Looking for a fun and engaging way to incorporate Halloween into your phonics lessons? These printable Halloween phonics flashcards are perfect for EYFS and KS1 classrooms.
Designed with early readers in mind, the set includes a selection of spooky-themed CVC (consonant-vowel-consonant) and CVCC (consonant-vowel-consonant-consonant) words that help children build confidence in decoding, blending, and segmenting sounds.
The CVC words featured in the set are simple yet effective for introducing phonics concepts and reinforcing early reading skills. Words like bat, cat, hat, rat, fog, and web are Halloween-inspired and easy for young learners to sound out.
They provide opportunities for children to practise recognising individual letter sounds and blending them to form words.
For children ready to take their phonics practice a step further, the CVCC words add a level of challenge. These words include fang, dark, howl, mask, newt, and worm.
The additional consonants encourage children to focus on final blends, a key milestone in developing reading fluency.
Each flashcard features bold, clear text. Use them for whole-class activities, small group work or one-to-one interventions. They are ideal for games such as matching words to pictures, phoneme bingo or as prompts for practising writing and spelling.
These Halloween phonics flashcards make phonics fun while supporting your pupils’ literacy development. Simply print and laminate for a reusable resource that’s perfect for October.
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