Literacy Centers
Literacy Centers are a great way to practice new skills and to reinforce previous learned skills. Children love these colorful engaging centers that go along with each theme. Each packet contains 12 literacy centers with a variety of skills and games that you can download, print and laminate to use over and over again. Directions are included. These fun printables are sure to help your child become more successful and confident while learning to read.

Set 1: Forest Fun
Children learn best with hands-on materials and when they are having fun. This packet contains 12 literacy centers that you can download, print and laminate yourself. The skills for each center are listed below. These skills go along with the scope and sequence of Set 1 Forest Fun in our series of easy-to-decode phonics books, the Half-Pint Readers. You will notice how the skills gradually build with each set of centers. These centers can be used with the Half-Pint Readers or to supplement any reading curriculum. We have added a bonus center at the end!
Skills:
- Beginning Sound Sort (b, t)
- Beginning Sound Sort (c, m)
- Beginning Sound Sort (s, p)
- Beginning Sound Sort (f, h)
- Vowel Sound Sort (a, o)
- Missing Vowel Fun
- Sight Word Match (I, see, a, on, the, is, can, not, am)
- Decoding CVC Words
- Real or Nonsense Words
- Spelling CVC Words
- How Many Syllables?
- Decoding Sentences

Set 2: Around the World
Children learn best with hands-on materials and when they are having fun. This packet contains 12 literacy centers that you can download, print and laminate yourself. The skills for each center are listed below. These skills go along with the scope and sequence of Set 2 Around the World in our series of easy-to-decode phonics books, the Half-Pint Readers. You will notice how the skills gradually build with each set of centers. These centers can be used with the Half-Pint Readers or to supplement any reading curriculum.
Skills:
- Who Am I?
- Rhyme Time
- Word Family Match
- Yes or No?
- Beginning Sounds
- Ending Sounds
- Sight Word Match
- Missing Sight Words
- 4-Part Sequence
- Beginning, Middle, Ending Sounds
- Letter Match
- Unscramble the Sentences

Set 3: Arctic Adventures
Children learn best with hands-on materials and when they are having fun. This packet contains 12 literacy centers that you can download, print and laminate yourself. The skills for each center are listed below. These skills go along with the scope and sequence of Set 3 Arctic Adventures in our series of easy-to-decode phonics books, the Half-Pint Readers. You will notice how the skills gradually build with each set of centers. These centers can be used with the Half-Pint Readers or to supplement any reading curriculum.
Skills:
- Beginning Sound Sort (d, g)
- Beginning Sound Sort (r, n)
- Short Vowel Sort (u, a, o)
- Decoding CVC Words
- Letter Match
- Spelling CVC Words
- Real or Nonsense
- Missing Sounds
- Sight Word Match: stop, up, had, and, but
- 4-Part Sequence
- True or False
- Find the Rhyme

Set 4: Jungle Safari
Children learn best with hands-on materials and when they are having fun. This packet contains 12 literacy centers that you can download, print and laminate yourself. The skills for each center are listed below. These skills go along with the scope and sequence of Set 4 Jungle Safari in our series of easy-to-decode phonics books, the Half-Pint Readers. You will notice how the skills gradually build with each set of centers. These centers can be used with the Half-Pint Readers or to supplement any reading curriculum.
Skills:
- Begin Alikes
- How Many Syllables?
- Ring the Vowel Sound
- Sight Word Match
- Who Belongs Where?
- 4-Part Sequence
- Unscramble the Sentences
- CVC Word Puzzles
- Beginning Sound Sort
- Real or Nonsense Words?
- Word Family Sort
- Missing Sight Words

Set 5: Jumping Jungle
Children learn best with hands-on materials and when they are having fun. This packet contains 12 literacy centers that you can download, print and laminate yourself. The skills for each center are listed below. These skills go along with the scope and sequence of Set 5 Jumping Jungle in our series of easy-to-decode phonics books, the Half-Pint Readers. You will notice how the skills gradually build with each set of centers. These centers can be used with the Half-Pint Readers or to supplement any reading curriculum.
Skills:
- Beginning Sound Sort (j, l, v)
- Words Ending in X
- Clothespin Vowels
- Sight Word Match
- Noun or Verb?
- Word Family Sort
- Decoding Sentences
- Spelling CVC Words
- Real or Nonsense Words?
- Letter Match
- Rhyming Word Puzzles
- 4-Part Sequence

Set 6: Digging Up Dinosaurs
Children learn best with hands-on materials and when they are having fun. This packet contains 12 literacy centers that you can download, print and laminate yourself. The skills for each center are listed below. These skills go along with the scope and sequence of Set 6 Digging Up Dinosaurs in our series of easy-to-decode phonics books, the Half-Pint Readers. You will notice how the skills gradually build with each set of centers. These centers can be used with the Half-Pint Readers or to supplement any reading curriculum.
Skills:
- Beginning Sound Sort (y, z, q)
- Beginning Sound Sort (w, k)
- Vowel Sound Sort
- Sight Word Match
- Yes or No?
- Decoding CVC Words
- Fill in the Blank
- Missing Letters
- Real or Nonsense Words?
- ABC Order
- Unscramble the Sentence
- 4-Part Sequence

Set 7: Outerspace
Children learn best with hands-on materials and when they are having fun. This packet contains 12 literacy centers that you can download, print and laminate yourself. The skills for each center are listed below. These skills go along with the scope and sequence of Set 7 Outer Space in our series of easy-to-decode phonics books, the Half-Pint Readers. You will notice how the skills gradually build with each set of centers. These centers can be used with the Half-Pint Readers or to supplement any reading curriculum.
Skills:
- Blends and Digraphs (sh, sn, fr)
- Sight Word Match
- Missing Letters
- Unscramble the Words
- Real or Nonsense Words?
- Fill in the Blank
- Word Family Sort
- Decoding Sentences
- Happy or Sad?
- CVC Word Puzzles
- Spell the Words
- 4-Part Sequence

Set 8: Medieval Magic
Children learn best with hands-on materials and when they are having fun. This packet contains 12 literacy centers that you can download, print and laminate yourself. The skills for each center are listed below. These skills go along with the scope and sequence of Set 8 Medieval Magic in our series of easy-to-decode phonics books, the Half-Pint Readers. You will notice how the skills gradually build with each set of centers. These centers can be used with the Half-Pint Readers or to supplement any reading curriculum.
Skills:
- Word Puzzles (ck ending)
- Decoding Sentences
- Real or Nonsense Words?
- Sight Word Match
- Ending Sounds
- Yes or No?
- Rhyme Time
- Noun or Verb?
- Missing Vowel
- ABC Order
- Unscramble the Sentences
- 4-Part Sequence

Set 9: Down on the Farm
Children learn best with hands-on materials and when they are having fun. This packet contains 12 literacy centers that you can download, print and laminate yourself. The skills for each center are listed below. These skills go along with the scope and sequence of Set 9 Down on the Farm in our series of easy-to-decode phonics books, the Half-Pint Readers. You will notice how the skills gradually build with each set of centers. These centers can be used with the Half-Pint Readers or to supplement any reading curriculum.
Skills:
- Blends and Digraphs
- Sorting “ch” and “sh”.
- Who am I?
- Sight Word Match
- Decode the Words
- Big or Little
- Word Family Sort
- Missing Sounds
- Real or Nonsense
- Spelling Words
- Unscramble the Sentences
- 4-Part Sequence

Set 10: Barnyard Buddies
Children learn best with hands-on materials and when they are having fun. This packet contains 12 literacy centers that you can download, print and laminate yourself. The skills for each center are listed below. These skills go along with the scope and sequence of Set 10 Barnyard Buddies in our series of easy-to-decode phonics books, the Half-Pint Readers. You will notice how the skills gradually build with each set of centers. These centers can be used with the Half-Pint Readers or to supplement any reading curriculum.
Skills:
- Pig’s Shopping List
- Time to Rhyme
- Sight Word Match
- Vowel Sound Sort
- Decoding Words
- Decoding Sentences
- Real or Nonsense Words
- ABC Order
- Missing Sight Words
- What Am I?
- Unscramble the Sentences
- 4-Part Sequence

Set 11: Pioneer Days
Children learn best with hands-on materials and when they are having fun. This packet contains 12 literacy centers that you can download, print and laminate yourself. The skills for each center are listed below. These skills go along with the scope and sequence of Set 11 Pioneer Days in our series of easy-to-decode phonics books, the Half-Pint Readers. You will notice how the skills gradually build with each set of centers. These centers can be used with the Half-Pint Readers or to supplement any reading curriculum.
Skills:
- Remembering Details
- Blends and Digraphs
- Word Puzzles
- Sight Word Match
- Word Family Sort
- Decoding Sentences
- Real or Nonsense Words
- Encoding Words
- True or False
- Where Am I?
- Unscramble the Sentences
- 4-Part Sequence

Set 12: Wild West
Children learn best with hands-on materials and when they are having fun. This packet contains 12 literacy centers that you can download, print and laminate yourself. The skills for each center are listed below. These skills go along with the scope and sequence of Set 12 Wild West in our series of easy-to-decode phonics books, the Half-Pint Readers. You will notice how the skills gradually build with each set of centers. These centers can be used with the Half-Pint Readers or to supplement any reading curriculum.
Skills:
- Missing Vowel Fun
- Decoding Words
- Noun or Verb?
- Sight Word Fun
- Yes or No?
- Rhyming Fun
- Real or Nonsense Words
- Story Settings
- Blends and Digraphs
- ABC Order
- Unscramble the Sentences
- 4-Part Sequence

Set 13: At the Beach
Children learn best with hands-on materials and when they are having fun. This packet contains 12 literacy centers that you can download, print and laminate yourself. The skills for each center are listed below. These skills go along with the scope and sequence of Set 13 At the Beach in our series of easy-to-decode phonics books, the Half-Pint Readers. You will notice how the skills gradually build with each set of centers. These centers can be used with the Half-Pint Readers or to supplement any reading curriculum.
Skills:
- Sea Shell Blends
- Decoding Sentences
- Decoding Words
- Sight Word Fun
- Word Family Sort
- Yes or No?
- Real or Nonsense Words
- Snack Shack Items
- Mark the Sentence
- Word Family Fun
- Unscramble the Sentences
- 4-Part Sequence

Set 14: Under the Sea
Children learn best with hands-on materials and when they are having fun. This packet contains 12 literacy centers that you can download, print and laminate yourself. The skills for each center are listed below. These skills go along with the scope and sequence of Set 14 Under the Sea in our series of easy-to-decode phonics books, the Half-Pint Readers. You will notice how the skills gradually build with each set of centers. These centers can be used with the Half-Pint Readers or to supplement any reading curriculum.
Skills:
- Decoding Sentences
- Word Puzzles
- Nice or Not Nice?
- Sight Word Fun
- Unscramble the Words
- Vowel Sound Sort
- Real or Nonsense Words
- What Am I?
- Spell the Words
- ABC Order
- Missing Sight Words
- 4-Part Sequence

Set 15: Family Fun
Children learn best with hands-on materials and when they are having fun. This packet contains 12 literacy centers that you can download, print and laminate yourself. The skills for each center are listed below. These skills go along with the scope and sequence of Set 15 Family Fun in our series of easy-to-decode phonics books, the Half-Pint Readers. You will notice how the skills gradually build with each set of centers. These centers can be used with the Half-Pint Readers or to supplement any reading curriculum.
Skills:
- Vowel Sound Sort (long and short a)
- Vowel Sound Sort (long and short i)
- Vowel Sound Sort (long and short o)
- Vowel Sound Sort (long and short u)
- Vowel Sound Sort (long and short e)
- Decoding Words
- Sight Word Match
- Decoding Sentences
- Word Family Sort
- Vowel Sound Fun
- Choose a Sentence
- 4-Part Sequence

Set 16: In the Meadow
Children learn best with hands-on materials and when they are having fun. This packet contains 12 literacy centers that you can download, print and laminate yourself. The skills for each center are listed below. These skills go along with the scope and sequence of Set 15 Family Fun in our series of easy-to-decode phonics books, the Half-Pint Readers. You will notice how the skills gradually build with each set of centers. These centers can be used with the Half-Pint Readers or to supplement any reading curriculum.
Skills:
- Vowel Sound Sort (long and short a)
- Vowel Sound Sort (long and short i)
- Vowel Sound Sort (long and short o)
- Vowel Sound Sort (long and short u)
- Vowel Sound Sort (long and short e)
- Decoding Words
- Sight Word Match
- Decoding Sentences
- Word Family Sort
- Vowel Sound Fun
- Choose a Sentence
- 4-Part Sequence

Set 17: At the Circus
Children learn best with hands-on materials and when they are having fun. This packet contains 12 literacy centers that you can download, print and laminate yourself. The skills for each center are listed below. These skills go along with the scope and sequence of Set 17 At the Circus in our series of easy-to-decode phonics books, the Half-Pint Readers. You will notice how the skills gradually build with each set of centers. These centers can be used with the Half-Pint Readers or to supplement any reading curriculum.
Skills:
- Decoding Words
- Decoding Sentences
- Missing Letter
- Fill in the Blank
- Yes or No?
- Diphthong Sort
- Sight Word Match
- Word Family Sort
- Happy or Sad?
- Who Am I?
- Clamp the Word
- 4-Part Sequence

Set 18: Community Helpers
Children learn best with hands-on materials and when they are having fun. This packet contains 12 literacy centers that you can download, print and laminate yourself. The skills for each center are listed below. These skills go along with the scope and sequence of Set 18 Community Helpers in our series of easy-to-decode phonics books, the Half-Pint Readers. You will notice how the skills gradually build with each set of centers. These centers can be used with the Half-Pint Readers or to supplement any reading curriculum.
Skills:
- Decoding Words
- Missing Vowel Fun
- Decoding Sentences
- Sight Word Match
- Who Am I?
- Change a Word
- True or False
- Deliver the Mail
- R Controlled Vowel Sort
- Yes or No?
- Sentence Sense
- 4-Part Sequence