Digraph & Trigraph Flashcards
Two letters, one sound. Sometimes three. (Phonics loves to keep us on our toes.)
Our digraphs & trigraphs flashcards focus on letter combinations that work together to make a single sound — like sh, ch, igh, and ear. They help children move beyond single-letter sounds and start spotting sound patterns inside real words.
These cards are especially useful for:
- Practising common digraphs and trigraphs taught in early phonics schemes
- Helping children blend sounds more smoothly when reading
- Building confidence with longer or trickier-looking words
- Playing quick “spot the sound” games in books and around the house
Use them little and often — say the sound together, think of a word that contains it, and see if you can find it in a story later that day. Once children realise that letters team up, reading suddenly feels a lot more manageable.
Looking for a fun reading activity that uses this resource?
Reading scavenger hunt
Set a hunt challenge before you start reading: find a word with sh, spot an exclamation mark, count how many times a character's name appears. Keeps attention sharp.
I spy sounds
Play I spy the phonics way — using sounds, not letter names. "I spy something beginning with s" (and you mean the ssss sound, not "ess").
Digraph detective
Pick a digraph — sh, th, ch, ng — and go hunting. How many times can you spot it hiding in words on a page, a sign, a cereal box? Detective hats on.