This page contains affiliate links. In this post I will be sharing with you three phonics games for you to download and print for free, for helping children to read and spell words with the sounds 'oo' and 'ee'. Two letters making one sound: oo and eeMost children find these sounds easy to learn. They are clear and distinct. As always, the key to learning these new sounds, is to help the child to see two letters together, making one new sound. So 'when we see the word: 'feet', we say: f ee t which is 3 sounds NOT f e e t which is 4 sounds ee Phonic GamesMost of my 'ee' phonic games include the sound 'oo' as well, as this sound has just been taught previous to 'ee' in my Reading Made Simple Free reading programme. I have written this game for pupils with special needs who find it hard to learn that one 'e' says 'e' as in bed, and two e's says 'ee' as in feet. The 'e' or 'ee' Phonic game helps pupils to differentiate between the two sounds, so that they become familiar with the new sound before attempting to read and spell words containing it. I suggest that you introduce the sound 'ee'. Then practice it on a flashcard with the sound 'e' and then play this game. 'OO' makes two soundsIf you think of the word boot and then the word look you will hear that although they are both written with 'oo', they do not both have the same 'oo' sound. boot has a long ooo sound, while look just has a short 'oo' sound. One easy way of helping children to remember is to say it is like a cuckoo 'oo' says cu (for look) and coo for moon. |
Teaching Tips
- Use flashcards of the phonic sounds and drill pupils daily (mon-fri) and have the child say
- Look for words with oo and ee in books.
- Help children to become familiar with the 'oo' and 'ee' sound (not worrying about reading and spelling for this - just listening) by coming up with rhyming words:
look: took book shook rook cook hook
hoot: boot toot coot
feet: meet street beat fleet greet seat meat
Pupils will learn the other ways to make these sounds later on - what matters is that they can hear the sounds in words.
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