Phonics flashcards for letter sounds, digraphs, blends and CVC words

These phonics flashcards guide early readers through 89 cards, starting with single letter sounds and moving on to digraphs, blends, vowel teams and simple CVC words. You get a 15 page PDF in both US Letter and A4, laid out nine cards to a page with dashed cutting guides. It is an instant download, with nothing mailed.

Five to ten minutes a day is enough to see sounds start turning into words.

How these phonics flashcards make sounds click

Each letter card pairs a large capital and small letter with a simple line drawing and shows the sound in rose, so your child connects letter, picture and sound in one look. On the CVC cards, a dot sits beneath each letter for tapping out the sounds, an arrow guides the finger to blend them together and three boxes give space to write the word.

A start here page offers a teaching order and tips, and a games page adds eight quick ideas such as sound hunt, mystery bag and vowel sort. A sound tracker lets you color each sound once it is mastered, so the next step is always clear.

Who these letter sound cards are for

• Preschool, pre-K and kindergarten children of roughly 3 to 7 who are beginning to learn letter sounds
• First graders needing more practice with digraphs, blends and vowel teams
• Homeschool families wanting an easy, structured phonics habit of 5 to 10 minutes daily
• Parents, tutors and teachers looking for calm cards that use little ink, for a reading center or learning basket

Design and printing details

• A clean, elegant look on white pages with soft blush pink accents that need very little ink
• Generous margins on all pages, so a home printer won't trim anything
• Portrait pages in US Letter (8.5 x 11 in) and A4 (210 x 297 mm)
• Nine cards on each page, with dashed cutting lines and roomy gaps that make cutting easy
• Clean sans serif letters and simple line drawings, with the target sound highlighted in soft rose

Inside the phonics flashcards set: 15 pages

1. 1A cover with the contents and a line for a name
2. 2Start here, with a recommended teaching order, a checklist for printing and cutting, how to read the cards and tips for young learners
3. 3Games to play, eight ideas in all: I spy a sound, beat the timer, vowel sort, build a word, memory match, hop and say, mystery bag and sound hunt, each with lines to note when you played and the score
4. 4Letter sound cards from a through i, each showing the capital and small letter (Aa Bb), a picture and a key word
5. 5Letter sound cards from j through r, with /kw/ as in quilt included
6. 6Letter sound cards from s through z, along with a single blank card to create your own
7. 7Five short vowel cards (apple, egg, igloo, octopus and umbrella) and four magic e cards (cake, kite, bone and cube), all with example words
8. 8Nine digraph cards for sh, ch, th and wh, then ck, ph, ng, nk and qu, each with three sample words and a line for my word
9. 9Nine blend cards for bl, cl, fl, gl and pl, then sl, br, cr and dr
10. 10Nine blend cards for fr, gr, pr and tr, then sk, sm, sn, sp and st
11. 11Nine vowel team cards for ai, ay, ee and ea, then oa, ow, igh, ie and ue
12. 12Nine CVC word cards using short a, e and i (cat, map, jam and van, then bed, hen, web, net and pig), with tapping dots, a blending arrow and boxes for writing
13. 13Nine CVC word cards using short i, o and u (lid and sit, dog, fox and pot, then sun, bug, cup and mud)
14. 14Nine matching card backs that print on the reverse of any card page
15. 15Six storage labels, one per set, and a sounds I know tracker listing all 71 sounds

What you download

• Phonics Flashcards, US Letter PDF (15 pages)
• Phonics Flashcards, A4 PDF (15 pages)
• Read Me First, a short printing guide (PDF)

How to download and print

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• Open the PDF in a free reader such as Adobe Acrobat Reader and print at 100% or Actual size.
• Print only the pages you need, as often as you like, for your own personal use.

Good to know before you buy

• The cards are a PDF to print and cut, not an interactive or digital game.
• You are buying a digital file only. Nothing physical is shipped.
• Printed colors may differ slightly from your screen.
• Files are for personal use only. Please don't share, resell or pass them on.
• Digital files can't be returned, but if one won't open or print properly, email us and we will help quickly.
• Cut cards become small pieces. Watch little ones closely and keep the set away from babies and toddlers who still mouth objects.

How this was made

Designed and written by PetiteDiary. AI tools helped draft parts of the text, and some background scenes in the preview images were created with AI. Every page was designed, reviewed and checked before release.

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