Free Phonemic Awareness/Phonics Blending Activities and Games
A variety of free downloadable activities and games to improve phonics blending skills. CVC words and words containing adjacent consonants/consonant blends.
Cut out the words, blend them and match to the pictures.
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Blending CVC Words Match the Picture 2
Blend the words and join to the correct pictures. You can join with a pencil or punch holes in and attach with strings.
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Blending Blends Words Match the Picture
Cut out the words, blend them and match to the pictures.
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Blending CVC Words Snakes and Ladders 1
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You will need a die (dice) and some counters to play this game which can be played with several people at once.
Each player rolls the die and they move their counter accordingly. They should then blend the word in the box.
You can adapt the rules to suit the ability and temperament of the players. For example, they could miss their next turn if they can’t blend a word or you could just help them on each word if necessary.
We think it’s best to stick with the rules for the snakes and ladders though as this makes it more exciting.
Blending CVC Words Snakes and Ladders 2
This is the same as the previous version but with a different set of CVC words for variety.
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Blending Blends Words Snakes and Ladders
This is the same as the other snakes and ladders games above, but each word contains an adjacent consonant/consonant blend.
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Further Resources:
If you want to supplement worksheet activities with online games and activities you could register with some of the specialist reading programmes that offer free trials.
For example:
Parents and teachers can register for a 30-day free trial with Reading Eggs. This allows you to access over 500 highly interactive games and fun animations for developing Phonemic awareness, Phonics, Fluency, Vocabulary and Comprehension.
A 30-day free trial is also available from ABCmouse.com. This is a leading online educational website for children ages 2–8. With more than 9,000 interactive learning activities that teach reading, math, science, art, music, and more.
IXL Learning cover 8000 skills in 5 subjects including phonics and reading comprehension. You can click on the following link to access a 7-day free trial if you live in the US.
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