Digraph Centres for Kindergarten | -CK, SH, TH, CH, PH, WH, -NG and -NK

Digraph Centres for Kindergarten | Science of Reading Aligned

Are your students learning digraphs but struggling to apply their phonics knowledge when reading and writing words?

These hands-on digraph centres are designed to help students move beyond recognition and begin decoding and encoding words with confidence.

Built with Science of Reading research in mind, this resource gives students repeated, meaningful practice with digraphs through multisensory, developmentally appropriate activities that actually stick.

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Why teachers love these centres:

✔ Aligned with how the brain learns to read (Science of Reading)
✔ Focus on decodable words students can actually read and write
✔ Builds both decoding AND encoding skills
✔ Hands-on, engaging, and easy to prep
✔ Perfect for centres, small group, or intervention

 

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Digraphs Included:

Beginning digraphs: sh, th, ch, ph, wh

Ending digraphs: -ck, -ng, -nk, -sh, -th, -ch

 

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What’s Included:

This resource includes a variety of engaging, low-prep literacy centres:

✔ Say, Tap & Make (build phonemic awareness + segmenting)
✔ Say, Make & Trace / Write (gradual release into encoding)
✔ Digraph Match Up (identify beginning & ending sounds)
✔ Clip Cards (quick, independent practice)
✔ Linking Chain Puzzles (hands-on word building)
✔ Dabber & “Make It” pages (fine motor + reinforcement)
✔ Digraph Mini Books (read, trace, print, and apply learning)

👉 As shown in the preview, activities follow a clear progression from oral practice → building → writing

 

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Designed with Decodable Practice in Mind

This resource was updated to reflect current reading research.

Most words included are decodable, meaning they align with skills students typically know before learning digraphs:

• letter sounds
• short & long vowels
• blends
• FLSZ rule

This allows students to:

👉 actually READ the words
👉 actually WRITE the words
👉 build real confidence

 

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Perfect for:

✔ Literacy centres
✔ Small group instruction
✔ Intervention support
✔ Whole class reinforcement
✔ Structured literacy classrooms

 

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Want to see it in action?

Check out this blog post with:

• teaching ideas
• classroom photos
• FREE Google Slides lessons

👉 https://apinchofkinder.com/2024/04/digraphs-in-kindergarten/

 

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💡 Looking for more phonics centres?

If you love these digraph activities, you’ll also love my other literacy centres designed for busy, multi-ability Kindergarten classrooms.

👉 See my alphabet activities here

👉 See my CVC activities here

👉 See my VCe activities here

👉 See my phonics-based write the rooms here