well as older students needing additional learning support.
Important message…
ANY issues with any of this please don’t hesitate to let me know - I am happy to make changes AND I am happy to create a new resource if you have an idea just let me know - I’d love to hear from you! Feedback of these resources would be wonderful! Thank you!
What’s included?
x2 sheets (x10 picture and x10 word cards) for CVC words focusing on words with the ‘u’ sound. Both sheets are portrait orientation, pdf format.
What’s it for?
This CVC phonics/reading practise activity set has been designed to be a simple, predictable activity to promote independence and consolidate learning. This activity is ideal for groups/individuals to be getting on with independently.
How to use it?
An adult needs to print and pre-cut the cards into rectangles (dotted guide lines make where to cut clear).
The set of cards should be placed on a carpet/table top. Learners read each word by sounding out the individual phonemes, they then match this to the picture from this set. Phoneme ‘dots’ have been included under every grapheme so that learners know how many sounds to say as they read (sound out) the words.
Resource Details…
The words/pictures included use phonemes/graphemes from Phases 2 and 3 but mainly Phase 2. I plan to make a more ‘challenging’ set focussing more on Phase 3.
I will list the words included below -
Blue (Set** u**’)
bun (may be confused with ‘cake’ or ‘cupcake’ though in Yorkshire (where I am from!) this is a ‘bun’!) duck/cup/truck/slug/sun/bug/plug/hut/mug
Sets a/e/i/o are also available in my TES shop. Each set is a different colour to avoid cards becoming mixed and to help finding a relevant matching card easier.
Special request
ANY issues with any of this please don’t hesitate to let me know - I am happy to make changes AND I am happy to create a new resource if you have an idea just let me know - I’d love to hear from you! Feedback of these picture/match CVC cards would be wonderful! Thank you!