Phonics Letter Sounds Game for Kindergarten Fun Decoding Activity
🎯 Letter Sounds & Decoding Card Game – Phonemes & Graphemes Practice
Make phonics fun and engaging with this UNO-style decoding card game that focuses on phonemes and common graphemes! Perfect for small groups, literacy centers, or intervention, this game builds phoneme-grapheme mapping skills while keeping students excited to play.
💡 Why Teachers Love It
✅ Covers all 44 phonemes and 91 graphemes for comprehensive practice
✅ Differentiation built in—easily target specific sounds or graphemes
✅ Perfect for systematic phonics programs or decoding interventions
✅ Great for little learners and older students who need extra phonics support
📦 What’s Included
⭐ Full Deck of Playing Cards
- Numbered Cards featuring phonemes & graphemes with a picture + highlighted grapheme
- Special Cards: Skip, Reverse, Draw Two, Draw Four, and Wild
⭐ Complete Phonics Coverage
- Consonant Sounds: /b/, /d/, /f/, /g/, /h/, /j/, /k/, /l/, /m/, /n/, /p/, /r/, /s/, /t/, /v/, /w/, /y/, /z/, /zh/
- Consonant Digraphs: /sh/, /ch/, /ng/, /th/
- Short Vowels: /a/, /e/, /i/, /o/, /u/, /oo/
- Long Vowels: /āi/, /ē/, /ī/, /ō/, /y/ōō/, /ōō/, /oi/, /ow/, /ə/
- R-Controlled Vowels: /ã/, /ä/, /û/, /ô/, /ē/ə/, /ü/ə/, /i/ə/, /ōō/ə/, /ow/ə/
- Tricky Graphemes: cat, city, fox, exam, queen, bouquet
🎲 How to Play
1️⃣ Students announce the phoneme when playing a card.
2️⃣ They decode and blend the highlighted word to reinforce sound-symbol knowledge.
3️⃣ Play continues like a classic UNO-style game for endless engagement!
🌟 Ways to Differentiate
- Introduce one sound group at a time (e.g., consonant sounds first).
- Use smaller decks for younger students or targeted interventions.
- Perfect for phonics centers, RTI groups, tutoring, and ESL/ELL support.
Prep Tip: Print, laminate, and you’re ready for years of literacy fun!
