Build It Kindergarten 1st Grade Phonics Card Games

“Build It” phonics games are easy-to-learn reading games that are fun and engaging to ALL students. This Build It Kindergarten 1st Grade Phonics Card Games Bundle lets students build a castle, a garden, a pet shop, and MORE!

Original price was: $50.00.Current price is: $20.00.

Description

If you’re looking for phonics games that students actually want to play, this Kindergarten and 1st Grade Phonics Build It Card Games Bundle is exactly what you need. With 40 themed games and 40 matching sets of task cards, you’ll have hands-on phonics practice ready for literacy centers, small group lessons, or whole-class review. These printable phonics activities take abstract reading skills and turn them into an interactive experience that feels like play.

What Makes Build It Different?

Unlike traditional phonics games, Build It gives students a reason to stay motivated—they literally build a scene as they answer questions correctly. From designing a castle to creating an ice cream sundae or building a pirate island, every correct answer unlocks another piece of the puzzle. This interactive format combines phonics mastery with fun, so students stay engaged while practicing skills again and again.

What’s Included in the Bundle

  • 40 Build It Games with different backgrounds and themes

  • 40 complete sets of Kindergarten & 1st Grade phonics task cards

  • Easy-to-follow directions for students

  • Answer keys for every game

  • Chance cards for added excitement

  • Both color and black-and-white versions

  • Digital option in Google Slides

This mega bundle ensures you have a ready-to-go phonics activity for every week of the year.

40 Creative Game Themes

Your students won’t get bored because each game comes with a different theme to build:

Build a Baseball Field
Build a Pirate Island
Build an Ice Cream Sundae
Build a Science Lab
Build a Castle
Build a Dinosaur Scene
Build a Grocery Cart
Build a Birthday Party
Build a Space Scene
Build a Garden

…and 30 more! With so many unique themes, every lesson feels new, keeping students motivated and eager to play.

40 Phonics Skills Covered

This bundle covers every major Kindergarten and 1st Grade phonics skill, making it perfect for foundational phonics practice, intervention, or enrichment. Skills include:

  • Early literacy basics: uppercase & lowercase letters, letter sounds, beginning/medial/ending sounds, rhyming words

  • CVC & vowel patterns: CVC short vowels (a, e, i, o, u), CVC review, CVCe words, phoneme substitution (CVC & CVCe), change short to long vowels

  • Blends & digraphs: beginning L, R, and S blends, 3-letter blends, blend review (LRS), final blends, beginning & ending digraphs, digraph TH, digraphs review

  • Phonics rules & glued sounds: floss rule, glued sounds (ALL, AN & AM, ING/UNG/UNK)

  • Long vowels & vowel teams: long A, E, I, O, U, long vowel review, short & long OO, diphthongs (OW, OY, OI, OU)

  • R-controlled vowels: AR, ER, IR, UR, OR, OAR, ORE

With 40 full sets of task cards, you’ll always have a phonics skill ready for practice or review.

How to Play Build It

  1. Each player receives a background mat.

  2. Students draw task cards and solve the phonics problems.

  3. Every correct answer earns them a piece for their scene.

  4. Chance cards add excitement—students may gain or lose a piece!

  5. The first to complete their scene with 10 pieces wins.

This easy-to-follow structure blends phonics review with fun, strategy, and a little bit of luck—perfect for literacy centers, small groups, or whole-class competitions.

Why Teachers Choose Build It

  • Low prep, high engagement: Print, cut, and you’re ready to go.

  • Flexible: Works with the included task cards or your own.

  • Versatile: Great for centers, partner work, whole class, or early finishers.

  • Aligned: Matches Common Core standards and Texas TEKS.

  • Replayable: Same format, endless phonics skills to practice.

Options That Fit Your Classroom

  • Printable games: Choose color or blackline for easy prep.

  • Digital version: Available in Google Slides.

  • Student creativity: Kids can color their black-and-white scenes for extra fun.

The Build It Kindergarten & 1st Grade Phonics Card Games Bundle combines interactive play with meaningful phonics practice, giving students the foundation they need for reading success. With 40 skills covered and endless replay value, you’ll have an engaging phonics resource that lasts the entire year.


Explore More

Individual Build It Games:
🎲 Build It Kindergarten Math Card Games
🎲 Build It Kindergarten & 1st Grade Phonics Card Games
🎲 Build It 1st Grade Math Card Games
🎲 Build It 2nd Grade Math Card Games
🎲 Build It 2nd & 3rd Grade Phonics Card Games
🎲 Build It 3rd Grade Math Card Games
🎲 Build It 3rd–5th Grade Reading & Grammar Card Games
🎲 Build It 4th Grade Math Card Games
🎲 Build It 5th Grade Math Card Games
🎲 Build It Addition & Subtraction Math Fact Card Games
🎲 Build It Multiplication & Division Math Fact Card Games

 

Save Big with Hands-On Game Bundles (Build It Games Included!):
🧩 Kindergarten Math Hands-On Game Bundle
🧩 Kindergarten Phonics Hands-On Game Bundle
🧩 1st Grade Math Hands-On Game Bundle
🧩 1st Grade Phonics Hands-On Game Bundle
🧩 2nd Grade Math Hands-On Game Bundle
🧩 2nd Grade Phonics Hands-On Game Bundle
🧩 3rd Grade Math Hands-On Game Bundle
🧩 4th Grade Math Hands-On Game Bundle
🧩 5th Grade Math Hands-On Game Bundle
🧩 Addition & Subtraction Math Facts Hands-On Game Bundle
🧩 Multiplication & Division Math Facts Hands-On Game Bundle
🧩 Reading & Grammar Hands-On Game Bundle

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