Free Phonics Worksheets!

Once your students can speak some basic words and phrases, phonics are an ideal way to introduce kids to written and spoken English. Not only is there a talking Phonics page on the site, I've now produced some free phonics worksheets for you to use in class.

The idea with these sheets is that they can be used to teach kids phonic awareness, the relationship between written characters and their associated sounds, in a very easy and fun way! These sheets are copyrighted, however you may download them and use them in your own class.

Mini phonics cards

Cartoon Style:

School Style:

Initial Letter Phonics Worksheets

Each worksheet has arrows showing the writing order, a place to practice the characters and several example words (taken from the Genki English curriculum). There are upper case and lower case worksheets.

a - b - c - d - e - f - g - h - i - j - k - l - m

n - o - p - q - r - s - t - u - v - w - x - y -z

A- B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M

N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y -Z

A4 Phonics Worksheets featuring one letter:

cartoon style

Great to put up on the board, each sheet features one lower case letter.
Use them with the songs on the new Genki Phonics CD.
Click on each letter to bring up the A4 print out.

a - b - c - d - e - f - g - h - i - j - k - l - m

n - o - p - q - r - s - t - u - v - w - x - y -z

A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M

N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y -Z

school style
alphabet worksheet

a - b - c - d - e - f - g - h - i - j - k - l - m

n - o - p - q - r - s - t - u - v - w - x - y - z

A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M

N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y -Z

A4 Odd-One-Out Phonics Worksheets

NOTE: I always appreciate it when people email me about mistakes on the site, but these are "odd one out" worksheets. The "Volleyball" word is supposed to be there!

Phonics worksheets to be used with the games on the new Genki Phonics CD!
Great to print out and give to students.
Click on each letter to bring up the A4 print out.

b - c - d - f - g - h - j - l - m - n

All feedback is much appreciated!!

How to use Genki Phonics?

Do a normal themed lesson, similar to that described in my lesson plan page.
But as part of each lesson spend around 5/10 minutes introducing one new sound / letter. The beginning is a good time.
Put the A4 print out on the board..
Play the Mini-Lesson and sing the song from the Genki Phonics CD.

Usually that should be a great start to the lesson, but if you have time and would like to do more....

Hand out one of the worksheets above or odd one out worksheets and let the kids figure out the "odd one out",
They then write in the correct starting letter for each word (don't worry about the other letters unless you've already studied them)
This type of activity is ideal as a calming break to give some rhythm to a normal lesson!

By introducing one letter/sound per lesson, you can still spend most of the time doing songs and games, i.e. the important communication English. But over time you'll build up a great foundation which should help the kids speak with better accents and give them a huge head start when they learn to read.
When the kids have computer lessons, try out the Talking Phonics Games or even better, get them to do the games as homework!