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Ages 3–8 · 78 Game Designs · Free

🔤 Phonics Games

From letters to reading — learn through play

Section 1 · Ages 4–7

🎯 Letter Sounds

Short vowels · Digraphs SH/CH/TH/WH · Consonant blends

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Phonics Tap
Tap the missing sound to complete the word — beginning, middle, and ending sounds.
Short vowels · Digraphs · Blends · 30 questions
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First Sound
Which picture starts with that sound? Tap the right one — from single letters to digraphs and blends.
45 sounds · B, SH, BL, FR… · Ages 4–7
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Blend Builder
Pick the starting sound to build the word — C+AT, SH+INE, FR+OG. Onset meets rime!
45 words · Single → Digraph → Blend · Ages 5–8
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Digraph Detective
SHEEP has SH — PHONE has PH! Spot the two-letter sound hiding in each word.
43 words · SH CH TH WH PH NG CK · Ages 5–8
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Ending Sounds
CAT ends with /t/ — which of these three words ends the same way? Match the final sound!
22 rounds · /t/ /sh/ /ng/ /ight/ · Ages 5–7
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Farm Sound Sort
BEE goes to the B barn, MOUSE to the M barn! Sort each word into the right barn by its first sound.
85 words · B M S F T P D · Ages 4–6
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Blend or Not?
FLAG starts with FL — a blend! SHEEP starts with SH — just one sound! Is it a BLEND or a SINGLE?
76 words · Blends vs digraphs · Ages 6–7
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Final Blend Spotter
NEST ends with -ST! HAND ends with -ND! Be a detective — spot the hidden blend at the end of the word!
71 words · -ST -ND -MP -NK -NT -SK -FT · Ages 6–7
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Section 1b · Ages 5–7

🌋 Vowel Power

Short vowels · Fill the blank · Sort by sound

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Vowel Volcano
Drop each word into the right volcano — A, E, I, O, or U. Which vowel hides inside?
50 words · Short vowels · 3–5 buckets · Ages 5–7
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Missing Vowel
C_T, FR_G, BR_CK — tap the vowel that fills the blank to complete the word!
45 words · A E I O U tiles · CVC to CCVCC · Ages 5–7
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Long or Short?
CAT has a SHORT A. CAKE has a LONG A. Listen for the vowel sound — is it long or short?
36 words · A E I O U · CVC vs CVCe · Ages 5–7
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Vowel Swap
Try all 5 vowels in a frame: B_T → BAT, BET, BIT, BUT! Which combos make real words?
22 consonant frames · A E I O U · Ages 5–7
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Diphthong Dash
COIN has OI · BOY has OY · CLOUD has OU · COW has OW! Sort the word into the right bucket!
40 words · OI OY OU OW · Ages 6–8
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Bossy R
The R is bossy — it changes the vowel sound! STAR has AR, CORN has OR. Spot the r-controlled pattern!
35 words · AR ER IR OR UR · Ages 6–8
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Star, Bird, or Burn?
FERN, BIRD, and BURN all sound the same — but are spelled differently! Spot ER, IR, or UR.
51 words · ER IR UR patterns · Ages 6–7
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Section 2 · Ages 4–6

🚀 Rhyming

Pick the word that rhymes — word families and onset-rime

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Rhyme Rocket
Pick the word that rhymes! CAT rhymes with HAT — not DOG or SUN.
25 word pairs · Ages 4–6
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Word Sort
Sort each word into its word family bucket: -AT, -IG, -AKE, -IGHT… which group does it belong to?
60 words · 15 families · 3 rounds · Ages 5–7
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Rhyme or No Rhyme?
CAT and HAT — do they rhyme? Quick! Tap YES or NO before the next pair appears!
36 pairs · CVC → blends → longer words · Ages 4–7
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Odd One Out
CAT, HAT, BAT, DOG — which word doesn't belong? Spot the intruder in the word family!
40 families · -AT to -IGHT · Ages 5–7
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Section 3 · Ages 5–7

👁️ Sight Words

High-frequency Dolch words — see it, remember it, find it

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Sight Word Flash
A word flashes for 2 seconds. Remember it — then find it in a line-up of three!
30 Dolch words · Ages 5–7
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Word Match
Tap a word, then tap its matching picture. Match all 4 pairs before the next round!
48 pairs · 3 rounds of 4 · Ages 4–7
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Section 3b · Ages 5–8

🔡 Spelling

Unscramble the letters — from 3-letter words to 7-letter challenges

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Spell It
Tap the scrambled letters in the right order to spell the word shown by the picture.
45 words · 3–7 letters · Ages 5–8
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ABC Order
Tap 4 words in A-to-Z order! ANT, BEE, CAT, DOG — which comes first, second, third?
30 sets · First letter → 2nd → 3rd · Ages 5–8
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Word Ladder
CAT → BAT → BAD → MAD. Change one letter per step to climb from the start word to the target!
19 ladders · 2–4 steps · Ages 6–8
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Section 2b · Ages 5–8

💥 Word Building

Combine words to make new ones — compound word power

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Compound Crash
SUN + ? = SUNFLOWER! Smash two words together to build a compound word. Which piece completes it?
23 compounds · SUNFLOWER to THUNDERSTORM · Ages 5–8
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Plural Power
CAT → CATS, FOX → FOXES, BUNNY → BUNNIES! Choose the right plural — -S, -ES, or -IES?
25 words · 3 plural rules · Ages 5–8
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Contraction Action
CAN'T = CAN + NOT! Find the two words that got squished together to make the contraction.
24 contractions · -n't · 'll · 've · 'd · Ages 6–8
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Section 3c · Ages 5–8

✨ Long Vowels

Magic-E and vowel teams — when the vowel says its name

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Long Vowel Magic
PIN or PINE? BIKE or BIK? Choose the right spelling and discover the magic of the silent E!
40 words · Magic-E + Vowel Teams · Ages 5–8
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Magic E
HAT + silent E = HATE! Tap the magic E button, then pick which CVCe word the short-vowel word becomes.
20 CVC→CVCe pairs · A I O U-E · Ages 5–8
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Vowel Team Memory
Flip cards to match each word to its picture! RAIN pairs with 🌧️ — find all the AI, EE, OA, and OW teams.
60 words · AI AY EE EA OA OW · Ages 6–8
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Section 4 · Ages 5–7

👏 Syllables

Clap and count — building phonological awareness

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Syllable Tap
Clap along and count the syllables. CAT = 1. RABBIT = 2. ELEPHANT = 3!
30 words · 1–4 syllables · Ages 5–7
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Syllable Chop
Karate chop each word at the right syllable break! RUB·BER, not R·UBBER — where does the split go?
32 words · VC·CV V·CV 3-syllable · Ages 5–7
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Section 5 · Ages 3–8

🌈 New Frontiers

One game from each brand-new skill area — letters through comprehension

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Cosmic Letter Sort
Blast off! Sort each letter to its shape planet — Round, Tall, Short, or Descender. Master tricky b/d and p/q pairs.
Letter Recognition · Ages 3–5
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Repeated Reading Stars
Read the same short passage 3 times and watch your speed improve. A research-proven fluency technique, turned into a game.
Reading Fluency · Ages 5–8
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Sentence Scramble
Tap the jumbled words in the right order to build a correct sentence. Syntax awareness through hands-on reconstruction.
Sentence Reading · Ages 5–8
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Simon Says Sound
Listen close! Tap only when the word starts with the target sound. Builds phoneme awareness and self-control together.
Listening Skills · Ages 5–7
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Word in Context
Use the words around it to guess what a tricky word means. Read the sentence, tap the right meaning.
Vocabulary · Ages 6–8
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Beginning Middle End
Read the story event and sort it into the right bucket — Beginning, Middle, or End. Builds narrative structure and comprehension.
Reading Comprehension · Ages 6–8
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Ages 3–8 · Letter recognition through reading comprehension
Designed by an early childhood educator, reading specialist, game designer, and child psychologist.