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Phonics flash cards

Every sound with a picture word, and every tricky word, as big as you like: one to a page for the classroom wall, or eight to cut out for home.

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Cards
Phase
Each card
Size

6 pages, printed sideways (landscape). Cut along the dashed lines.

sβ˜€οΈsunPhase 2
a🍎applePhase 2
tβ›ΊtentPhase 2
p🐷pigPhase 2
i🐞insectPhase 2
nπŸ₯œnutPhase 2
mπŸ—ΊοΈmapPhase 2
d🐢dogPhase 2
g🎁giftPhase 2
oπŸ™octopusPhase 2
c🐱catPhase 2
kπŸ”‘keyPhase 2
ckπŸ¦†duckPhase 2
eπŸ₯šeggPhase 2
uβ˜‚οΈumbrellaPhase 2
r🐰rabbitPhase 2
h🎩hatPhase 2
b🚌busPhase 2
f🐸frogPhase 2
ffπŸ¦’giraffePhase 2
l🦁lionPhase 2
llπŸ””bellPhase 2
ssπŸ‘—dressPhase 2

Ways to use them

  • Quick-fire sounds

    Hold up a card and say the sound together, not the letter’s name: β€œsss”, not β€œess”. A few minutes at the start of a lesson keeps every sound fresh. Print them without pictures once children know the sounds well.

  • On the wall

    One to a page makes a display children can see from their seats. Put up each sound as it’s taught, so the wall grows with the class.

  • At home

    Eight to a page fits a pack in a pocket. Lay three cards out and ask your child to find the one you say, then swap: they say, you find.

  • Tricky words

    Read a tricky word together, then point to the part that’s tricky: the e in β€œthe”. Children learn that part by heart and sound out the rest.

More to print and play

Teaching a class? Every worksheet prints as a class set, each copy different.

Reading starts with sounds.

In Thena’s lessons every sound is said clearly, and children tap, blend and read with her, at their own level.

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