Words and Spelling Games
Little Bird Spelling
This spelling game has tricky words listed in the National Curriculum as being 'common exception words'. It is a look, cover, write and check game.
Spooky Spellings
This spelling game uses the words listed in the UK National Curriculum as being 'Common Exception Words' or tricky words.
Alphabetical Ordering
This is a game for practising ordering words into the order they appear in the alphabet. The 6 levels extend from using the first letter of the words, to ordering words where the fourth letter determines the order.
Forest Phonics
Forest Phonics is a spelling game where you can select the phonemes you want to focus on.
Small Town Superheroes
18 mini games to help you with your Key Stage 1 English skills such as suffixes and prefixes, punctuation and sentences. There are two levels of difficulty.
Karate Cats
A Key Stage 1 English game where you need to complete sentences, find the correct spellings and choose the correct places for full stops.
Pirate Treasure Hunt
Can you help Pirate Jack find the treasure on the island? Explore the island, follow the instructions carefully and complete the eight challenges to achieve your goal.
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.
Spellingframe
A spelling game with spellings taken from the spelling curriculum in England. Each word is read aloud, included in a sentence and broken into syllables. A subscription site offering a free trial for schools.
Violet's Vowel Suffix
A spelling game with two parts: a demonstration mode and a game mode. It teaches important suffixes such as ing, ed, ey and er. It is great for teaching when to double consonants when adding suffixes.
Plural Pirates
A useful spelling tutorial and game about adding s or es to a word to make it into a plural. It also covers plurals of words ending in y.
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.
Poop Deck Pirates
A phonics game which can help you to build words. Read the words and decide if they are real words or not. The game links to phases 3, 4 and 5 of the 'Letters and Sounds' programme. It works well on an interactive whiteboard.
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.
