Read and Race

Roll the dice, read the sentence, and race across the board! Practice phonics skills like blends, vowel teams, R-controlled vowels, and more in this fun literacy challenge. Click the correct answer, move your player, and try to reach the finish line before the computer! It's reading practice meets board game fun.

Online Elkonin Boxes

Map sounds to letters—one box at a time.

You provide the words; students map sounds with chips or letters.

Quick FAQ
  • What are Elkonin boxes used for? Phoneme segmentation and sound-to-spelling mapping.
  • How do I use this in a lesson? Say a target word, choose 2–6 boxes (one per sound), then chip or type each sound.
  • How many boxes should I choose? Match the number of phonemes (sounds), not letters.
  • Devices? Works on Chromebooks, iPads, laptops—touch and keyboard friendly.
  • Skills built: Phonemic awareness, blending, segmenting, and spelling (structured literacy).
  • Printable? Yes—use your browser’s Print for a clean template.
Tip: Click a box to drop a chip. One chip per sound.

Read and Race is an exciting digital board game designed to build reading fluency and decoding skills through structured phonics practice. Perfect for classroom centers, homeschool, or independent review, learners select a phonics skill and answer reading prompts to move forward on the board. Compete against the computer and sharpen reading abilities in a playful, low-stress environment.