Monster-themed printable flashcards with graphemes and images. These fun and colourful printables cover the first initial graphemes (Phase 2 Phonics/Teach Your Monster to Read: First Steps), helping children rehearse their letter-sound recognition.
Quick exercise: Flash these one by one for the child to respond with the correct letter sound.
- Letter Sound Flashcards – 6 per page (Set 1) – this picture prompt set has 31 letter-sound combinations:
s, a, t, p, i, n, m, d, g, o, c, k, ck, e, u, r, h, b, f, ff, l, ll, ss, j, qu, v, w, x, y, z, zz.
- Letter Sound Flashcards – 6 per page (Set 2) – this picture prompt set has letter-sound combinations: ch, sh, th, ng, ai, ee, igh, oa, oo, ar, or, ur, ow, oi, ear, air, ure, er.
- Lower-case flashcards – 6 per page – this monster set is for those who no longer need the picture prompts. It has the letter-sound combinations:
s, a, t, p, i, n, m, d, g, o, c, k, ck, e, u, r, h, b, f, ff, l, ll, ss, j, qu.
- Lower case flashcards – Display set – a monster set of phonics for the wall. It has the letter-sound combinations:
s, a, t, p, i, n, m, d, g, o, c, k, ck, e, u, r, h, b, f, ff, l, ll, ss, j, qu.
- Tricky words flashcards – also known as ‘non-decodable’ or ‘sight’ words, these tricky words are from our game, Teach Your Monster to Read 2: Fun with Words. The tricky words are: he, she, the, to, we, me, be, was, no, go, my, you, they, her, all, are, said, so, have, like, some, come, were, there, little, one, do, when, out, what.
Looking for a digital version? Check out our digital phonics flashcards too!
Capital Letter Flashcards
These are useful when teaching children the names of letters rather than the sounds.
Typically, teachers use the lower-case letters to depict the letter sound and capital letters for the names. Some teachers might add a gesture to reinforce the distinction, for example, touching your head for the name and placing a hand to the ear for the sound.