What is the Phonics game?
Phonics is the link between the sounds a child hears and the letters on the page, and it is where reading begins. Before a child can read a word they need to hear the sounds inside it: that cat and hat rhyme, that sun and sock start the same way, and that sh, ch and th each make one sound. This game practices all three with short, tapped questions and a word shown big. The answer checks itself the moment you tap, and the working says why, so the pattern is heard, not just guessed.
How do you play the Phonics game?
A word appears with a question. When it asks which word rhymes, pick the one that ends with the same sound. When it asks which word starts the same, listen for the first sound. When it shows sh, ch or th, pick the word that has that sound in it. Easy stays with rhyming families like cat, hat and bat, Medium adds beginning sounds, and Hard brings in the digraphs that unlock harder words.
Phonics from kindergarten to grade 2
Phonics is for the youngest readers. Rhyming and beginning sounds come first, in kindergarten and first grade, and the sh, ch and th digraphs follow in first and second. Because the difficulty is a button, one page carries a child from their first rhymes to real decoding. For saying each letter sound aloud, our phonics flashcards go hand in hand with this game.
Frequently asked questions
What does the Phonics game practice?
The sounds inside words, which is how reading starts. It asks which word rhymes with another, which word starts with the same sound, and which word has the sh, ch or th sound. The answer checks itself the moment you tap, and the working says why, so a child hears the pattern.
Why do rhyming and beginning sounds matter for reading?
Reading begins with hearing that words are made of sounds. A child who can tell that cat and hat rhyme, and that sun and sock start the same, is ready to blend sounds into words. Those two skills, rhyme and beginning sound, are the groundwork every early reading program builds on.
What grade is this phonics for?
Phonics is for the youngest readers, kindergarten through second grade. Easy stays with rhyming word families like cat and hat, Medium adds beginning sounds, and Hard brings in the sh, ch and th digraphs that unlock hundreds of words.