Learning to Read Games

Reading games for Key Stage 1 make learning to read exciting and interactive and can strengthen reading fluency. Designed for children aged 5–7, these activities focus on building words with phonics, practising decoding skills, blending sounds and reading high frequency words with confidence.

Balloon Phonics

Balloon Phonics is a game which focuses on three letter words (cvc). There are three game modes: Initial sounds, Middle sounds and End sounds. Appropriate for Phase 2 Letters and Sounds.

Help a Hedgehog

A super read the word challenge game which can help you with learning to read. Read as many words as you can that are matched to Letters and Sounds Phases 2 and 3 or enter your own words.The game helps with decoding and blending words skills.

Sled Dog Dash

Fun missions which will challenge children's listening and reading skills. The user's challenge is to help two children complete missions by using non fiction texts as a guide. There are several adventures to choose from.

Sound Sayer

A teaching tool to support whole-class or small groups with phonics teaching. It can support parents too when they are helping their child with reading at home.

High Frequency Words - Spin the Wheel

Spin the wheel to see how many high frequency words you can read. This is great for a lesson starter on an interactive whiteboard.

Sighties

A delightful game where you find the sight words. This game is based on the first 100 high frequency words used in reading and writing.

Guided Reading and Reading Games with Roy the Zebra

A wonderful guided reading story with accompanying printable worksheets and guided reading discussion sheets. There are 80 interactive literacy games, stories and songs for use in school or at home. Well worth a look!

Starfall - Learn to Read

A good learning to read site. There are good quality games and animated stories which children can interact with. The children can click on words to see what they say. Excellent for learning the sounds the letters make.