Letter and word games
For kids ages 2 to 6
The sound at the start of a word, the rhyme, the syllables that make up an animal’s name. Children play with the sounds of speech before reading and, little by little, link those sounds to letters.
- games
- 97
- regions
- 34
- BNCC goals
- 10
BNCC goals in this theme
Listening, speaking, thinking and imagination
- EI03EF09Notice beginning sounds and play with words51 gamesHead Start ELOF P-LIT 1 · Common Core RF.K.2.d · EYFS L-WR
- EI03EF02Make up rhymes and play with word syllables16 gamesHead Start ELOF P-LIT 1 · Common Core RF.K.2.a, RF.K.2.b · EYFS L-WR
- EI03EF01Share ideas and guess from spoken clues12 gamesHead Start ELOF P-LC 2, P-ATL 8 · Common Core SL.K.2, SL.K.3 · EYFS CL-LAU
- EF01LP08Connect the pieces of spoken words to writing11 gamesHead Start ELOF P-LIT 3 · Common Core RF.K.3.a · EYFS L-WR
- EF01LP02Write words with the letters in the right order8 gamesHead Start ELOF P-LIT 6, P-LIT 3 · Common Core RF.K.1.b, L.K.2.d · EYFS L-WRI
- EF01LP04Tell letters apart from other signs, like numbers and drawings6 gamesHead Start ELOF P-LIT 3 · Common Core RF.K.1.d · EYFS L-WR
- EF01LP12Notice that in writing, words are separated by spaces5 gamesHead Start ELOF P-LIT 2 · Common Core RF.K.1.c · EYFS L-WRI
- EF01LP09Compare words by the sound of the beginning, middle and end syllables4 gamesHead Start ELOF P-LIT 1 · Common Core RF.K.2.b, RF.K.2.c · EYFS L-WR
- EF01LP05Notice that writing represents the sounds of speech, letter by letter3 gamesHead Start ELOF P-LIT 3 · Common Core RF.K.1.b, RF.K.3.a · EYFS L-WR
- EF01LP06Split spoken words into syllables1 gameHead Start ELOF P-LIT 1 · Common Core RF.K.2.b · EYFS L-WR
The games, region by region
From the first region on the map to the last. Each game shows its age range and the goals it works on.
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Region 2Frog Pond2 gamesFree on the trail- Which word rhymes?Ages 4 to 5
- Pond partyAges 5 to 6
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Region 6Seal Bay1 gameStore pack7
Region 7Toucan Orchard5 gamesFree on the trail- Cut the syllablesAges 5 to 6
- Clapping basketsAges 5 to 6
- Orchard partyAges 5 to 6
- Party fruitAges 5 to 6
- Party slicingAges 5 to 6
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Region 8Armadillo Savanna1 gameFree on the trail9
Region 9Octopus Aquarium3 gamesStore pack- Letter bubblesAges 4 to 5
- Syllable wheelAges 5 to 6
- Party bubblesAges 5 to 6
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Region 10Otter Creek3 gamesFree on the trail- Book riddleAges 4 to 5
- Creek partyAges 5 to 6
- Party bookAges 5 to 6
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Region 11Eagle Peak1 gameFree on the trail12
Region 12Flamingo Salt Flats1 gameStore pack13
Region 13Bat Cave2 gamesFree on the trail- Letter in the darkAges 4 to 5
- Party chirpAges 5 to 6
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Region 14Anteater Termite Mound1 gameFree on the trail20
Region 20Magic Mountain4 gamesFree on the trail- First soundAges 4 to 5
- Guess whoAges 4 to 5
- Count the syllablesAges 4 to 5
- Mountain partyAges 5 to 6
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Region 22Dragon Island1 gameFree on the trail24
Region 24Starry Night3 gamesStore pack- Night riddlesAges 4 to 5
- Which name is longer?Ages 5 to 6
- Star partyAges 5 to 6
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Region 25Squirrel Woods2 gamesFree on the trail- Letters in the mudAges 5 to 6
- Woods partyAges 5 to 6
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Region 26Penguin Beach2 gamesFree on the trail- Listen and doAges 4 to 5
- Rhyming pairsAges 4 to 5
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Region 27Music Festival1 gameStore pack28
Region 28Crystal Cave1 gameFree on the trail29
Region 29Crocodile Mangrove6 gamesFree on the trail- He or she?Ages 4 to 5
- Where is it hiding?Ages 4 to 5
- Swap a letterAges 5 to 6
- Question or exclamation?Ages 5 to 6
- Number wordsAges 5 to 6
- Mangrove partyAges 5 to 6
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Region 30Bee Garden1 gameStore pack- How many words?Ages 5 to 6
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Region 32Camel Desert4 gamesFree on the trail- Finish the sentenceAges 2 to 3
- Desert partyAges 5 to 6
- Letter and animalAges 5 to 6
- Letters in the sandAges 5 to 6
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Region 34Sloth Rainforest4 gamesFree on the trail- Which letter is missing?Ages 5 to 6
- Rainforest partyAges 5 to 6
- Find the vowelsAges 5 to 6
- Big letter and small letterAges 5 to 6
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Region 35Kangaroo Land2 gamesFree on the trail- Letter or number?Ages 4 to 5
- How many letters?Ages 5 to 6
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Region 36Turtle Island3 gamesStore pack- Tiny or hugeAges 4 to 5
- One or many?Ages 4 to 5
- Turtle partyAges 5 to 6
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Region 37Capybara Wetlands1 gameFree on the trail39
Region 39Donkey Backlands4 gamesStore pack- Word searchAges 5 to 6
- Standing wordsAges 5 to 6
- Backlands partyAges 5 to 6
- Hidden namesAges 5 to 6
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Region 41Butterfly Meadow4 gamesFree on the trail- First syllableAges 5 to 6
- Alphabet orderAges 5 to 6
- Meadow partyAges 5 to 6
- Build the wordAges 5 to 6
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Region 42Hippo River1 gameStore pack- Sliding wordAges 5 to 6
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Region 44Deer Clearing1 gameFree on the trail47
Region 47Ostrich Road5 gamesFree on the trail- Split the wordsAges 4 to 5
- Sentence without spacesAges 5 to 6
- Stuck-together wordsAges 5 to 6
- Road partyAges 5 to 6
- Party wordsAges 5 to 6
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Region 55Shark Reef14 gamesFree on the trail- Word plus wordAges 2 to 3
- Reef crosswordAges 4 to 5
- Secret messageAges 4 to 5
- Animal with two namesAges 4 to 5
- Write in codeAges 4 to 5
- Big crosswordAges 5 to 6
- Code with a hintAges 5 to 6
- Stick and discoverAges 5 to 6
- Animal crosswordAges 5 to 6
- Shark's noteAges 5 to 6
- One word leads to anotherAges 5 to 6
- Reef partyAges 5 to 6
- Party crosswordAges 5 to 6
- Party codeAges 5 to 6
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Region 56Tiger Jungle5 gamesFree on the trail- Written soundsAges 5 to 6
- Hidden wordAges 5 to 6
- Build the sentenceAges 5 to 6
- Jungle partyAges 5 to 6
- Claw lettersAges 5 to 6
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Region 57Whale Ocean6 gamesStore pack- Put the pieces togetherAges 4 to 5
- Count the letterAges 5 to 6
- Letter by letterAges 5 to 6
- Ocean partyAges 5 to 6
- Means the sameAges 5 to 6
- Real wordAges 5 to 6
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Region 58Duck Pond1 gameFree on the trail59
Region 59Pig Garden1 gameFree on the trail- Letter swapAges 5 to 6
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