Try to match the final sounds in this memory game! Learners place all 24 cards upside down and take turns flipping them to see if the final phonemes match. If they do, remove them; if not, put them back. Partners play until all cards...

Words are interesting things—you can change them by adding or subtracting phonemes. Here, emergent readers change the pictures on their phoneme pie by removing or adding various final phonemes. A fun way to build phonetic competency!

Partners work with real objects as they practice final phonemes. Here's how it works: Partner A silently chooses an object and sounds it out, determining the final phoneme and saying the sound aloud. Partner B examines the group of...

Little learners identify final phonemes found in various words. They play a game where they pick a card, say the name of the object on the card, identify the final phoneme, then match it to an image with the same final phoneme. Whoever...

Segmenting words into different phonemes helps kids on the road to reading and writing. Have some fun with this spinner game which includes all the print-outs you will need. Simply assemble the spinner using a brad and lay out the...

An activity focuses on final sounds sorting. Scholars pull objects out of a bag, identify what letter sound the object ends with, then draw the picture under the appropriate column.

Scholars match initial, medial, and final phonemes to individual graphemes. They pick a card, say its name, then find the letter that makes that sound. If the card is a monkey, the learner finds the letter m, matching the grapheme to the...

Boost initial, medial, and final sound correspondence. Scholars practice decomposing word sounds using image cards and a worksheet. Learners cut out 10 three-letter images, sound them out, and glue them on the worksheet. Each word is...

The phoneme train is leaving the station! Get your budding readers familiar with letter-sound correspondence using this fun phonics activity. Learners set up the initial and final sound train cards, placing letters between them. They...

This fun game is a way to help your littlest learners build strong phonological awareness. Scholars equipped with letter triangles, a stack of picture cards, and counters choose a picture card, say the name of the image, and attempt to...

Practice letter-sound correspondence using an activity that challenges pupils to sort images based on their final sounds. Pairs choose four final sounds to place in an open file folder, take turns selecting image cards, pronouncing the...

Develop phonological awareness by challenging pupils to recognize final sounds in familiar words. Using magazines or other print resources, scholars search for pictures of words with the same final sound as a starter picture. Once they...

This phonics activity engages listening skills and concentration. Young scholars listen to a teacher-made recording and use the provided worksheet to number the final phonemes they hear.

Scholars cut, paste, and identify specific initial, medial, and final phonemes by placing them on a phoneme chart.

In this phonics activity, little learners glue picture cards under the initial, medial, and final phonemes represented by the lead sound cards. An image of a shark broken into three parts represents the initial phoneme /sh/, the medial...

A hands-on activity brings the alphabet to life in your kindergarten! Fill tubs with items that begin with the same letter or end with the same sound, and let kids make the connections between the items. 

Choose from a variety of phonological activities to complement a reading lesson. The guide goes through the basic components of good phonics instruction focusing on sound types, levels of phonological awareness, assessment methods,...

Young scholars build a strong understanding of medial sounds, vowels, and letter sound correspondence while playing Bingo. Taking turns, peers choose a card and say its name and medial sound; all players look for the vowel on their card....

Get creative with phonics by having kids create a letter-sound mobile! Learners practice matching medial sounds to their corresponding vowels using a hanger, hole punch, string, and the provided image and letter cards. Students attach...

A memory activity engages young learners in letter-sound correspondence. Pairs take turns examining two sets of cards lying face down. They flip one image card and one letter card, then name the initial sound. If the sounds match, pupils...

Scholars employ memory and letter-sound skills like the classic game Concentration to succeed at this literacy game. Partners choose from rows of upside-down cards, trying to match letters to images with the corresponding initial sound.

What a fun way to practice medial sound-letter correspondence! This alphabet activity has pupils flip cards, determine the medial sound, and place it on one of the train cars if it matches.

Make a phonics train filled with matching initial phonemes. Early readers say the name of the objects on each of their cards, identify the initial letter sounds or phonemes, then paste them on a train. They make three trains, which means...

Sorting objects according to their initial sound get scholars thinking about letter-sound correspondence. With 26 brown bags labeled with a letter of the alphabet, learners browse magazines and cut out images that begin with the...