Phase 2 Phonics CVC Blending & Segmenting – EYFS / Reception, No Prep

What’s included

• 33-page PDF in A4 and US Letter
• Grown-up guide (how sound buttons work, tips) and a phonics progress tracker
• 22 activity pages: Read & Match (4), Read & Circle (3), Sound Boxes – trace and write (3), Circle the Sounds (3), Which Word? (3), Read & Colour (3), What’s in the Middle? – missing vowel (3)
• 29 CVC word cards with sound buttons, to cut out
• Answer keys for every activity page and a certificate
• A short Grown-up tip on every page

Skills

• Blending CVC words for reading, using sound buttons (dots for single letters, a bar for the digraph ck)
• Segmenting CVC words for spelling with sound boxes (one sound per box)
• Hearing initial, medial and final sounds; short vowels a e i o u
• Matching words to pictures and reading for meaning (read and colour)
• Uses only Phase 2 graphemes: s a t p, i n m d, g o c k, ck e u r, h b f l

How to use

• No prep: print and go. Works for whole-class follow-up, small-group interventions, early finishers, continuous provision or home learning.
• Model each page first: touch each sound button, say the pure sound, then blend.
• Keep sessions short (5–10 minutes) and pick pages with sounds your children have already been taught – school SSP programmes may order Phase 2 sounds slightly differently.
• Use the answer keys for quick checking, the tracker to celebrate progress and the word cards for games.

EYFS links

• Communication and Language: listening to and saying sounds and words clearly.
• Literacy – Word Reading: say a sound for each letter; blend sounds into words to read simple CVC words; read words consistent with their phonic knowledge.
• Literacy – Writing: spell words by identifying the sounds and then writing the sound with letter(s).
• Physical Development – Fine Motor Skills: tracing, colouring and drawing lines.

Research-inspired: designed around a systematic synthetic phonics approach to blending and segmenting practice. It practises these skills through short, playful pages and is not a complete phonics programme or an assessment. All illustrations are original artwork. Personal and single-classroom use.