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Letter sound safari · Kindergarten

A family race game with 28 spaces, number cards and pawns to cut out. Action spaces practice letter sound safari skills. Played with a grown-up.

  • Kindergarten · ages 5 to 6
  • Medium
  • 30 to 40 minutes
  • 2 pages
  • Free
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Directions: Take turns drawing a number card and hopping that many spaces. Do what the space says. First to the star wins! Cut out the cards and pawns. Shuffle the cards face down.

  • Start
  • Hop ahead 2
  • Back 1
  • Name 3 animals
  • Rhyme with cat
  • Say a word that starts with b
  • Sing the ABC
  • Hop ahead 1
  • Finish
  • Draw a card, hop that many spaces, and read the space out loud together. If a space asks you to move, move once — don't chain moves. Put used cards at the bottom of the pile.

What your child practices

Your child practices the reading and English skill “Letters and sounds”: match letters to their sounds.

Grades and ages
Kindergarten, ages 5 to 6
Time
About 30 to 40 minutes
Subject
English
Level
Medium for Kindergarten
Answer key
No
Printing
2 pages, US Letter or A4, low-ink option
Updated

How to use it

Cut out the cards and pawns and find a counter for each player. Take turns and read each space out loud before moving. It is pitched at the expected level for Kindergarten, for practice after the skill has been taught. Its 2 pages split well across two sittings.

There is no separate answer key; talk through the answers together when it is done.

Tip for grown-ups: Play the first round together and talk through each space before moving.

Done on paper? A grown-up can record it on the child's page in PlayOwl; downloading alone doesn't count as finished.

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