Description

Download and print this free deck of child-sized (5 X 6.5cm) playing cards for fun reading practice. Cards contain simply-spelt two-sound (VC) and three-sound (CVC) words printed facing both up and down, so they can be read from either side of a table.

Phoneme-grapheme correspondences in this deck are as follows:

• a as in at
• b as in big
• c as in can
• g as in got
• h as in hat
• i as in him
• m as in man
• n as in not
• o as in on
• p as in pat
• s as in sit
• t as in top

These are the first sound-spelling relationships taught in the Sounds-Write teaching sequence, and in the early Dandelion/Phonic Books and Forward With Phonics/Drop In Series teaching materials.

These cards can be used to play any card game that uses a typical deck of playing cards. We’ve made some videos of example games to get you started:

• California Speed
• Spit
• Snip Snap Snorum
• War
• Beggar Thy Neighbour
• Slapjack
• Snap
• Mancala, for which you’ll also need to download our Mancala board.

We hope you enjoy using them!