Word For Word – Flip Card Sets 1 & 2

Word For Word Flip Cards are a versatile phonics resource designed to support the development of vocabulary, reading and spelling. As a child’s skills and knowledge develops, additional flip cards may be introduced to build on prior knowledge and support new learning.

Use the Word For Word Flip Cards to;

• Teach the sounds (phonemes) of English and how these are represented with letters (graphemes)
• Teach and practise single letter recognition
• Introduce digraphs (2 letters representing one sound, e.g. -ck for /k/ as in duck)
• Develop simple reading (decoding) and spelling (encoding) skills at the following levels: CV (Consonant-Vowel e.g., ma), VC (Vowel-Consonant e.g., am), CVC (Consonant-Vowel-Consonant e.g., mat), CVCe (Consonant-Vowel-Consonant +e, e.g., mate)
• Learn and practise new words by using the cards for word-building activities. This supports early spelling and sentence-building.
• Teach letter names (once introductory sounds are known) and the alphabet sequence
• Support visual discrimination between letters that children often confuse, e.g., b/d
• Play a variety of games to support the teaching and learning of phonics

Key Features of the Word For Word Flip Cards;

• Each card is made from quality, durable Laminated Art Card and each set comes in a handy plastic storage box
• Each card is colourful and contains letters, words and pictures
• The cards support a wide range of developmental activities
• The cards are tactile
• The cards can be easily displayed in a variety of ways
• The cards are a fully portable resource

Set 1 Includes – 41 Flip Cards which enable CV, VC, CVC and CVCe words to be made and practised

Contents of Set 1 –

• The alphabet A-Z cards (Please note there are separate cards with q and qu on the front. Use the q card for alphabet sequencing activities and for visual discrimination tasks (children sometimes confuse p and q). Use the qu card to teach the /kw/ sound.
• Split digraphs (a-e/ae, ee/e-e, i-e/ie, o-e/oe, u-e/ue) . An additional letter e card is included to facilitate word-building. Teach the split digraph using the split digraph cards but use the vowels and the additional letter e when the child is building words.
• ve [English words do not end in v. Use this card when children are spelling words such as have, dove, live (as in ‘I live in a flat’) that do not include a long sound (split digraph). Contrast those examples with Dave, hove, live (as in ‘The show is live on air’)].
• Digraphs: ck, ff, ll, ss, zz, oo/oo

Set 2 includes – 34 Flip Cards to enable you to teach the following additional phonemes and graphemes and further boost decoding and encoding skills.

Contents of Set 2  – Flip Cards showing – ai, ay, oa, ow, ea, igh, ar, er, ir, or, ur, are, eer/ere, ire, ore, ure, ch, sh, th, th, wh, ng, nk, oi, oy, au, aw, ou, ow, war/quar, ce-ci-cy, ge-gi-gy, -ge/-dge, -ch/tch