Interactive Reading Games: Word Level
The interactive reading games below are ideal for developing the reading skills of your pupils. Use the reading games on your interactive whiteboard, or computer, at school or at home. Please register if you intend to use these games.
The games below are listed by word level and sentence level activities. To find a game quickly please use the 'quick game finder'.
Alphabetical Order
Little Mo has found a word plant. Help her put the words into alphabetical order. Uses high frequency words.
- Alphabetical order game 1 (letters 'a' to 'g')
- Alphabetical order game 2 (letters 'h' to 'n')
- Alphabetical order game 3 (letters 'o' to 'z')
Consonant Blends (CVCC Words)
Little Mo (Roy’s cousin) is learning about blending and segmenting consonants to make CVCC words. It’s all happening in her secret garden where blending or segmenting phonemes to make words means she earns Zs (the local currency) to spend in Garden World.
Double Consonants (ff, ss, bl, br, cl, cr, ck, ng)
Help Wellington clean up the sea by making words using ff, ss, bl, br, cl, cr, ck, ng.
High Frequency Words (Days, Months, Numbers and Colours)
Old Uncle Tom likes his socks, blanket, hay and a nice glass of water before going to bed. Help him get his bedtime bits together by clicking and dragging the words into the correct order.
Singular or Plural? Adding 's'
Lucy is still at the zoo! Read the words and sort them into singular or plural. Match the singular with its plural to choose presents to make Lucy happy.
- Singular or Plural? Game 1 - words we use at school
- Singular or Plural? Game 2 - words we use on the farm
- Singular or Plural? Game 3 - words we use at home
Long Vowel Phonemes (a-e, aw, ay, ea, ee)
Help Mango go flying with her friends by clicking and dragging the long vowel phonemes to make words. How high can you go? [Requires Flash Player 9]
- Making words with the a-e sound, e.g. cake
- Making words with the aw sound, e.g. yawn
- Making words with the ay sound, e.g. day
Long Vowel Phonemes (er, ew, i-e, igh, ir)
Help Mango go flying with her friends by clicking and dragging the long vowel phonemes to make words. How high can you go? [Requires Flash Player 9]
- Making words with the er sound, e.g. pepper
- Making words with the ew sound, e.g. blew
- Making words with the i-e sound, e.g. ride
Long Vowel Phonemes (oa, oi, oo, or, ou)
Help Mango go flying with her friends by clicking and dragging the long vowel phonemes to make words. How high can you go? [Requires Flash Player 9]
- Making words with the oa sound, e.g. boat
- Making words with the oi sound, e.g. oil
- Making words with the oo sound, e.g. hoop
Long Vowel Phonemes (ow, ow, oy, y)
Help Mango go flying with her friends by clicking and dragging the long vowel phonemes to make words. How high can you go? [Requires Flash Player 9]
- Making words with the ow sound, e.g. show
- Making words with the ow sound, e.g. brown
Long Vowel Phonemes (boot, feet, rain, boat, eat)
Old Uncle Tom likes his socks, blanket, hay and a nice glass of water before going to bed. Help him get his bedtime bits together by clicking and dragging the sounds to make new words.
- Exploring words with the oo sound, eg boot
- Exploring words with the ee sound, eg feet
- Exploring words with the ai sound, eg rain
Long Vowel Phonemes (a-e / ay, aw / or, ee / ea, er / ir, ew / oo)
Help Mango get back to her nest by clicking and dragging the long vowel phonemes to make words. Undo an answer by clicking on the bee. [Requires Flash Player 9]
- Make words with the a-e and ay sound
- Make words with the aw and or sound
- Make words with the ee and ea sound
Long Vowel Phonemes (i-e / igh, igh / y, oa / ow, oi / oy, ou / ow)
Help Mango get back to her nest by clicking and dragging the long vowel phonemes to make words. Undo an answer by clicking on the bee. [Requires Flash Player 9]
- Make words with the i-e and igh sound
- Make words with the igh and y sound
- Make words with the oa and ow sound
Tricky Words
Help Space Zara learn tricky words by controlling her jet-pac with your mouse. Find the Tricky Word challenges and win the golden trophy. Includes words defined in the DfES Letters and Sounds publications (phase 1 to phase 4).
- Tricky Words Volume 1: 30 words including commonly misspelt words: e.g. people, their, said
- Tricky Words Volume 2: 30 words including commonly misspelt words: e.g. only, because, other
Words that Rhyme
Help the bees bring the words that rhyme back to their nest. Watch the flower grow.
Words that Rhyme
Belinda loves collecting words that rhyme. Find the words in the fruit and bring them to her house.
Words that Rhyme
Ryan the rhino can't sleep. He's trying to think of words that rhyme! Find them in the stars.
Words Within Words
Lucy is still at the zoo! Read the words and find words within them. Make the new words by dragging the letters and then choose presents to make Lucy happy.
- Words within words. Game 1 (open, small, still, train)
- Words within words. Game 2 (other, start, thing, crayon)
- Words within words. Game 3 (before, kitten, catch, clean)
- Words within words. Game 4 (donkey, today, often, narrow)
- Words within words. Game 5 (barking, think, another, teacher)