Kid’s Corner: Phonics Makes Readers-Kindergarten Phonics Games

I have been a tutor to kids in grades k through 4 for many years. It is one of my favorite and most meaningful activities. I love that moment when something clicks for a child and the smiles come.

I passionately believe in teaching the skills that are needed to make reading a lifelong pleasure. In my experience, phonics can be most helpful in giving beginning readers the foundation that they need.

Here are 200 activities involving letters and words. There are activities on letter sounds, vowel sounds, blends, word families and rhyming.

This book will, I think, engage children. The colorful illustrations make each activity look like fun.

Note that this book is meant for an adult and child to work on together. It will teach without making learning seem like a chore. In addition, this title could be helpful as a way to keep reading skills in the forefront over the summer in a way that offers some fun and games.

Many thanks to NetGalley and Callisto Publishing for this title. All opinions are my own.

Pub date: 05 May 2026

FIVE STARS *****

Description:

from the publisher

Practice kindergarten reading skills with 200+ fun phonics games! Part of the Phonics Makes Readers series!

Literacy is a critical skill that all children need to learn, but it isn’t always taught in ways they can understand and apply, which means many kids need a little extra practice to start reading at their grade level. The good news? There’s a perfect solution: phonics! From tracing and matching to word searches and more, this colorful phonics activity book makes it a blast for kindergarteners to learn to read with confidence.

The best way to learn—These activities are built on a comprehensive approach to reading that relies on building phonics and decoding skills—the gold standard in literacy learning.

The science of reading—Kids can write and draw directly on the pages with exercises that cover the alphabet, first letter sounds, last letter sounds, blends, long and short vowels, decodable words, and more.

200+ ways to play—Explore a huge variety of phonics-based puzzles and activities that are perfect for kindergarten prep, for extra practice at home during the year, or as fun review during school breaks.

Adorable illustrations—Keep kids engaged with vibrant pictures of cute animals, sea creatures, cool vehicles, and other silly scenarios on every page.

Jump into reading today with Phonics Makes Readers: Kindergarten Phonics Games.