Picture Match - FREE

Picture Match is a fun English speaking activity for young students to practice and review English vocabulary. In this fast-paced game, players race to find a matching picture on their card and another card and be the first to shout it out. With four different games, each with 31 cards, and six pictures on every card, Picture Match offers endless hours of fun and learning.

But that’s not all – Picture Match is a fantastic supplemental activity when teaching phonics, and it’s based on a group of phonics sounds taken directly from the EnglishSauce PHONICS BITES program. So not only will your kids love playing this game, but they’ll also be mastering phonics quickly and easily.

So if you’re a teacher or parent looking for an engaging and effective way to help your young English learners improve their English skills, look no further than Picture Match!

Prep Once Use Forever!
Can be played with up to 20 players and the ideal playing time is about 10 – 20 mins.

Game 1

Phonics Bites 1-6

Includes all of the short vowel sounds and the consonant sounds: d, b, t, g, v, n, s, c, p, j, f, x, h, m

Game 2

Phonics Bites 6-11

Includes all of the short vowel sounds and the consonant sounds: r, g, m, d, k, s, n, w, l, p, y, z, b, q, t

Game 3

Phonics Bites 11-15

Includes the long vowel sounds: o, a, and the consonant digraphs: ck, ng, ph, sh, ch, th

Game 4

Phonics Bites 15-21

Phonics Bites 1-6

Includes the long vowel sounds: e, i, u, and the digraphs: er, ow, ou, oi, oy

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