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EdShed Phonics and Spelling has a wide range of games designed to support students' reading and spelling journeys. We know that the most effective learning is fun, which is why we've created a series of online and offline games to be played alongside our teaching programme, transforming practice into an adventure.

There are games for each grapheme-phoneme correspondence (GPC), spelling practice games, vocabulary games and bonus games.

EdShed games provide a multi-sensory style of learning as well as a valuable opportunity to practise spelling and phonics in a relaxed and encouraging environment. Through repetition and instant feedback, students solidify their phonemic knowledge and understanding of spelling patterns and word meanings, building confidence and accuracy. Data from the games feeds into a handy data report, which can be accessed by teachers, allowing them to identify common spelling misconceptions.

Phonics Games

Phonics Games can be found in the Phonics Shed garden. Once logged in, children navigate their way through the interactive Phonics Shed garden, completing games as they progress from pre-reading skills sequentially through more challenging grapheme-phoneme correspondence activities.

Screenshot of Toybox style games showing boy character Joe reading the word sap

ToyBox Games

In Toybox Games, children explore and learn at their own pace. Students can make use of an interactive keyboard and a sound recorder. They also have the opportunity to practise matching our Characters to the phonemes they represent.

Sound Games

Sound Games offer the opportunity to learn the sounds found in words and test students' knowledge. The Sound Games include first and last sounds, sounding out, matching graphemes and Indy Pop, a game that allows students to listen to a sound and then pop the balloon with the corresponding grapheme.

Screenshot of Dare the super Hare popping the letter P grapheme to spell the word past

Vocabulary Games

In Vocabulary Games, children learn how words relate to each other and test their vocabulary. In 'Dare in the Air' students' must tap or click to keep Dare the Hare in the air, popping the correct graphemes as Dare flies. In 'Match Words', children flip the cards and match the words to their sounds.

Spelling Games

Spelling Bee

Spelling Bee is the original Spelling Shed game. In this game, a word and its definition are read aloud. Click the honeycomb tiles to spell the word or use the tiles as a prompt and type the word.

Penalty Spell-Out

In Penalty Spell-Out, you must shoot the balls into the net in order to correctly spell the word and score a goal. Again, either click the letter tiles or use the balls as a prompt and type the word.

Hungry Horse

Practise spelling by feeding these hungry horses. In this game, a word and a definition are given. Feed the hungry horses by selecting the correct letters or graphemes to spell the word.

Shed Load

Practise spelling by loading the empty truck with beehives. Load the truck by selecting the correct beehive or by typing the appropriate letter to load the beehive onto the truck.

Missing Word

The Missing Word game helps boost vocabulary acquisition. In this game, you are presented with a sentence containing a missing word. You must spell the correct word to fill in the gap in the sentence.

Definitions

The Definitions game helps boost vocabulary acquisition. Earn points by choosing the correct word for the definition shown.

Bee Keeper

Bee Keeper is a hangman-style game where you have to guess the letters of a word before you lose all the bees. The fewer wrong letters you choose, the more bees you save.

Buzz Words

It's you against the clock. Buzz Words gives you a random selection of letters and/or graphemes and you have to spell as many different words as you can within the time limit.

Squirrel Scurry

Avoid the lava and beat Chipper. The Squirrel Scurry game allows you to play solo or against the computer, choose to reach the top or enjoy endless game play. After a word is presented with its definition, you must correctly type the word to allow your squirrel to climb the rope and avoid the lava. One misspelled word will cause your squirrel to fall into the lava, so watch out!