Phonics Games
Phonics games will help your child to practise sounding out words, which will help them to read. Initially,
children will learn basic letter sounds, such as "c-a-t" for "cat". Later they will move on to sounds such as "th",
"sh" and "ch", then "oo", "oa" and so on. Once they recognise a few basic letter sounds, they will be able to work
out what a written word says for themselves, a skill which they will be very proud to show off!
Follow the links below to the free phonics games. Your child will have lots of fun while developing their phonic
knowledge and skills.
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 Deep Sea Phonics
Choose from three levels - Medium, Hard or Really Hard. Listen to the word and choose the
correct sounds. (BBC Schools)
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 Letters and Sounds Phase 2 Initial Sounds Match
Click a card on the top row to reveal a letter, then click one of the cards on the bottom row to
find a picture. Use your memory and try to match each letter to a picture with the same initial
sound. (Letters and Sounds)
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 Letter Lifter
First click the lever to start the belt. An object will appear and you will hear the word. Type
the first letter of the word. If you get it right you will be able to click on the lift button and
the object will be taken away. (ICT Games)
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 Phoneme Pop
Choose the group of phonemes (sounds) you want the child to practise. The sound is spoken
clearly and the child has to pop the bubble containing the matching sound. Simple, but strangely
satisfying, like popping bubble wrap. (ICT Games)
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 Word Wheel
This game uses three-letter words. Decide which word the picture represents, then stop each
wheel when the correct letters are showing. Quite tricky! (Crickweb)
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 Reading machine
practise reading cvc (consonant, vowel, consonant) words with the reading machine. Choose the
correct word from the three displayed to match the object on the machine. Click next to go to the
next word. (ICT Games)
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 Three-letter house
A great game to help children with cvc (consonant, vowel, consonant) words. Choose a word ending
or a middle sound. Read the words and decide whether they are real words. (ICT Games)
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 Starfall
This is a brilliant site with lots of phonics games. Choose the sound and play a game, or choose
an online book to read. When you are reading the book, you can click on any word to hear it being
sounded out. Excellent!
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 DJ Cows
Choose a spelling pattern, e.g. words containing ch, sh and th. A word search is generated with
words containing the pattern you chose. Kids love the sound effects! (ICT Games)
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 Phonic Fighter
A letter appears on an alien spaceship and you have to click the picture beginning with that
letter. If you get it right, your fighter will shoot the alien. If you get it wrong, the alien will
shoot your fighter. (ICT Games)
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 CVC Maker
Choose Word Match, then click the buttons to make the word. Uses simple c-v-c
(consonant-vowel-consonant) words. This game could also be used to practise reading the real and
nonsense words that are generated as you make your way to finding the correct word. (Crickweb)
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Click for free printable phonics resources to support the DfES Letters and Sounds scheme.
Another skill which phonics games can help with is being able to recognise the sounds that a spoken word is made
up of, which will help them when it comes to writing and spelling. For example, when they want to write the word
"dog", they need to be able to hear the sounds "d", "o" and "g" in order to write the word. Listening skills are
therefore very important in learning to read, and these games can be a great help.
Phonics Recommendations
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