PHONICS GAMES

Phonics Bingo

This game can be used to reinforce letter and sound recognition. Create bingo cards with
different letters or sounds and call out the corresponding letters/sounds for children to mark off
on their cards.

Word Family Memory

Create matching cards with words and pictures from the same word family (e.g. "cat" and "bat")
and have children match them.

Rhyme Time

Give children a word (e.g. "cat") and have them come up with as many rhyming words as they
can (e.g. "bat," "hat," "rat," etc.)

Word Sort

Create a variety of word cards and have children sort them by their common phonetic sounds or
word families. (A & B sign, students must put all the a/b flashcards with the right sign)

Word Ladder

Provide a word and have children change one letter at a time to create new words until they
reach a final target word (e.g. "cat" to "hog" by way of "cot," "dot," and "hot").

Phonics Find Game

Have children search for objects around the house or classroom that start with different letters
of the alphabet and say the sound out loud.

Phonics Scavenger Hunt

Hide phonics cards around the house or classroom and have your child find them. Once they
find a card, they have to read the word on it and give an example of a word that rhymes with it.

Phonics Twister

Use tape to create a giant Twister board on the floor with different phonics sounds in each
circle. Call out a sound and have your child put their hand or foot on the corresponding circle.
Phonics Pictionary

Draw pictures of words with newly-learnt phonics sounds in them and have your child guess the
word.

Phonics Memory Game

Create pairs of cards with words that have the same phonics sound. Mix them up and have your
child turn them over to find the matching pairs.

Roll and Read

Write different phonics sounds on dice and have your child roll. Then, they have to say a word
that has that sound in it.

Phonics Charades

Act out words with newly-learnt phonics sounds in them and have your child guess the word.

Phonics Simon Says

Give phonics sound commands like "Simon says touch your nose if you hear the 's' sound in
sun."

Phonics Hopscotch

Draw a hopscotch board with different phonics sounds in each square. Call out a sound and
have your child hop on the corresponding square.

Phonics Go Fish

Play Go Fish with cards that have phonics sounds and words on them.

Phonics I Spy

Say "I spy with my little eye, something that starts with the 'p' sound" and have your child guess
what you're thinking of.

Phonics Hangman

Write words with missing phonics sounds on the board. Every time your child guesses an
incorrect sound, draw a part of the man. If they guess all the sounds before the man is
complete, they win!
Phonics Bowling

Write words with phonics sounds on bowling pins and have your child roll a ball to knock them
down. Every time they knock down a pin, they have to read the word on it.

Musical Phonics Flashcards

Place flashcards around the outside of a table, play music and make students walk around the
table with their hands on their heads. When the music stops, shout out a flashcard and the
students have to be the 1st to grab it. Whoever gets the most points wins a candy.