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<\/div>\nThe Football Beginning Digraph Matching Puzzle Printable is a great addition to the football printables<\/a> and digraph printables<\/a> on the site.<\/p>\n A digraph is two letters together that make one sound. Digraphs can be made up of vowels or consonants.<\/p>\n Some examples of consonant digraphs would be ch-, -ch, -ck, gh, kn-, ph, qu-, sh-, -sh, th-, -th, wh-, and wr-.<\/p>\n The football beginning digraph matching puzzles have a beginning digraph on one side and the matching picture for the digraph on the other side.<\/p>\n A simple digraph matching printable for kids in kindergarten (ages 5 to 6) and first grade (ages 6 to 7).<\/p>\n You have half a football with a matching digraph letters. You have the following beginning digraphs: ch-, kn-, ph, qu-, sh-, th-, wh-, and wr-.<\/p>\n You have black and white pictures on the other side of the football to make the digraph letters.<\/p>\n You have the following digraph matches: We have included links to some of the products and resources we have used with this activity. If you purchase via the links we may earn a small commission<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n You are going to see ways to use the football puzzles and how to prepare them. Plus other printables to use with the digraph puzzles.<\/p>\n You are going to want to print the football digraphs printables on cardstock<\/a>. This helps them last longer in learning centers. You can also laminate<\/a> the puzzles. Do what you best for how you are going to use them.<\/p>\n You can see a simple set up below. You have the digraph letters on the left and the pictures on the right. You can do all the puzzles or break them up into small groups for kids just learning digraphs.<\/p>\n You could start with letters kids are currently learning. You could just start with two puzzles and build up to more puzzles. Do what is best for the level of the child learning the digraphs.<\/p>\n You can see how simple it is to match the digraph in a matching center. After you have matched all the puzzles you can have kids sort them out and set up for someone else or clean up the puzzles.<\/p>\n You can use a pocket chart<\/a> with the football digraph puzzles. the table top version works great. You can place the letters or the pictures. Then kids match the other side of the puzzle.<\/p>\n I love that this sit nicely on the table for them do the matching.<\/p>\n You can also have kids write the digraph words. You can use a blank piece of paper. Then you have kids write the digraph letters and then write the digraph picture word.<\/p>\n You can use the blank writing paper<\/a> for this.<\/p>\n Digraph Coloring pages<\/a> have mix of beginning and ending digraphs consonants with tracing and drawing their own digraph and an option for writing the digraph and drawing the own digraph. Easy no-prep pages for kids to use. And they work prefect with the football digraph puzzles.<\/p>\n The Digraph Coloring Pages have the following digraphs: ch-, -ch, -ck, -gh, gh-, kn, -ng, ph-, qu-, sh-, -sh, th-, -th, wh-, wr-.<\/p>\n Click here to buy your copy of the Digraph Coloring Pages at Teachers Pay Teachers.<\/a><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/div>\n Click here to buy your copy of the Digraph Coloring Pages at Teachers Pay Teachers.<\/a><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/div>\n No-Prep Football Weekly Packs<\/a> – You have 5 days of printables with 4 pages for each day. You have a mix of math and language for kids to use. You have prek, kindergarten, first grade, second grade, third grade, and fourth grade.<\/p>\n Silly Football -ALL Easy Reader Book<\/a> is a great way to work on the “-all” ending with a fun book. A fun way to see those double consonant LL words.<\/p>\n Football Skip Counting by 7 Puzzles<\/a> has four fun skip counting puzzles that all work on skip counting from 7 to 140. Each puzzle had 10 numbers on the puzzle.<\/p>\n Football Pack<\/a> goes great for fall and winter! They are fun to use at any time during the football season. It has football vocab words and fun hands-on and no-prep printable mix. there are a mix of activities for tot, preschool, prek and little kindergarten.<\/p>\n Check out all the fun Football Activities & Printables <\/a> on 3 Dinosaurs.<\/p>\n Cassie – 3Dinosaurs.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A fun football digraph printable for kids. The free football digraph puzzles work on beginning digraphs for kids. 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Football Beginning Digraph Matching Puzzle Printables<\/h2>\n
Football with Digraph Letters<\/h3>\n
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<\/div>\nFootball with Digraph Pictures<\/h3>\n
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\nch \u2013 chair
\nkn \u2013 knee
\nph \u2013 phone
\nqu \u2013 quilt
\nsh \u2013 shell
\nth \u2013 thunder
\nwh \u2013 whistle
\nwr \u2013 write<\/p>\nThings to use with the Football Beginning Digraph Matching Puzzle Printable<\/h2>\n
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Ways to Use the Football Beginning Digraph Matching Puzzle Printable<\/h2>\n
Preparing the Football Digraph Printables<\/h3>\n
Setting up a Football Digraph Matching Center<\/h3>\n
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<\/div>\nMatching the Football Digraph Puzzles in a Pocket Chart<\/h3>\n
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<\/div>\nWrite the Digraph Words & Letters<\/h3>\n
Using Digraph Coloring pages with the Football Digraph Puzzles<\/h3>\n
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<\/div>\nDigraph Coloring Pages Selling Set<\/h2>\n
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<\/div>\nWhat you will find in the Digraph Coloring Pages printables<\/h3>\n
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What you will find in the Free Football Beginning Digraph Matching Puzzle Printable<\/h2>\n
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<\/div>\nMore Football Printables For Kids<\/h2>\n
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