Help your child learn to relate the sounds of spoken language to the letters of the alphabet and word forms. You will find many online, printable, and make-at-home activities to build your child's phonics skills. Electronic toys and board games are also fun ways to build your child's understanding of letter and word sounds.
Phonics Games and Activities - Online
- ABC's Online, from Starfall.com
- Letter Combination Sounds and More Early Reading Games, from Starfall.com
- Between the Lions Online and Printable Letter Sounds Games, from PBS
- Phonics Interactive Games, from Sadlier-Oxford
- Play Cookie Monster's Letter of the Day game online, from Sesame Street
- Phonics Fun, from Scholastic
- Gus and Inky Games, from Getting Ready to Read
- Clifford's Interactive Storybook - Early Phonics Game, from Scholastic
Phonics Games and Activities - Printable
- Phonogram Flash Cards, from Jan Brett
- Phonics Posters, from Adrian Bruce
- Change Game, a phonics twist on a favorite card game for 4 or more players, from Adrian Bruce
- ABC Printouts, from Starfall.com
- Print and Do Games and Activities to Learn Vowel Sounds, from BBC School
- Print and Do Games and Activities to Learn Consonant Blends, from BBC School
- Printable Cards to Learn and Practice Suffix Sounds, from Barbara Pratt
- Reading Games for Young Kids, from Kids Domain
- Phonemic Awareness Worksheets, from Tampa Reads
- Printable Games, from Speech Teach
Phonics Games and Activities - Make at Home
- Build a Word Game, from Scholastic
- Guess the Letter Game, from Scholastic
- Letter Scavenger Hunt, from Scholastic
- The Rhyming Game, from Scholastic
- Sticking to It, from Scholastic
- Letter of the Week Preschool Curriculum, from Brightly Beaming Resources
- World of Words Home Activities, from U.S. Dept. of Education
- Early Literacy Activity Cards, from Get Ready to Read
- Phonemic Awareness Games, from The EFL Playhouse
- Make-at-Home Word Games, from the LEARNS Partners at The Bank Street College of Education
- Purchase the book Hands-On Phonics Activities for Elementary Children by Karen Meyers Stangl
Phonics Games and Activities - Electronic and Board Games
- Top Picks - Electronic ABC and Phonics Games, from About Homeschooling
- Top Picks - Preschool Reading Toys, from Parenting of K-6 Children
- Top Picks - Word Games for Younger Elementary-Age Children, from Parenting of K-6 Children
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