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Sight word gamesPack a little word picnic.
Read a word together. Find its card. Build it from little pieces. Bring a grown-up and a little curiosity.
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Pack a little word picnic
Choose words your child has started learning. A grown-up reads with them and helps with any unfamiliar sounds. There is no recorded audio, timer or reading score.
Bring the picnic to the table
Print all 12 word cards on two pages. Cut them out, read a few together, then find a word your grown-up says or build it with your own letter pieces.
See the 12 words and grown-up tips
Sound and blend · Word picnic cards
Read with a grown-up. Use familiar letter sounds and explain the parts to notice. Then find or build the word and read its sentence together.
Put a pebble in the cup.
Say the two sounds and blend them. The i has the short sound in sit.
A bug is on the bag.
Read from left to right. Blend the sounds, then read the whole sentence together.
It is time for a picnic.
Notice the last letter. In and it begin alike but end with different sounds.
We sit at a little table.
The a has the short sound in cat. Join it to the sound for t.
I can pack a snack.
Here c has the sound at the start of cat. Blend all three sounds together.
We had a red blanket.
Say each sound, then blend the word. Notice the d at the end.
Notice a special part · Word picnic cards
Read with a grown-up. Use familiar letter sounds and explain the parts to notice. Then find or build the word and read its sentence together.
Find the little basket.
Th works together as in this. Say the vowel as you normally do when reading the sentence.
The cup is red.
The i has its short sound. Here s has the buzzing sound at the end of buzz.
Our picnic was fun.
Ask your grown-up to say was. Notice its vowel and the buzzing s at the end.
Dad said, "Pack a cup."
Here ai has the short e sound in bed. Keep the familiar sounds for s and d.
Will you bring a hat?
Y has the sound at the start of yes. Here ou has the long oo sound in moon.
We have a big basket.
A keeps its short sound in cat. The final e is quiet, but it still belongs in the written word.
Sound and blend · Word picnic cards
Read with a grown-up. Use familiar letter sounds and explain the parts to notice. Then find or build the word and read its sentence together.
Put a pebble in the cup.
Say the two sounds and blend them. The i has the short sound in sit.
A bug is on the bag.
Read from left to right. Blend the sounds, then read the whole sentence together.
It is time for a picnic.
Notice the last letter. In and it begin alike but end with different sounds.
We sit at a little table.
The a has the short sound in cat. Join it to the sound for t.
I can pack a snack.
Here c has the sound at the start of cat. Blend all three sounds together.
We had a red blanket.
Say each sound, then blend the word. Notice the d at the end.
Notice a special part · Word picnic cards
Read with a grown-up. Use familiar letter sounds and explain the parts to notice. Then find or build the word and read its sentence together.
Find the little basket.
Th works together as in this. Say the vowel as you normally do when reading the sentence.
The cup is red.
The i has its short sound. Here s has the buzzing sound at the end of buzz.
Our picnic was fun.
Ask your grown-up to say was. Notice its vowel and the buzzing s at the end.
Dad said, "Pack a cup."
Here ai has the short e sound in bed. Keep the familiar sounds for s and d.
Will you bring a hat?
Y has the sound at the start of yes. Here ou has the long oo sound in moon.
We have a big basket.
A keeps its short sound in cat. The final e is quiet, but it still belongs in the written word.
How to use it
- Choose familiar words and read one together, using known letter sounds and explaining any unusual parts.
- Find the word among three cards, then tap its spelling pieces in order. Peek or try again whenever needed.
- Read a sentence together and explore the next word. Print all 12 cards for practice away from the screen.