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💙 A note for our US friends 💙
Thank you for 20+ years of support! Due to new tariffs, we can only ship physical games within Canada. But you can still enjoy instant access to our printable versions!
If you would still like the physical games, Reading Simplified has limited copies! :)
Getting the brain to connect sounds and spellings takes PRACTICE
Crazy Cards turn practice into a REAL card game that gets phonics learning to STICK!
"We're born to learn, to bond and to play."
(Bregman, R., Humankind, p. 69)
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It's More than just Sounding out Words: After reading a word, students say a silly sentence using that word. This helps them relax, have fun with peers, and feel good! And this is part of what helps makes the sounds & spellings STICK in the brain.
- It's the WIN they Love : They spend most of their time focused on which card they can play that will stop you from winning! They barely notice they are learning and getting sounds & spellings (phonics) to stick!
- It's so Easy: These are real card games. Just shuffle the deck and deal! Instructions are always the same. Wild Cards and Miss Your Turn cards make them BEAM with joy. It's funny, actually, how they don't even get they are learning.
- It Works: This isn't just a fun "nice to have" game. It has been loved by teachers and parents for over 25 years. Created by experienced OG/Structured Literacy teacher, Martha Kovack, this game gets reading and even spelling to stick too!
Perfect for Science of Reading Centers!
Available in Printable format to Download, Print, Cut, & Play!
Each deck is 7 pages double-sided - so 14 colour pages to print, but if you just print on one side, it would be 7 pages per deck.
The Sound Readers® Crazy Cards Series:
A Fun and Organized Path to Decoding & Spelling Mastery
From basic short vowels to advanced vowel teams and suffixes
Crazy Shorts
FOR STARTERS
Start Here.
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first 5 decks
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spellings that go with short vowel sounds
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cvc words
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digraphs (sh/ch/th/wh)
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floss spellings
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-ck,
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-ng/-nk
Crazy Shorts
WITH BLENDS
Come back to these decks over & over again.
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beginning & end blends (ccvc, cvcc)
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even after moving on to the next decks, students need practice with these words
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L Blends
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R Blends
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S Blends
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End blends (plus '-tch' and '-dge')
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End blends (more)
(all with short vowel sounds only)
These games are perfect for Science of Reading games and Science of Reading activities for centers.
These games are perfect for Science of Reading games and Science of Reading activities for centers.
Original Crazy Shorts First 5 decks from 1998!
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Short a word families
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Short e word families
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Short i word families
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Short o word families
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Short u word families
These games are sometimes the easiest to play because they concentrate on only one short vowel sound at a time.
Crazy Longs
Ways to Spell Long Vowel Sounds
This set is Dr. Marnie Ginsberg's (Reading Simplified) favorite set.
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Long a spellings (a, a_e, ai, ay)
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Long e spellings (e, ee, ea, ie, y)
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Long i spellings (i, i_e, igh, y)
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Long o spellings (o, o_e, oa, ow)
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Long u spellings (u, u_e, ue, ew)
Crazy Mores
Even MORE spelling patterns
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Ways to spell the sound /oo/
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Ways to spell the sound /er/+ar & or
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ou/ow, oi/oy, au/aw
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short /oo/, short /ea/, all/alk/wa
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-tion, -sion, -ture, -ment, -age
How to Play Crazy Cards
Crazy Shorts FOR STARTERS
Deck #1: cvc words Demo
Crazy Longs
Deck #1: "Long a Words" Demo
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Click Here for Crazy Shorts FOR STARTERS Deck #2 "Digraphs" Demo
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Click Here for Crazy Shorts FOR STARTERS Deck #3 "Floss Words" Demo
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Click Here for "Doubling Rule" words Demo
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Click Here for Crazy Longs 2 Deck #17: LONG "e" Demo
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Click Here for "Crazy Mores Deck #5" (25th deck) "Suffix Words" Demo
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Click Here for Crazy Mores 3- Deck #23: ou/ow, oi/oy, au/aw Demo
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"I have been using these cards forever! Kids enjoy the game and don't even realize they're getting phonics learning to stick!”
Dr. Marnie Ginsberg, Reading Simplified
