Play these fun games we have made to help you improve your phonics.

Please enter only your first name and initial of your surname followed by your year group and teacher initial e.g.  Bob  Smith in year 2 with Mr Booth would be Bob S 2B. This will allow us to see how you are getting on with your phonics.

If you have any suggestions for games you would like to see please e mail the school with the subject Mrs Owen - Phonics games and we will do our best to make them !

                                             phonics@westbourne.sutton.sch.uk

Confusing b and d ? Play these games !

     Recognising 'b' (remember bat then the ball)             Matching the letter to the correct Jolly phonic picture.

GROUP 1 SOUNDS

Learning the sounds

Sounding out and blending words containing these sounds. 

GROUP 2 SOUNDS

Learn the sounds

Sounding out and blending words containing these sounds

GROUP 3 SOUNDS

Learn the sounds.

Sounding out and blending words with these sounds.

GROUP 4 SOUNDS

Learn the sounds.

Sounding out and blending words containing these sounds.

GROUP 5 SOUNDS

Learn the sounds

Sounding out and blending words containing these sounds

GROUP 6 SOUNDS

Learn the sounds.

Sounding out and blending to read words with these sounds.

Reading words - focus sound 'ch'

GROUP 7 SOUNDS

Learn the sounds.

Sounding out and blending words containing the 'qu' sound

Sounding out and blending words with these sounds.

When you have learnt the first set of sounds it is time to look at other ways of making the sounds - the alternative vowel sounds.

GROUP 8 - 'y' at the end of words making an 'ee' sound

Recognise the sound

Reading words containing the sound

GROUP 8 - Split digraphs

a-e split digraph

e-e split digraph

i-e split digraph

o-e split digraph

u-e split digraph

All Split digraphs

GROUP 9 

Learn the sounds

ay

oy

y making an 'ie' sound

ea

igh

ow ( as in clown or snow )

ir as in bird

ur as in turkey

ew as in new and grew 

au as in haunt

aw as in claw

al as in talk

GROUP 10

Learn the sounds 

soft c or not ? 

RULE: Soft c happens when the 'c' is followed by 'e' or 'i' or 'y' 

soft g & hard g sort

RULE: Soft g happens when the 'g' is followed by 'e' or 'i' or 'y'

ph as in photo

air (as in hair) ear (as in bear) are (as in scare)

Try and find the tricky part of each word !

SET 1 - Orange tricky words

SET 2 - Red tricky words

SET 3 - Yellow tricky words

SET 4 - Green tricky words

SET 5 - Blue tricky words

SET 6 - Purple tricky words

Practise recognising all of the sounds - 1

Recognising all of the sounds - 2

Read words containing all of the sounds

Once the children have learnt different ways of making the sounds already known they start to look at spelling patterns and choosing the correct spelling of each sound. Play these games to help with this.

 Sort the words by their spelling pattern.

  'ch' as in chemist making a k sound.