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I Spy and Write — ch, sh, th, ng, ai, ee, igh, oa, oo (Reception & Year 1)

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This activity is a great way to check children's understanding of various graphemes and digraphs. Challenge them to write down the words that match ... More info

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Picture Story — ccvc Words (Reception & Year 1)

Adjacent consonants
Early Years & KS1 Phonics
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This activity encourages children to fill in the words of the story by looking at the picture clues provided. Can they figure out where Fred the green ... More info

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Phonics Bingo (Reception & Year 1)

Mixed GPCs
Early Years & KS1 Phonics
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Use this engaging bingo activity to consolidate children's learning on a selection of different single letter sounds. Children must match up the ... More info

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Real or Alien? — Word Sorting Game (j, v, w, x, y, z, zz, qu) (Reception & Year 1)

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Use this word sorting game to test children's ability to recognise the graphemes 'j', 'v', 'w', 'x', 'y', 'z', 'zz' and 'qu' within words. Encourage ... More info

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Phase 3 Spinner Challenge — ar, or, ur, ow, oi, ear, air, ure, er (Reception & Year 1)

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This phonics spinner game is a great way to check children's understanding of a list of graphemes. Children should take it in turns to spin the ... More info

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Reading Sentences — Yes or No Questions (Reception & Year 1)

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This activity is designed to challenge children to practise their oral segmenting and blending skills. This resource can be used in a small group, in ... More info

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Chad the Chimp — cvcc Words (Reception & Year 1)

Adjacent consonants
Early Years & KS1 Phonics
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Use this worksheet to test children's understanding of real and nonsense words. Can they circle the real words on the vine to help Chad the Chimp ... More info

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Mixed up Captions (Reception & Year 1)

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This activity is a great way to encourage children to practise using their blending and segmenting skills. Children must read the sentences on the ... More info

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High Frequency Words — Wordsearch (Reception & Year 1)

High-frequency words
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Use this wordsearch activity to gauge children's knowledge and understanding of high frequency words. Can they spot the words listed in the ... More info

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Matching Blends — ccvc Words (Reception & Year 1)

Adjacent consonants
Early Years & KS1 Phonics
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This activity is a good way to test children's understanding of matching blends. Can they match the picture to the correct blend and then write the ... More info

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Silly Questions — cvcc Words (Reception & Year 1)

Adjacent consonants
Early Years & KS1 Phonics
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This worksheet is a great way to test children's knowledge of adjacent consonants. Can they read the silly questions and circle the adjacent ... More info

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High Frequency Words — Roll and Read Game (Reception & Year 1)

High-frequency words
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This 'Roll and Read' activity is a great way to test children's understanding of high frequency words. Children must take it in turns to ... More info

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I Spy and Write — ar, or, ur, ow, oi, ear, air, ure, er (Reception & Year 1)

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Use this game as a fun resource to test children's knowledge and understanding of various graphemes and digraphs. Challenge them to write down the ... More info

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Triple Blend Words — Alien Search (Reception & Year 1)

Adjacent consonants
Early Years & KS1 Phonics
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This alien-themed worksheet is a great way to test children's understanding of adjacent consonants. Children are challenged to colour in the star if ... More info

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Polysyllabic Words — Picture Match (Reception & Year 1)

Polysyllabic words
Early Years & KS1 Phonics
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This activity is designed to check children's knowledge of polysyllabic words. Are they able to look at the pictures and find the two word cards that ... More info

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Snowmen CVC Words (Reception & Year 1)

Mixed GPCs
Early Years & KS1 Phonics
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Develop children's understanding of CVC words with this fun snowman - themed matching activity. Children must listen to the CVC words in the top ... More info

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Circle the Tricky Words — the, to, I, no, go (Reception & Year 1)

Tricky words
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This worksheet is a great way to test children's understanding of tricky words. Children must circle the tricky words using different colours to ... More info

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Syllable Picnic (Reception & Year 1)

Polysyllabic words
Early Years & KS1 Phonics
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Use this fun card sort to develop children's knowledge of syllables in different food words. They can cut out the food word cards and place them ... More info

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Phase 3 Phonics Comprehension (Reception)

Mixed GPCs
Early Years & KS1 Phonics
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This great worksheet uses colourful pictures and simple sentences to test children's comprehension skills. Can they spot whether sentences are ... More info

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I Spy and Write — j, v, w, x, y, z, zz, qu (Reception & Year 1)

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This 'I Spy' activity is a great way to test children's understanding of multiple graphemes and digraphs. Challenge them to write down the words that ... More info

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High Frequency Words — Mixed Practice Challenges (Reception & Year 1)

High-frequency words
Early Years & KS1 Phonics
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This PowerPoint is a great resource to develop children's knowledge of high frequency words. The presentation explains what they are and how they are ... More info

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Polysyllabic Words — Beat the Timer (Reception & Year 1)

Polysyllabic words
Early Years & KS1 Phonics
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This PowerPoint is a great tool to help children learn about and understand polysyllabic words. It explains that some words are long and hard to read ... More info

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Polysyllabic Memory Games (Reception & Year 1)

Polysyllabic words
Early Years & KS1 Phonics
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This activity is designed to allow children to explore polysyllabic words with visual support from picture cards. Children can work with a partner, in ... More info

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Phase 4 Tricky Words Wordsearch (Reception & Year 1)

Tricky words
Early Years & KS1 Phonics
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Use this fun wordsearch to test children's knowledge of tricky words. Can they find all of the words that are listed?The solution to the ... More info

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Phase 2 Phonics Comprehension (Reception)

Mixed GPCs
Early Years & KS1 Phonics
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This is a great worksheet to check children's comprehension skills. Can they match the images to the words, and the short simple sentences, and then ... More info

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Say, Blend and Write Phase 2 Words (Reception & Year 1)

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This activity is a great way to test children's understanding of CVC words. Encourage children to pick up a picture and sound-talk the word, then ... More info

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Phase 5 Phonics Comprehension (Reception)

Mixed GPCs
Early Years & KS1 Phonics
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This great worksheet uses colourful pictures and simple sentences to test children's comprehension skills. Can they match the captions to the correct ... More info

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Split Digraph Reading Race (Reception & Year 1)

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This game is a fun way to test children's knowledge of split digraphs. This game works best with two players. Each player must take it in turns to ... More info

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Add the Tricky Word — the, to (Reception & Year 1)

Tricky words
Early Years & KS1 Phonics
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Use this worksheet to test children's knowledge of tricky words. Children must finish each caption by adding 'the' or 'to'. Answers for this worksheet ... More info

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Real or Alien? — Word Sorting Game (ar, or, ur, ow, oi, ear, air, ure, er) (Reception & Year 1)

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This alien-themed word sorting game is a fun way to test children's ability to recognise the graphemes 'ar', 'or', 'ur', ... More info

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High Frequency Words — More Mixed Practice Challenges (Reception & Year 1)

High-frequency words
Early Years & KS1 Phonics
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Use this PowerPoint to help develop children's knowledge and understanding of high frequency words. The presentation explains what they are and how ... More info

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Real or Alien? — CVCC Words (Reception & Year 1)

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Use this fun activity to encourage children to practise oral segmenting and blending to read CVCC words. It can be played one to one, in pairs or in ... More info

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Tricky Word Dice Game (Reception & Year 1)

Tricky words
Early Years & KS1 Phonics
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This game is a fun way to encourage children to practise reading a selection of tricky words and using them in sentences. Children must take it in ... More info

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Real or Alien? — Word Sorting Game (ch, sh, th, ng, ai, ee, igh, oa, oo [long], oo [short]) (Reception & Year 1)

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This word sorting game is a great way to test children's ability to recognise the graphemes 'ch', 'sh', 'th', 'ng', 'ai', 'ee', 'igh', 'oa', 'oo' ... More info

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Phase 4 Phonics Comprehension (Reception)

Mixed GPCs
Early Years & KS1 Phonics
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This great worksheet uses colourful pictures and simple sentences to test children's comprehension skills. Can they spot whether sentences are ... More info

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What's in the Box? — Oral Segmenting and Blending Games (Reception & Year 1)

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This activity is a great way to check children's knowledge in a fun way using the word and picture cards. There are two variations of this game. ... More info

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