School Zone Phonics Made Easy Flash Cards: 56 Cards, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, Early Reading, Short Vowels, Long Vowels, Letter Combinations, Word-Picture Recognition, Ages 6+

These are great flask cards! We use them in conjunction with the sight word flash cards. These are great for teaching phonics, blend sounds and we put them together and make words with them also. We will have like 4-5 cards at a time and see how many words we can make with the letters that we have out and I also will put out letters to make a partial word and give maybe 3-4 letter cards as options and have my child to pick which one he could add to the letters provided to make a word. I find that it’s helpful too because it breaks up the letter/letters for him so that he can focus on sounding out the sound on one card at a time. Especially as you start adding more and more letters to your words for longer words, he doesn’t seem to be so overwhelmed with what he’s looking at.

There is a debate over whether whole-word instruction or phonics is better for learning to read. The scientific evidence convincincly shows that a phonic/phonetic approach is better for developing knowledge of encoding/decoding rules of language. A child who only learns whole words will have a tougher time spelling, and may guess at pronunciations or meanings of new words within his or her vocabulary, whereas things are just easier with phonics due to greater contextual knowledge of even new words. That said, the approaches are not mutually exclusive-- even though phonics should be learned, learning common sight words as well can greatly increase reading confidence and speed (fluency). Each of these whimsically illustrated cards features a front with a phoneme, either a single letter (in upper and lower case) or combination. The front features multiple illustrations related to the same sound-- for instance, "ch" might show a chicken on a chair holding a cheese. These may improve recall by serving as mnemonic aids; it's hard to forget a combo like the one just mentioned. On the back is a smaller illustration in single color, with a list of words in large bold type featuring the letter or combination. Many of the cards also feature a smaller list at the bottom of more advanced words with the same letter or combination, adding to the reusability of the cards as the child grows in knowledge. I highly recommend these cards. They are a fun, easy introduction to phonics that will give a child an advantage in learning new words for the future.

They are so visual that they see and understand so well.

I thought my 7 year old daughter would be bored with these, but the pictures keep her attention. She really likes the cards. The cards consist of all the letters of the alphabet and two letter combinations, like "sn", "th", "fl", etc. Each card has a picture on the front, and several word examples on the back of each card. I think this is great for visual learners because as they say, a picture is worth a thousand words. It's far easier for my child to picture a crow wearing a crown than to memorize what "cr" sounds like. The only reason I give it four star instead of five is because I wish it had three or four letter combinations, like "ion", or "ough". But overall, very happy with my purchase and it serves it's purpose very well.

I think this is one of the best things I bought to help my daughter read. I love how it comes with several word examples. They are quite small so it’s not a set I would intend to use for a class but more of a one on one teaching for home use. I referenced a picture right next to a pencil to give you a good idea. I have bought a rather expensive set of phonics flash cards that were made of a good quality glossy cardboard material and larger but there wasn’t much to it other than it’s big enough for a class presentation but there was only one word per digraph. I like how this set comes with 4-6 word examples using different vowels sounds, varying from 1 to a few syllables. I also like how it comes with a cheat sheet that tells you the “rules”, like Y as a vowel sound or when you use a hard G sound & when to use a soft G sound. I couldn’t be happier about this purchase! Also I’m it sure why the other review mentioned it doesn’t have much content on phonics. The whole set is about PHONICS! If you say it isn’t, I’m afraid you don’t know what phonics is. It has blends, digraphs, it has both long & short vowel sounds. It even touched on Vowel teams see pic with long O sound. The other set I bought doesn’t even offer any kind of explanation just shows a consonant blend, one word example and that’s it. And it was four times the price of this set! I couldn’t be more pleased with this purchase! This is a must have!

These made learning easy for my grandkids and fun at the same time

nice flash cards. big and colorful

Love it my son is learning

The product is very useful for phonetical training with large size cards, attractive colours and very fine quality...

Fácil de usar. Buena calidad

If your child is having trouble with phonics and letter recognition this set is perfect. Our youngest need a little bit of extra help and these flash cards worked. They are easy to read and have pictures. Great homeschool and learning tool.

Excelente para mis clases de inglés con mis alumnos

when teaching correctly, the teacher can use these and see the student smile with achievement . Buy it. well worth the money invested.