Looking for a game to help your child learn the sounds of beginning and ending digraphs? Today I’m sharing five of them!
About a month ago I shared a giant set of Roll a Short Vowel games. Today I’m sharing five Roll a Digraph games!
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.
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 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
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- 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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Amanda
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. 🙂
Anna Geiger
Yay – so glad you use it, Amanda! I have a set coming soon for beginning blends.
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Anna Geiger
Thank you so much for your kind words, Betty! Your great grand daughter is very blessed to have you taking such an interest in her education. I hope you keep finding valuable resources here!
Sarah
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!
Anna Geiger
Hurray! Thanks so much for taking the time to let me know, Sarah. 🙂
Linda Needles
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
Mother of 3
These are AWESOME! I can’t wait to play these with my son this week. Thank you.
Anna Geiger
You’re very welcome – have fun with them!
Debbie barto
I am a tutor and love this website as I address the individual needs of the children I teach. Thank you!
Anna Geiger
You’re very welcome, Donna!
DIMITRA KROKOU (GREECE)
Hello Anna!! Great and creative job for small students!! Congratulations!!
Dimitra Krokou ( SEN teacher in Greece)
Anna Geiger
Thank you so much, Dimitra!
deb
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
Anna Geiger
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. 🙂
Terry
Thank you so much! You are amazing!
Anna Geiger
Thank you, Terry!
Maisa
Thank you Anna
Pam
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.
Anna Geiger
You’re very welcome, Pam! 🙂
P Foster
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.
Anna Geiger
I’m so glad you can use my resources!
Cathy
Love, love, love your site! Thank you so much!
Anna G
Thank you, Cathy! 🙂
Jenia
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!!!
Anna G
You’re welcome, Jenia! Thank you so much for the kind words!
Aisha
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
Anna G
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”?
Rachel
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!
Anna G
You’re very welcome, Rachel!
David
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!
Anna G
You’re welcome, David!
Mary
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.
Anna G
I’m glad this helps you, Mary!
Lavina
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
Cynthia
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?
Kate Dowling
Hi Cynthia!
This is Kate, Anna’s assistant. Please check your email for a response. 🙂
Terry Comino
This is grate.
I love the samples given to help out our children.
KUDOS Ann