Are you looking for some FREE Phonics Activities? Well, you’ve come to the right place!! Today in our Struggling Reader Series, I’m sharing TONS of links to free phonics activities.
Don’t get stressed out looking at the entire list. We’ll talk really quick about how to narrow down what phonics skills your learner needs to work on. All the phonics activities are listed by skill, so you can easily find what you need.
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What Phonics Skills Does Your Reader Need?
Before you dig too deep into all the freebies, it helps to first know what your reader needs to work on. In order to help struggling readers, it’s very important to zero in on what they don’t understand. We always want to start there.
So how do you know what phonics skills your learner knows or doesn’t know?
This quick and simple phonics assessment can totally help you out! Be sure to click on the link to print it out and read more about it. Note: If you need to assess letter sounds & phonics, you’ll want to use pp. 8-9 of my Reading Readiness Checklist.
The Ultimate List of FREE Phonics Activities
So, let’s say that based on your assessments and observations, you know the phonics skills your learner needs. The following free activities & printables are organized by skill with links to the blogger’s post, so be sure to scroll to the section(s) you need! Enjoy!
FREE Alphabet Activities
- Printable ABC Packs {This Reading Mama}
- Beginning Sound Coloring Pages {The Measured Mom}
- Beginning Alphabet Sounds Clip Cards {Free Homeschool Deals}
- Consonant Sorting Mats {The Measured Mom}
- Beginning Sounds Alphabet Mats {Mom Inspired Life}
- Alphabet Activity Pages {This Reading Mama}
- Alphabet Photo Cards {The Measured Mom}
- Beginning Sounds Chart {This Reading Mama}
- Alphabet Printables based on the Bible {1+1+1=1}
- Alphabet Playdough Mats {This Reading Mama}
- Alphabet Sounds Block Inserts {This Reading Mama}
- Beginning, Middle, End Clip Cards {The Measured Mom}
- Printable Alphabet Puzzles {This Reading Mama}
- Alphabet Resources – lots to choose from! {Homeschool Creations}
- Printable Alphabet Hats {123 Homeschool 4 Me}
- Hard & Soft C/G Pages {This Reading Mama}
FREE Short Vowel Activities
- Just Swap 1 Word Family Boards {This Reading Mama}
- Short Vowel Building Mats {This Reading Mama}
- Race to the Pond CVC Games {The Measured Mom}
- Short Vowel Missing Vowel Mats {Free Homeschool Deals}
- CVC Rhyming Word BLACKOUT {This Reading Mama}
- Short Vowel Clip Cards {Free Homeschool Deals}
- Word Family Books & Activities {This Reading Mama}
- Word Family Pull-Out {I Can Teach My Child}
- Short a Word Family Mats {The Measured Mom}
- CVC Sound Boxes {Playdough to Plato}
- Short Vowel Roll & Read Games {This Reading Mama}
- Low Prep Short Vowel Games {This Reading Mama}
- Hershey Kiss Word Family Sorts {123 Homeschool 4 Me}
- CVC Games {Playdough to Plato}
- Color the Short Vowel Sound {This Reading Mama}
- Short Vowel Jump Game {123 Homeschool 4 Me}
- 1-2-3 Flip It Short Vowel Card Game {This Reading Mama}
- CVC Word Puzzles {Tot Schooling}
- Rhyming CVC Word Game {Life Over C’s}
- CVC Word Family Wall Cards {3 Dinosaurs}
- CVC Words When You Only Have a Minute {Liz’s Early Learning Spot}
- BOB Books Lesson Plans & Printables for Set 1 {This Reading Mama}
- BOB Books Lesson Plans & Printables for Set 2 {This Reading Mama}
FREE Blends & Digraphs Activities
- 50+ Blends & Digraph Game Boards {This Reading Mama}
- Short Vowel Building Mats with Blends/Digraphs {This Reading Mama}
- Blends Ice Cream Puzzles {Playdough to Plato}
- Roll a Blend Game Boards {The Measured Mom}
- Single Player Digraph Games {The Measured Mom}
- Beginning & Ending Digraph Clip Cards {This Reading Mama}
- Shh! Don’t Wake the Baby Card Game {This Reading Mama}
- Blend Playdough Mats {3 Dinosaurs}
- Blends Cards & Dice {Playdough to Plato}
- Digraph Sounds Board Game {Life Over C’s}
- Cookie Jar Beginning Digraph Sorts {Playdough to Plato}
- Check It! Digraph Game {This Reading Mama}
- Beginning & Ending Digraph Phonics Cards {This Reading Mama}
- Consonant Digraph Garden {I Can Teach My Child}
- TH Digraphs Wheels {Liz’s Early Learning Spot}
- Cut & Paste Digraph Sorts {This Reading Mama}
- Digraph Gumball Puzzles {Playdough to Plato}
- Beginning Blend BINGO {This Reading Mama}
- Digraph Puzzles {This Reading Mama}
- Roll a Blend Games {The Measured Mom}
- Sorting Consonant Digraphs {Make and Take Teaching}
- Digraph Sort & Find {Playdough to Plato}
- Ending Blends Clip Cards {This Reading Mama}
- BOB Books Lesson Plans & Printables for Set 3 {This Reading Mama}
- BOB Books Lesson Plans & Printables for Set 4 {This Reading Mama}
FREE R-Controlled Activities
- R-Controlled Vowel Go Fish {The Measured Mom}
- Bossy R Word Sort for AR & OR {This Reading Mama}
- 4 in a Row Bossy R Games {The Measured Mom}
- R-Controlled Clip Cards {This Reading Mama}
- R-Controlled Phonics Cards within this HUGE pack {This Reading Mama}
- R-Controlled Write the Room Activity {School is a Happy Place}
- Bossy R Game Boards {The Measured Mom}
- Is it Real? R-Controlled Vowels Game {The Measured Mom}
- Printable, R-Controlled Books {The Measured Mom}
FREE CVCe {Long Vowel} Activities
- Stamp & Spell Mats {This Reading Mama}
- NO Prep Silent e Games {The Measured Mom}
- Sneaky e Dot Pages {This Reading Mama}
- Magic E BINGO {Playdough to Plato}
- CVCe Word Family Ladders {3 Dinosaurs}
- Magic e Clip Cards {This Reading Mama}
- CVCe Rhyming Word BLACKOUT {This Reading Mama}
- 4 in a Row Magic e {Make, Take & Teach}
- Magic e Spelling Pages {This Reading Mama}
- Long Vowel Roll & Read Games {This Reading Mama}
- Short & Long Vowel Sort & Read {Liz’s Early Learning Spot}
- Roll a Long Vowel Game Boards {The Measured Mom}
- Ice Cream CVCe Puzzles {The Letters of Literacy}
- Spin n’ Spell CVCe Words {This Reading Mama}
- Long Vowel Jump Game {123 Homeschool 4 Me}
- Long Vowel Word Building Mats {This Reading Mama}
- Read, Find, Color Long Vowels {The Kindergarten Connection}
- Silent e Word Builders {The Measured Mom}
- Low Prep Long Vowel Games {This Reading Mama}
- Long Vowel Songs {The Crazy Schoolteacher}
- More Magic e Pages {This Reading Mama}
FREE Common Long Vowel Team Activities
- Long Vowel Team Phonics Cards {This Reading Mama}
- Long a Spelling Patterns Train Game {The Measured Mom}
- Printable, Decodable Books {The Measured Mom}
- Long Vowel Roll & Read Games {This Reading Mama}
- BOB Books Lesson Plans & Printables for Set 5 {This Reading Mama}
- Long Vowel Team Clip Cards {This Reading Mama}
- Roll & Read ee Words {The Measured Mom}
- Long Vowel Team Worksheets {This Reading Mama}
- Long Vowel Match Up {123 Homeschool 4 Me}
- Low Prep Long Vowel Games {This Reading Mama}
- Long Vowels Roll-a-Word Activity {This Reading Mama}
- Play in the Rain Game {The Measured Mom}
FREE Less Common Vowel Teams
- Froot Loop Spelling Mat {The Measured Mom}
- Vowel Chunk Spelling Cards + Word Lists {This Reading Mama}
- Worksheets for oo {The Measured Mom}
- Phonics Cards for all kinds of vowel teams {This Reading Mama}
- FREE Phonics Books {The Measured Mom}
- Diphthongs Interactive Notebook {You’ve Got This Math}
FREE Words with Syllables Activities {Longer Words}
- 6 Syllable Types Freebie {This Reading Mama}
- Compound Word Printable Books {The Measured Mom}
- Printable Two-Syllable Books {The Measured Mom}
- More Printable Two-Syllable Books {The Measured Mom}
- Open & Closed Syllable Games {This Reading Mama}
- Compound Word Card Games {This Reading Mama}
- Kid Friendly Syllable Rules {The Classroom Key}
- Hands-On Compound Words {Carrots are Orange}
- Super Suffixes Game {Relentlessly Fun, Deceptively Educational}
- Compound Word Popsicle Puzzles {This Reading Mama}
- Prefixes & Suffixes Activity Pack {This Reading Mama}
- Reading Longer Words Printable {This Reading Mama}
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~Becky
Great list! Thanks for sharing my syllable rules post 🙂
Hannah
The Classroom Key
You’re very welcome! It’s brilliant! 🙂
Wow! Thanks for all your resources and ideas. I love using them. Where do you find the resource (or the name of it) in your image where the child is using letters to make the word cat and then changing it to can. This is something I have been wanting to do with my daughter!
That activity is called “Just Swap 1” and you can find the short a board pictured here–> https://thisreadingmama.com/short-a-word-families-reader-and-activities/ I more for other vowels, too, in each review lesson of Learn to Read.
Thanks a lot. Your efforts are immeasurable. I am glad for this plethora of resources.
Great resource! Thanks for putting this together!
Thank you.
This is phenomenal! I love your page. It definitely lives up to its name: it is really The ULTIMATE. Congratulations!
Aw, thanks!! 🙂
You are amazing! Thank you so much for putting these resources together, and for sharing with the world. You have inspired me to share things I have made–we all need to work together!!
I agree! That’s why I started blogging. I missed the sharing of ideas from when I used to teach in the classroom!
Wow! What great resources. Thank you!
Thank you so much for sharing all of the wonderful things you create. I am a long time follower and love when I get the e-mails about new blog posts! Now that I am tutoring full-time, your resources make my life a lot easier!