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Phonics Games
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Phonics Skills Overview
Phonological & Phonemic Awareness
Building Early Listening Skills
These activities lay the foundation for reading and spelling through fun listening games, songs, and sound-play. Children develop the ability to hear, recognize, and manipulate sounds in words, fostering a love of language and preparing them for future reading success.
Typically taught: Pre-K / Kindergarten
Letter-Sound Correspondence
Introducing the First Sounds
Children are introduced to letters and their corresponding sounds, learning how sounds blend together to form simple words and sentences. Through engaging games and activities, early readers explore phonics concepts in a playful and supportive way.
Typically taught: Kindergarten
Digraphs & Early Sound Blending
Expanding Phonics Knowledge
These games introduce children to digraphs and more complex sound patterns. Learners read and spell a wider range of words while developing confidence with blending and segmenting. Carefully sequenced activities ensure steady progress and enjoyment.
Typically taught: Kindergarten
Blending & Segmenting Skills
Reading Longer Words
Children practise blending and segmenting longer words, including those with consonant blends and multiple syllables. This stage strengthens decoding and spelling skills through repeated practice, helping young readers become more fluent and accurate.
Typically taught: Kindergarten - Grade 1
Long Vowels & Vowel Teams
Developing Flexible Reading Skills
Children learn long vowel sounds, vowel teams, and alternative spellings for familiar sounds. These activities deepen phonics understanding and help learners read and spell with greater accuracy across a wider range of texts.
Typically taught: Grade 1
Advanced Phonics & Spelling
Building Fluency and Accuracy
This stage focuses on spelling patterns, prefixes, suffixes, and spelling rules. Children develop fluent reading, accurate spelling, and stronger writing skills, supporting long-term literacy and comprehension.
Typically taught: Grade 2
Why Phonics?
What is Phonics
Phonics teaches children how letters represent sounds, enabling them to decode words and develop strong reading and writing skills from an early age.
Benefits
Phonics strengthens reading and spelling by teaching how sounds and letters work together. This approach supports early literacy development and long-term academic success.
The Learning process
Children begin by learning individual letter sounds, then blend those sounds to read words. They gradually progress from simple to more complex words, building skills step by step and developing confidence as readers.
How it helps
By teaching consistent letter-sound relationships, phonics promotes automatic word recognition. This boosts confidence, improves comprehension, and supports success across the curriculum.
