Whether you’re working on simple CVC words, digraphs, blends or R-influenced words, these playful Phonics 4 in a Row games are a must-play.
Kids love them so much that they actually ASK to play again!
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Getting Ready
Prepping this phonics game was quick and easy!
I printed the sheets on bright paper to give them a fun pop of color and we were ready to go.
(Prep doesn’t get much simpler than that, does it?!)
Phonics 4 in a Row Game
This game has quickly become my daughter, Avery’s, FAVORITE so she was super excited when I pulled out a new sheet.
To play, we each grabbed a different colored marker and took turns picking a word.
We read our word out loud, crossed it off on our sheet and Avery wrote it down on her record sheet so she’d get plenty of spelling practice.

The most exciting part of this phonics game was the strategizing we had to do to try and block our opponent from claiming four words in a row.
There was A LOT of back and forth but in the end, Avery managed to beat me with a sneaky diagonal move…
After her victory, she asked if we could play again. Of course!
Sneak learning is the best, don’t you think?!
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Thank you for sharing the ideas and 4 in a row game. ? I am going to use the colour coding for literacy and numeracy. ?
I have a question and I apologize if it seems dumb. Sets 1 & 2 have repeating words. Is my child to color all of them when that word is called or just one of them? For example, if the word is “cab,” is she to color all the boxes w/ the word “cab” or just one of them?