These colourful word sorting cards with nonfiction real life photos are fun hands-on way to introduce young children to compound words. Compound words are when two or more words combine to form a new word that acts as a single word with its own distinct meaning that is different from the meanings of the words they’re made up of. Learning about compound words can be a fun way to build vocabulary. A perfect activity for small group work, literacy centres or morning tubs. With real life photos included as prompts, children will love trying to make new compound words from these cards. Here’s what’s included - 20+ pages of 2 sets of picture/words cards per page 5 more pages of word only cards - 16 compound words per page making 80 compound words for more competent readers to sort. File type – Ready to print PDF IMPORTANT THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE YOU PURCHASE THIS RESOURCE… All of our resources are downloadable digital files that you will be able to access immediately after purchase. What programs do I need to open and use this product? I recommend using Adobe Acrobat Reader to open any PDF files. Adobe Acrobat Reader is a free to download program. Ensuring your software is up to date can help to avoid any compatibility issues.

This helpful classroom set of 37 different digraph/trigraph posters for the common vowel, split vowel digraphs and consonant digraphs provide visual support for young children as they are introduced to digraphs and trigraphs. Each posters features multiple real life photos of the featured digraph or trigraph providing visual support for these tricky to learn spelling patterns. The use of non-fiction photos make them perfect for Early Years classroom display or speech and language students. Digraphs included - ch/sh/th/ai/ay/oi/oy/ee/ea/ey/ou/ow/aw/ph/wh/ck/ng/ar/or/er/ir/ur/ew/ie/oo/ui/ue/oa/a_e/i_e/o_e/u_e/kn/wr Trigraphs included - igh/tch/dge Here’s what’s included - 37 different full page posters featuring digraph and matching real life photos with editable text- 1 per A4 page split and combined posters for ow as in cow and ow as in crow + oo as in book and oo as in boot + combined poster for ey as in donkey and ey as in grey for Australian/UK spelling two version supplied - ready to print PDF + editable version with instructions for editing File type – Microsoft PowerPoint (editable text) + ready to print PDF IMPORTANT THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE YOU PURCHASE THIS RESOURCE… All of our resources are downloadable digital files that you will be able to access immediately after purchase. What programs do I need to open and use this product? I recommend using Adobe Acrobat Reader to open any PDF files.  Adobe Acrobat Reader is a free to download program. To use our editable resources, you will need to have Microsoft PowerPoint installed on your computer to open and edit these resources. Ensuring your software is up to date can help to avoid any compatibility issues. What does it mean if a file is editable? Our editable files allow you to change and customize the text so you can make it exactly what you want to fit your classroom. Simply type into the text boxes provided or add in your own to edit. You will need access to Microsoft PowerPoint to do this. Editable does not mean all parts are moveable. Any included artwork, clip art, some fonts and other graphics are fixed to abide by copyright laws and cannot be edited or removed. Colours also used cannot be edited with the exception of coloured text. If you want the text in the editable items to match the look of the ready to print decor, you may need to purchase and install some of the fonts. I’ve included information on the custom fonts used within the download along with a help sheet to make sure you’re getting the most from your purchase. You can also use any fonts you already have to truly customize the look of your classroom!

Help build your students vocabularies and make learning those tricky digraphs and dipthongs easier with these different hands-on sorting activities suitable for small groups, literacy centers or homeschooling. Ready to print activities for the sounds - AI/AY/AW/AU/OI/OY/AR/OR/ER/IR/UR/EA/EE/EY/CK/NG/CH/TH/SH/WH/PH Choose from picture only mats, word only or blank ones - mix and match to suit the needs for your students. Over 100 pages of ready to print activities perfect for introducing, identifying, differentiating and reviewing the different digraphs and dipthongs. Here’s what’s included - SOUNDS INCLUDED so far - AI/AY/AW/AU/OI/OY/AR/OR/ER/IR/UR/EA/EE/EY/CK/NG/CH/TH/SH/WH/PH sorting mats for each sound (3 versions - blank, picture only + word only) - 1 per A4 page picture + word sorting cards for each digraph - 14 per A4 page picture only + word only sorting cards for each digraph - 8 of each type per A4 page File type – Ready to print PDF IMPORTANT THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE YOU PURCHASE THIS RESOURCE… All of our resources are downloadable digital files that you will be able to access immediately after purchase. What programs do I need to open and use this product? I recommend using Adobe Acrobat Reader to open any PDF files. Adobe Acrobat Reader is a free program and can be downloaded here. Ensuring your software is up to date can help to avoid any compatibility issues.

Our printable alphabet car park mats are a fun hands on way for young children to practice their letter recognition. Simply print and add some small cars with either lower case letters to match or for differentiation, add some upper case letters to your cards to match to the lower case letters on our mats.

Perfect for kindergarten aged children learning to differentiate between sounds. Learning beginning letter sounds has never been so much fun! Match your way through these alphabet sound mazes by practicing differentiating between initial letter sounds. Invite children to find all the words with the same beginning sound to make their way through each of the mazes. Just color your way or add counters to mark your way. Children think it’s a game but they’re having to produce and distinguish between different letter sounds to navigate their way through each maze successfully. Here’s what’s included - 26 individual pages - one for every letter of the alphabet! - 1 per A4 page 26 pages of answer sheets included to allow children to easily check if they are correct - 1 per A4 page To use - You will need to have an up to date version of an PDF Reader like Adobe Reader installed on your computer to open this resource.

Combining all three word family I Spy Rhyming Mats in one file! These printable word family I Spy mats are a perfect way for young children to learn and practice finding rhyming words. Use the printable I Spy cards on their own with some counters to mark each word as you find them or encourage early writers to write each rhyming word as they find it with our recording sheets. Perfect addition to your literacy center rotation or Daily 5 Word Work! Focus words included - AT WORD FAMILY - cat, bat, mat, fat, bat (baseball), rat, hat AP WORD FAMILY - cap, gap, map, nap, tap, zap AN WORD FAMILY - man, can, fan, pan, ran, tan, van Answer sheets provided. *** Also available as a bundle *** Rhyming Word Family I Spy Mats – COMPLETE BUNDLE

Perfect for literacy centers and easy to prep! This fun game of Rhyming Word BINGO is the perfect way to practice producing rhyme – one of the more difficult phonological awareness skills young children need to master. Focusing on short vowel words, use this game of rhyming word BINGO to help build your children’s understanding of rhyme. Play it with your whole class or as a literacy centre activity. To play, call out one of the 21 different calling cards for your students to try to match the rhyming word to. For example, you might call out ‘HAT’ and on the BINGO card in front of them they might find a CAT, a MAT, a BAT or a RAT. All would be a correct answer. With only six words to match on each card, your students won’t be overwhelmed while trying to identify the rhyming word. Word families included - _at/_ap/_an/_ag/_am/_ad/_en/_et/_ed/_in/_ip/_ig/_ot/_og/_op/_ut/_ug/_un/_um/_ub Here’s what’s included - 28 Rhyming Word BINGO mats (3 different designs - picture only, picture + word or word only mats) - 1 card per page 21 calling cards - 6 per page File type – Ready to print PDF ** IMPORTANT THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE YOU PURCHASE THIS RESOURCE…** All of our resources are downloadable digital files that you will be able to access immediately after purchase. What programs do I need to open and use this product? I recommend using Adobe Acrobat Reader to open any PDF files. Adobe Acrobat Reader is a free to download program. Ensuring your software is up to date can help to avoid any compatibility issues.

Make learning those tricky controlled R digraphs - ER IR UR easier with these different hands-on activities suitable for small groups, literacy centers or homeschooling. Ready to print activities for the controlled ‘r’ sounds - /er/ir/ur. Over 40 pages of ready to print activities perfect for introducing, identifying, differentiating and reviewing the different digraphs. Here’s what’s included - printable mini books (black+white or color) to introduce and focus on each consonant digraph (ER/IR/UR) - 1 per A4 page 68 digraph clip cards for children to match the correct sound to - 4 per A4 page sorting mats (3 versions - blank, picture only + word only) - 1 per A4 page picture + word sorting cards for each digraph - 14 per A4 page picture only + word only sorting cards for each digraph - 8 of each type per A4 page cut and paste sorting assessment task to check children can differentiate between the three different digraphs - A4 page *** Please note this product was completely remade and updated in April 2019 *** To use - You will need to have an up to date version of an PDF Reader like Adobe Reader installed on your computer to open this resource.

With five different ways to play, these Rhyming Word SNAP cards are a great addition to your literacy center rotations! Two different designs included - each with between 4-8 simple, easy to read rhyming words from each word family, these cards are perfect for beginning readers to play independently as a center activity. FIVE ways to play - Play a game of SNAP with friends and try to match the rhyming words together to call out SNAP!! Place all the cards face down and play a game of MEMORY by trying to match the rhyming cards. Print out two sets of cards to play PAIRS by placing them face down and picking up pairs of cards that match. Use them as SENTENCE STARTERS – use these cards as to encourage your early writers to write a simple sentence using the word on the card. Simply SORT the cards into word families. Word families included - _at/_ap/_an/_en/_et/_ed/_in/_ip/_ig/_ot/_og/_op/_ut/_ug/_un/_um Here’s what’s included - 12 pages of Rhyming Word Cards - two different designs - white background + picture + text and a colored version to act as additional visual support for children learning to recognize rhyme - 8 cards per A4 page File type – Ready to print PDF IMPORTANT THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE YOU PURCHASE THIS RESOURCE… All of our resources are downloadable digital files that you will be able to access immediately after purchase. What programs do I need to open and use this product? I recommend using Adobe Acrobat Reader to open any PDF files. Adobe Acrobat Reader is a free program and can be downloaded here. Ensuring your software is up to date can help to avoid any compatibility issues.

Ready to print, these rhyming word peg cards are the perfect addition to your literacy center rotations. Each card has a visual prompt and label along with three other images to then differentiate the rhyming word. For example, for 'cat' children have to decide if strawberry, lion or bat rhyme. 40 different cards are included. Add some clothes pegs to help build fine motor skills or counters to mark the correct sound. Can be used for independent word work or in small group work. Perfect for special education or speech and language students.

These printable word family I Spy mats are a perfect way for young children learning to identify rhyme and practice producing rhyming words. The 18 different I Spy mats focus on the short vowel sound word families children making them ideal for children beginning to spell. Use the printable I Spy cards on their own with some counters to mark each word as you find them or encourage early writers to write each rhyming word as they find it with our recording sheets. Answer cards provided for each I Spy Mat allowing children to check their own work independently - the perfect addition to your literacy center rotation or Daily 5 Word Work! This updated BUNDLE (Oct 2018) includes - _ AG Word Family - tag, bag, flag, rag, wag, zigzag _ AM Word Family - jam, clam, dam, ham, pram, ram _ AN Word Family - can, fan, fan, man, pan, ran, tan, van _ AP Word Family - cap, gap, map, nap, tap, zap _ AT Word Family - cat, bat, bat (baseball), fat, mat, rat _ ED Word Family - led, bed, fed, red, sled, wed _ EN Word Family - men, chicken, den, hen, pen, ten _ ET Word Family - set, get, jet, net, pet, vet, wet _ IG Word Family - rig, dig, fig, gig, pig, wig _ IN Word Family - tin, bin, fin, pin, spin, twin _ IP Word Family - rip, chip, dip, drip, lip, sip, ship, skip, whip _ IT Word Family - kit, hit, knit, pit, sit, zit _ OG Word Family - cog, dog, fog, frog, hog, jog, log _ OP Word Family - hop, chop, cop, lollipop, mop, stop, top _ OT Word Family - hot, cot, dot, knot, plot, pot, pot, rot _ UG Word Family - shrug , bug, hug, jug, mug, plug, rug, tug _ UM Word Family - yum, drum, hum, gum, plum, sum, thumb _ UN Word Family - run, bun (bread), bun (hair), gun, nun, sun

Perfect for children learning their beginning letter sounds! These Science of Reading aligned initial sound cards help students master identifying beginning sounds. With 70 easy to prep cards ready to print, this pack will give your students the practice they need isolating sounds and master letter-sound correspondence. Children will gain confidence in their beginning sound knowledge as they work to isolate and then match the beginning sound of easily identifiable photos of real life objects. Perfect for build phonological awareness in preschool and kindergarten. It’s the ideal resource for early readers/writers as individual sounds are being introduced and is simple enough for students to work on independently in literacy centers or your Daily 5 rotations. Just print and either laminate to write the letter to match the beginning sound or simply add magnetic letters to learn! Here’s what’s included - 38 beginning sound mats sorting into 4 smaller sequential groups of sounds (SATPIN/CKEHRMD/GOULFB/JZWVYQ) - 2 mats per A4 page 32 beginning sounds mats featuring the whole alphabet mixed - 2 mats per A4 page File type – Ready to print PDF IMPORTANT THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE YOU PURCHASE THIS RESOURCE… All of our resources are downloadable digital files that you will be able to access immediately after purchase. What programs do I need to open and use this product? I recommend using Adobe Acrobat Reader to open any PDF files. Adobe Acrobat Reader is a free program and can be downloaded here. Ensuring your software is up to date can help to avoid any compatibility issues.

Use young children’s love of animals to teach them about adjectives! This activity is perfect for use as a whole class activity or creating a non fiction writing centre for learning to write information or informative texts. Children are asked to firstly label their animal then add adjectives to help describe them better, making their writing more interesting. 25 Different ‘Add An Adjective’ pages included in download. Pair these with our animal posters (pictured but not included) to help support beginning writers as they build their vocab. Real photos have been used throughout to create this engaging activity. US and UK English spellings of ‘coloured/colored’ included. Perfect when paired with our Animal Adjective Word Wall Cards.

Are you looking for an interactive way for students to practice sight words? Make learning to spell high frequency sight words hands-on fun with these mats made to use with LEGO bricks! With two different styles to choose from, prepping for your literacy centres or Word Work stations is easy! Just choose the set of sight words you need, print and add some LEGO to build the words from. Use the larger sight word mats which allow for children to directly ‘build’ the sight word from LEGO blocks then trace and write the sight word. The smaller sight word cards provide some context to the word by placing the sight word in an easy to read sentence and asks children to build the sight word using the picture as their guide - perfect for building fine motor skills, visual discrimination and spatial awareness skills as they position their LEGO blocks to make the word. Covers have also been included to easily make the smaller cards into a handy flip book. Ideal for practicing at home or in the classroom! **Here’s what’s included - ** 220 sight word mats ( LEGO block word + sight word to trace and write) - 1 per A4 page 220 sight word cards (LEGO block sight word + short sentence with sight word to read) - 3 per A4 page LEGO-themed covers for smaller sight word cards - 3 per A4 page **220 high frequency words included: ** the to and he a I you it of in was said his that she for on they but had at him with up all look is her there some out as be have go we am then little down do can could when did what so see not were get them like one this my would me will yes big went are come if now long no came ask very an over your its ride into just blue red from good any about around want don’t how know right put too got take where every pretty jump green four away old by their here saw call after well think ran let help make going sleep brown yellow five six walk two or before eat again play who been may stop off never seven eight cold today fly myself round tell much keep give work first try new must start black white ten does bring goes write always drink once soon made run gave open has find only us three our better hold buy funny warm ate full those done use fast say light pick hurt pull cut kind both sit which fall carry small under read why own wash show hot because far live draw clean grow best upon these sing together please thank wish many shall laugh

Hands-on activities that focus on the consonant digraphs - /ch/ /sh/ and /th/. Perfect for introducing those tricky digraphs! Over 50 pages of ready to print activities for your literacy centers or morning work to review identifying and differentiating between the sounds. Beginning and end sounds included in activities. Here’s what’s included - printable mini books (black+white or color) to introduce and focus on each consonant digraph (CH/SH/TH) (2 versions - beginning sound or beginning/end sound) - 1 per A4 page 85+ digraph clip cards for children to match the correct sound to - 4 per A4 page sorting mats (3 versions - blank, picture only + word only) - 1 per A4 page picture + word sorting cards for each digraph - 14 per A4 page picture only + word only sorting cards for each digraph - 8 of each type per A4 page cut and paste sorting assessment task to check children can differentiate between the three different digraphs - A4 page File type – Ready to print PDF IMPORTANT THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE YOU PURCHASE THIS RESOURCE… All of our resources are downloadable digital files that you will be able to access immediately after purchase. *What programs do I need to open and use this product? * I recommend using Adobe Acrobat Reader to open any PDF files. Adobe Acrobat Reader is a free program and can be downloaded here. Ensuring your software is up to date can help to avoid any compatibility issues.

Digraphs can be difficult for young children to identify in words. These easy-to-prep clip cards for the digraphs CH, SH and TH are the perfect addition to your literacy centers for young children learning to hear sounds into words. Students use their knowledge of phonics to produce and blend the sounds into a word. They then have to select the correct digraph to match the word pictured with a clothespin. Here’s what’s included - 85 picture+word clip cards for the digraphs CH SH TH - 4 per A4 page File type – Ready to print PDF IMPORTANT THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE YOU PURCHASE THIS RESOURCE… All of our resources are downloadable digital files that you will be able to access immediately after purchase. What programs do I need to open and use this product? I recommend using Adobe Acrobat Reader to open any PDF files. Adobe Acrobat Reader is a free to download program. Ensuring your software is up to date can help to avoid any compatibility issues.

Play this fun bingo game with your whole class or as a literacy centre activity to help children learn the double /ck/ sound. File includes 24 different cards all focusing on words with the /ck/ sound in them. Contains 29 word+picture cards and 24 BINGO cards with six pictures and words per card. Also includes picture only and word only cards along with picture only and word only BINGO cards to allow you to differentiate more easily.

Ready to print picture mazes for every letter of the alphabet! Children are encouraged to find their way through each maze using their growing knowledge of sounds to correctly identify the beginning sounds of words to find their way from start to finish. Perfect for independent work in literacy centres or Daily 5 Word Work activities.

Based on our super popular Say It Make It Write It Mats, these sight word mats include the first 100 Oxford high frequency words. Along with reading the word, children are asked to make the word, trace and then write the work independently before writing a short simple sentence using the sight word. Younger students may only want to do the first three steps while more capable students might attempt the sentence writing - making differentiation easy within your literacy groups. Each 25 words are colour coded - yellow 1-25, green 26-50, orange 51-75 and pink 76-100 to also help make differentiation easier. Just print, laminate then add playdough, magnetic letters or wix stix to make the letters!