Free ABC Phonics Ladders

ABC Phonics Ladders are a great set of printables to have for early reader printables. They are fun and work well with my CVC, CVCE and CVCC words. These allow you to make many different words.

The ladders have a Consonant Vowel blend.

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When I went through the list of things I wanted to use with my girls this year a phonics ladder is a great addition to the learning to read printables. These match up with other of the ABC printables on the site. They go well with the ABC Dot markers and the ABC Color Pages. For all the examples we used Appletters.

I use them in several different ways. One of the ways I do is on the word wall when we are working on one letter. We often go through the letter and vowel sounds like a review.

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Things to use with the ABC Phonics Ladders Printable

Ways to Use the ABC Phonics Ladders Printable

You are going to find a few ways to use the phonics ladders below.

Single Letter with the ABC Phonics Ladders

To start it is fun to take one letter through the ladder and see how the starting and ending sounds remain the same with the vowel changing. We talk about if they make a word or not.

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Build CVC with the ABC Phonics Ladders

We use the Appletters and make words with them. We might do several letters to make the words. I might give as many as 8 letters to see if they can make real words.

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Build CVCe & CVCC words with the ABC Phonics Ladders

Don’t forget CVCE and CVCC words. These will work nicely for them as well. Pick a blend or digraph that comes at the end of a word and see where it fits on the ladder.

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What are you going to find in the ABC Phonics Ladders printables:

12 pages of printables – all the consonants with the vowels. There are 2 ladders per page. The top of each ladder has pictures that start with that letter.

Free ABC Phonic Ladders - 3Dinosaurs.com

If you are looking for other ABC Printables check these out:

ABC Dot Fine Motor Activity

ABC Sensory Bin

New ABC Coloring Pages!

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20 Comments

  1. This is so cute! I’ve always loved your printables. I also really love the different colors of nail polish your daughter’s wearing =)

    1. We did fingernail polish pattern learning the day before. They wanted to do something different with our patterns so we did 4 color of polish and then told me the pattern and we painted them on. I really did not think about that when we did pictures for this!

  2. What a great idea. I have those letter tiles I am going to print this and start working on it with the kiddos! I love your girls nails. My daughter never uses just one color it’s always two or more. She likes making patterns when she does her nails. I think it’s super cute!

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  4. Abekah uses the same format in teaching phonics! We love word ladders! My pre-k daughter is reading phonetically now!

    1. My girls use them at school and wanted something similar at home. So I took the images I have and made the ladders. I have some ladders for blends and digraphs as well.

  5. I’m having a hard time printing these out. I get to the link, click it, everything appears fine. Then, when I go to print I get blank pages. Is there a reason for this? They look like they’re exactly what I need so I hope they are still a printable. Thank you!

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