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5 digraph games

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Looking for a game to help your child learn the sounds of beginning and ending digraphs?  Today I’m sharing five of them!

These five digraph games are great for teaching digraphs in kindergarten or first grade!

About a month ago I shared a giant set of Roll a Short Vowel games.  Today I’m sharing five Roll a Digraph games!

These five digraph games are great for teaching digraphs in kindergarten or first grade!

How to play

1. Grab a playing piece for each player and a die.  Print the board you’d like to use.

2. Put all playing pieces on Start, and take turns rolling the die.

3. When you roll the die, check the top of the board to see what picture to move to.  For example, in the above game, if you roll a five, you would move to the closest picture whose names starts with ph.

4. Keep taking turns until one person lands on the final space.

These five digraph games are great for teaching digraphs in kindergarten or first grade!

Some of the pictures were hard for my Four.  You’ll find a key with the picture names in the download, but it might be helpful to begin the game by naming all the pictures on the board.  Your child might need some reminders, but it will keep those tricky pictures from slowing down the game.

These five digraph games are great for teaching digraphs in kindergarten or first grade!

These games are a win for us because they’re quick and effective. I love that I can just print the board, and my son loves that we’re done with a single game in 5-10 minutes.  That makes these perfect for a quick review at home or a center activity in the classroom.

What you’ll get in the download

    • Game for ch, sh
    • Game for ch, sh, th
    • Game for ch, sh, th, wh, ph (pictured above)
    • Game for wr, wh, kn
    • Game for ending digraphs: sh, ch, th, ck

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43 Comments

  1. Terry Comino

    May 18, 2020 at 7:38 am

    This is grate.
    I love the samples given to help out our children.
    KUDOS Ann

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  2. Cynthia

    May 14, 2020 at 11:33 am

    Thank you Anna,
    This is great and I have used the game in my classroom, however I was wondering if I could send the activity to my parents since we are in distance learning?

    Reply to this comment
    • Kate Dowling

      May 16, 2020 at 12:12 am

      Hi Cynthia!

      This is Kate, Anna’s assistant. Please check your email for a response. 🙂

      Reply to this comment
  3. Lavina

    May 22, 2019 at 2:06 pm

    Thank you so much Anna,
    I know the games will be very helpful to me n the children I teach… thanks once again for al your hard work

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  4. Mary

    December 22, 2018 at 7:47 am

    I’m learning so much for your blog and resources. Your activities are incredible, and your explanation of the progression of learning is so helpful.

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    • Anna G

      December 26, 2018 at 12:06 pm

      I’m glad this helps you, Mary!

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  5. David

    September 18, 2018 at 8:46 pm

    Thanks a lot, was just talking about needing something like this and one google search later, here it is! Your work is great, thanks for sharing!

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    • Anna G

      September 23, 2018 at 7:47 am

      You’re welcome, David!

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  6. Rachel

    June 6, 2018 at 2:30 am

    Thanks so much for these excellent resources. I’m a primary teacher in England and will be using these games with the Year 1 children – they look fantastic!

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    • Anna G

      June 23, 2018 at 7:28 am

      You’re very welcome, Rachel!

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  7. Aisha

    May 6, 2018 at 12:56 pm

    Thank you so much Anna,
    But I tried but couldn’t download the printable no matter how much I tried.
    Please try to upgrade this site. I am using Google chrome and opera

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna G

      May 6, 2018 at 2:07 pm

      What is Opera, Aisha? I’m sorry you’re having trouble. If you can tell me the specific problem, I can try to help. What happens when you RIGHT click and choose “save link as”?

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  8. Jenia

    January 21, 2018 at 8:44 am

    Thank you so much, Anna for your wonderfull games!!! They are so much fun at home with my kids and give very pleasant diversity when working in a class with even 10 year olds learning English as a foreign language. you are so creative and enthusiastic!!!

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    • Anna G

      January 28, 2018 at 8:05 am

      You’re welcome, Jenia! Thank you so much for the kind words!

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  9. Cathy

    September 27, 2017 at 12:06 pm

    Love, love, love your site! Thank you so much!

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    • Anna G

      September 27, 2017 at 12:39 pm

      Thank you, Cathy! 🙂

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  10. P Foster

    May 13, 2017 at 3:47 pm

    Only just discovered your site. Fabulous. I have some children who have little English. The sight word ones are fabulous for introducing them to our language.

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    • Anna Geiger

      May 13, 2017 at 4:42 pm

      I’m so glad you can use my resources!

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  11. Pam

    April 27, 2017 at 10:17 am

    Thank you for all your hard work. I really appreciate these. I am going to be teaching summer school for incoming kindergarten and I needed some great resources.

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    • Anna Geiger

      May 2, 2017 at 5:16 pm

      You’re very welcome, Pam! 🙂

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  12. Maisa

    December 3, 2016 at 4:34 am

    Thank you Anna

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    July 11, 2016 at 12:51 am

    Thank you so much! You are amazing!

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    • Anna Geiger

      July 17, 2016 at 5:14 pm

      Thank you, Terry!

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    July 8, 2016 at 4:53 pm

    Thank you Anna for all of your hard work! It’s so nice that you share your lessons with us all. I’m looking forward to visiting this web site often.

    Deb Samar
    Montessori Preprimary teacher in Michigan

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    • Anna Geiger

      July 17, 2016 at 5:14 pm

      You’re very welcome, Deb! If you’d like to make sure you don’t miss a freebie, be sure to sign up for my free newsletter if you haven’t already. 🙂

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  15. DIMITRA KROKOU (GREECE)

    June 21, 2016 at 4:10 pm

    Hello Anna!! Great and creative job for small students!! Congratulations!!

    Dimitra Krokou ( SEN teacher in Greece)

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    • Anna Geiger

      June 26, 2016 at 3:17 pm

      Thank you so much, Dimitra!

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  16. Debbie barto

    April 26, 2016 at 8:13 pm

    I am a tutor and love this website as I address the individual needs of the children I teach. Thank you!

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    • Anna Geiger

      May 10, 2016 at 4:46 pm

      You’re very welcome, Donna!

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  17. Mother of 3

    January 1, 2016 at 2:07 pm

    These are AWESOME! I can’t wait to play these with my son this week. Thank you.

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    • Anna Geiger

      January 1, 2016 at 6:03 pm

      You’re very welcome – have fun with them!

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  18. Linda Needles

    August 5, 2015 at 2:31 pm

    Hi Anna,
    You have many amazing games. I was trying to download the digraph game, but a message kept popping up saying the file was damaged. Do you have any suggestions? Thanks. Linda

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  19. Sarah

    May 19, 2015 at 6:48 pm

    My 7 year old is having trouble spelling words and so we’re giving your game a go as a tool for improving his spelling. We just finished the first game (i won) and he’s asked to play another 3 times. Looks like this game is a winner!

    Thank you!

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    • Anna Geiger

      May 19, 2015 at 7:13 pm

      Hurray! Thanks so much for taking the time to let me know, Sarah. 🙂

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  21. Amanda

    April 22, 2015 at 3:28 pm

    Thank you Anna! This is just what Fiona and I needed for her next step in learning how to read! And she’s excited to play a game. 🙂

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    • Anna Geiger

      April 29, 2015 at 2:33 pm

      Yay – so glad you use it, Amanda! I have a set coming soon for beginning blends.

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