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Phonics games for kids: free games for letter sounds and words

Phonics teaches a child the sounds that letters make, so they can sound out words. Peabody's reading games practise those sounds, free, in the browser.

Sounds and words

Deep Dig: read the word on the block to dig deeper. It practises sounding out words, sight words and spelling.

Words to practise

Words from Peabody's stories, by first letter, give a child words to sound out.

Questions

Do phonics games need an account?

No. A child can play without a name, an email address or a password.

Where should a child start?

With the letter sounds and the sight-word game, then Deep Dig once a child can read short words.