Blending basic CVC letters to make words is one of the first steps to independent reading. Provided here are several images of stairs and several letters to cut and arrange. The learner rearranges the letters to form CVC patterns, sounds...

Add or subtract a letter and you can change a word. Little learners subtract initial phonemes from given picture word cards to create new words. Feet becomes eat and shelf becomes elf.

Once your kids know their letter sounds and can recognize them in words, have them try making new words by manipulating phonemes. They are provided with a word change picture board and a stack of word pictures. They pick a card then...

Early readers play a board game to practice segmenting phonemes. Each child determines how many spaces to move by choosing a picture, saying the name of the object on the card, then counting the phonemes they say. Board game and picture...

This reading activity can be used at a learning center or suggested to parents for reading reinforcement at home. Little learners place a picture card on a magnetic board, they say the name of the object on the card, then sift through...

Set up a listening center, record the provided script, and see how well your class can manipulate phonemes based on the instructions you've provided. This center-based activity builds the phonological awareness and phoneme manipulation...

Reading readiness can be a fun skill to foster. Little ones manipulate phonemes to change one word into another. They use pick picture cards, say the name of the object on the card, then change the final phoneme to create a new word....

This is a neat idea that gets kids using phonics and puzzle solving skills. In pairs, they take turns picking picture cards from a pile. They say the name of the object on the card then drop a letter to turn that word into a new word....

Emergent readers use a letter cube to identify, blend, and make words. They roll each of the three letter cubes, mark down the letters they rolled, then blend the letter sounds together to make a word. They record each word on a...

Kindergarteners sort picture cards based on the number of syllables they count as they say the name of the food item on each card. They feed the animals by sorting the pictures into boxes, each box contains only picture cards that have a...

There are three spinners to use in this phonic activity. Spinner one contains digraphs, spinner two contains, vowels, and spinner three contains consonants. Learners spin each of the spinners, write down the letters they got, blend them...

With a fly swatter in hand, learners swat the rime-flys with their onset swatter to make, read, and write words by blending the onset with the rime-fly. This is a great activity because learners blend words, make and write words, and...

Here is a really cool activity that builds early reading and writing skills while allowing learners to differentiate between real and nonsense words. They use the provided pack of alphabet cards to construct basic cvc words. In addition,...

Even little learners just getting the hang of reading can make words. In pairs they use the provided onset and rime cards to make as many words as they can by blending the onsets with the rimes. A full set of cards is included.

Build phonological awareness in your little learners. They use a pocket chart to sort picture cards based on the number of phonemes each has. Large number cards and 48 picture cards are included in this packet. 

Phonics is a great tool to teach both reading and writing. Learners are given a star, each star contains a c_c form in the center and vowels on each tip. They use the vowels to fill in the blank between the consonants making a simple cvc...

Little learners will love being able to blend sounds together to make words. This game provides eight onsets and eight rimes that can be used to mix and match to sound out words. This activity is to be completed in pairs and is a great...

Your class can increase their production of the target phoneme /sh/ through the use of video, the Internet, and hands-on activities listed here. Sound out the phoneme altogether, then model words that include  /sh/ at the beginning....

Explore vocabulary while reading Dandelion Learners record their learning using a word journal or discovery chart, and the whole class reviews the meaning of each word using examples.

Young writers identify and generate words using the strategies of phonics on the Making Words computer program. Words are typed instead of having to use tiles or paper. Extension activities such as playing the memory game, drawing...

This resource is more of a suggestion than a full lesson. It explains how young pre-readers can work with their teacher to practice blending phonemes to make words. The class watches the teacher as she says and orally segments a word...

A fun rhyming song written out on these slides help learners comprehend what word families consist of in order to make their own new words! For example, they first see tan, can, fan, and ran with the initial different letters in a...

Study the long vowel sound /e/, as in a creaky door noise. Children repeat the sound and learn a chant. They use letters in letterboxes to make words with the /e/ sound before reading a book and writing a message about their favorite...

Learners identify and recognize letters, words, and sounds that deal with the short /i/ in spoken and written words. Begin by introducing the sound, giving your pupils an example of how it is used in a sentence, and practicing saying the...