These color alphabet flash cards give preschool to 2nd grade children 26 bright cards that pair every capital letter with its small letter. A practice page and answer key are included.
These alphabet uppercase and lowercase flash cards help preschool to 2nd grade children match all 26 capital letters to their small letter partners. A practice page and answer key are included.
These prefix flash cards help kindergarten to 4th grade students learn 24 common prefixes, their meanings and an example word for each. Fold-over cards, a practice page and an answer key are included.
Preschool vocabulary flash cards with 15 fold-over picture and word cards help PreK-K students read short-vowel CVC words. Practice worksheet and answer key included.
These beginning sound letter g word wall flash cards give preschool to 2nd grade students picture word cards for the /g/ sound. A practice page and answer key are included.
Students learn 24 common suffixes, their meanings and example words with these suffix flash cards for kindergarten to 4th grade. Fold-over cards, a practice page and an answer key are included.
These digraphs flash cards give K to 2nd grade readers 18 fold-over picture cards for ch, sh, th, wh, ck and ph. A practice worksheet and answer key are included for quick phonics review.
These beginning sound letter h word wall flash cards give preschool to 2nd grade children eight picture word cards for the /h/ sound. Answer key included.
These alphabet picture match flash cards help preschool to 2nd grade students match all 26 letters to beginning-sound pictures, with a practice page and answer key included.
These alphabet flash cards help Preschool through 2nd Grade children name every capital and small letter from A to Z in bold, clear print. Answer key included for the practice page.
These beginning sound letter d word wall flash cards give preschool to 2nd grade students picture word cards for the /d/ sound. A practice page and answer key are included.
These beginning sound letter f word wall flash cards give preschool to 1st grade children eight bright picture word cards for the /f/ sound. Answer key included.
These D'Nealian with Pictures Alphabet Flash Cards support students' recognition of alphabet using a manuscript font while providing a picture clue.
These alphabet flash cards with pictures give preschool to 1st grade children 26 letter cards, each pairing a capital and small letter with a picture. Answer key included.
These beginning sound letter b word wall flash cards give preschool to 2nd grade children eight bright picture word cards for the /b/ sound. Answer key included.
These three letter words word wall flash cards give preschool to 2nd grade readers 60 CVC word cards grouped by short vowel. A practice page and answer key are included.
These consonant blends flash cards give kindergarten to 3rd grade readers 18 picture cards for l, r and s blends. Fold, cut and practice; a worksheet and answer key are included.
Using these BL Blends Flash Cards, students improve their BL Blend vocabulary and fluency by describing the colorful flash cards.
These D'Nealian in Color Alphabet Flash Cards support students' recognition of all the letters of the alphabet using a manuscript font.
Sounds, blends and the joy of decoding
Phonics teaches kids how letters and sounds work together so they can read and spell new words. It starts with single letter sounds and blending short words: c-a-t = cat. Next come digraphs like sh, ch and th, then blends, silent e, vowel teams like ai and ee, and bossy r words like car and bird. Older kids move on to prefixes, suffixes and Greek and Latin roots. The click moment is when a child sounds out a word they have never seen and reads it all by themselves!
Phonics sticks when it is explicit, a little bit every day, and full of real reading. These are our go-to moves.
Give kids a digraph word list and have them sort the words into sh, ch and th columns. Say each word out loud before sorting it. Hearing, seeing and moving the word all at once builds a strong sound-letter link.
Why it works: the National Reading Panel found that systematic, explicit phonics teaching clearly improves how children learn to read.
Try it withDigraphs Word ListWorksheetsOpen it →Once kids learn short e, hand them a decodable story like Ben and the Eggs. Have them read it aloud and answer the questions. It shows you right away who can apply the pattern and who needs another round.
Why it works: pulling an answer out of memory makes it stick far better than rereading it, one of the strongest findings in learning research (Dunlosky and colleagues, 2013).
Try it withBen and the Eggs Phonics Reading Comprehension Story Worksheet - Short Vowel E SoundAssessmentsOpen it →Keep yesterday's patterns alive with a quick daily game. A short vowel review game at the start of phonics time keeps old sounds sharp while you teach new ones.
Why it works: short practice spread over several days beats one long session, according to a large review of learning research (Dunlosky and colleagues, 2013).
Try it withShort Vowel Review GameGamesOpen it →Phonics practice can be the giggliest part of the day.
GamesKids race to match vowel teams like oa, ee and ai to the pictures that make those sounds.
Open Vowel Teams Game →
GamesOlder readers stack pre, dis and mis onto base words and see how the meaning flips.
Open Prefixes Pre Dis Mis Game →
VideosThe Letter H Song has kids huffing out /h/ like they just ran a race.
Open Letter H Song (Original Music Video) →Teacher favorites right now: Color Alphabet Flash Cards, Alphabet Uppercase and Lowercase Flash Cards and Prefix Flash Cards.
Phonics is the connection between letters and the sounds they make. Kids use it to sound out, or decode, words when reading and to spell words when writing.
Most programs go letter sounds, short vowel words, digraphs and blends, silent e, vowel teams, then r-controlled vowels. Prefixes, suffixes and word roots come later in the elementary grades.
Many kids start learning letter sounds in preschool, and formal phonics usually runs from kindergarten through 2nd or 3rd grade. Older students keep building word skills with prefixes, suffixes and roots.
Read decodable books together, play quick sound games, and have your child sound out words on signs and cereal boxes. Five to ten minutes a day goes a long way.
Phonemic awareness is hearing and playing with sounds, with no letters at all, like clapping the sounds in "dog." Phonics connects those sounds to written letters.
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