Blessed with seven Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 Hi, I am going to go with Alpha Phonics for reading for my 7 year old, we are doing AAR1 and it just is moving too slow for us. He likes some of the games but...I decided instead of spending another $100 on Level 2 to just finish Level 1 and do Alpha Phonics. I was going to get PAL to use but thought that is silly, I am really just wanting a few "game" ideas. Is there something to purchase for just phonetic games? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alisoncooks Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 There are a ton of game ideas you can find via google and Pinterest. If you want something organized/curriculum, Happy Phonics is all games and runs about $45 new (but you might could find it used). Here are some we've liked: http://teachersites.schoolworld.com/webpages/acosta/files/quick%20&%20easy%20phonics%20games.pdf Then there's something cheap and easy like the game "Snap it Up!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delighted3 Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 If you join the SWR yahoo group, there is a ton of games in the files section. Also, the book "Games for Reading" by Peggy Kaye is a great resource. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElizabethB Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 Mine is free and fun! http://www.thephonicspage.org/On%20Phonics/concentrationgam.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ByGrace3 Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 AAR also has that game supplement book but I am not sure hat levels of phonics are included. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eloquacious Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 Just found this today! http://mrsgilchristsclass.blogspot.com/2012/09/candy-land-cvc-words.html CVC Candyland. I found another version of this available for purchase, and she does various ones, not just CVC, but also CVCC, CCVC, Sight words, etc. But these are FREE and frankly, I prefer the styling. I just bought a used Candyland for $1.50 at the Goodwill the other day, and my husband is printing these out for my littlest one. I'll probably make some with more difficult words for the older son to use, or maybe not... he'll just have fun lording it over his brother, who is just learning to read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eloquacious Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 Oooh and this - Phonics Monsters. http://bogglesworldesl.com/phonics_monsters.htm These are great because they can be printed b/w on card stock, possibly even without laminating, though I probably will. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alisoncooks Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 Ooo, that CVC Candyland is awesome! I may not throw out our Candyland after all (I hate that game!) RE: Phonics monsters... I found that site a while back and could never get the games to open/format properly. Perhaps because they're saved as word docs or something. They didn't play well with my Mac. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eloquacious Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 Ooo, that CVC Candyland is awesome! I may not throw out our Candyland after all (I hate that game!) RE: Phonics monsters... I found that site a while back and could never get the games to open/format properly. Perhaps because they're saved as word docs or something. They didn't play well with my Mac. :( I found that it's important to make sure that the printer isn't sizing anything. Some of the pieces printed in a different size. Also, I used the free program Open Office, not Word, and exported the docs to a .pdf before printing. I have a Mac, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eloquacious Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 So I made the CVC monster cards, and laminated them. Today, I played with #1 son (currently reading at 2nd-3rd grade level) and #2 son (just blending CVCs and some CCVCs/CVCCs), and it was awesome. We played a version of Elizabeth's phonics concentration game, but with the three pieces. Everyone picked a beginning, middle, and end, then got 1 point for a nonsense word and 2 for a real word. My older son was interested because a) who picked the Netflix movie was at stake ad B) he LOVED the nonsense words. Awesome, thank you! I love that even a nonsense word gets a point. So a spin-off of these questions would be: which phonics games have proven most helpful to you all? I am currently designing a set of printables/lessons basically combining the Reading Bear sequence (aka Rudolph Flesch) with the free resources already existing (Blend Phonics and Word Mastery), mostly writing-free stuff using a movable alphabet/phonogram tiles or very light writing stuff. (I am hoping to make them as friendly to pre-writing little ones as possible, and they are designed to all fit within a medium-sized binder with some baseball card holders and business card holders within to contain the pieces. All smallish pieces are meant to be re-used across multiple activites/games (so as to make them worth laminating/cutting out) and even some of the writing pages are meant to be reusable (inserted into the cover of the binder, written on with dry erase markers). A tall order, I know, but it would be helpful to know what you find most useful. I'm incorporating a lot of Montessori Segmenting/blending techniques, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staceyshoe Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 Pinterest has lots of great game ideas! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy M Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 Here's one I homemade for the kids for Christmas! Phonics word blocks game--found it on Confessions of a Homeschooler. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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