Free Snowman Diphthong Game for AU, AW, EW and OI Words
Games are great learning to read tool and the Snowman Diphthong Game for AU, AW, EW and OI Words is a great way to work on vowel combinations in a fun way.
You can learn a few diphthongs with this free diphthong game for kids. You have four diphthongs to work on and this makes a great learning center for the winter.
You have matching diphthongs and writing diphthongs with this diphthong game.
The Snowman Diphthong Game is a part of the 20 Free Printables for January.
The Snowman Diphthong Game Printable is a great addition to the diphthong printables and winter printables on the site.
The Snowman Diphthong Game Printable is part of my subscriber library. You can subscribe to the newsletter and get access to the password there. You will find it in the diphthong section on the subscriber freebie page.
What is a Diphthong?
A diphthong is a sound formed by combining two vowels in a single syllable. The sound begins as one vowel sound and moves towards another. Diphthong comes from the Greek language meaning two voices or two sounds.
These are words like boy, coin, cloud, and cow
The common diphthongs are: au, aw, ew, oi, oo, ou, ow, oy.
Snowman Diphthong Game
Snowman Diphthong Game has the following diphthongs au, aw, ew, oi. You have snowmen for sorting, board game, and matching worksheet for the words.
Snowman Diphthong Board Game Printable
You have a board game with several of the letters au, aw, ew, oi mixed up around the board game.
Snowman Head With Diphthongs
You have snowmen with hats that have the au, aw, ew, oi diphthong letters on them. You can see the four snowmen below.
Snowballs with Pictures of Diphthongs
You have five snowballs for each of the diphthongs. They have a picture of a word with a diphthong in them.
Diphthongs Writing Worksheet
You have a writing page for kids to write the diphthong letters in each word. This is a great worksheet for writing the vowels with or without the game.
Things to use with the Snowman Diphthong Game Printable
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- printer
- white copy paper
- white cardstock
- pencil
- fine line markers
- laminator
- laminating pouches
- unifix cube
- The Clown in the Gown Drives the Car with the Star
Ways to Use the Snowman Diphthong Game Printable
Setting up the Snowman Diphthong Game
You can see below how to set up the game. You can use the worksheet with the game or without the game. You have the snowmen heads, the snowballs with the pictures of the diphthong words, the game board with the diphthong letters and a game piece. We used a mini eraser for a game piece but a unifix cube would also work great.
How to Play the Snowman Diphthong Game with the Game Board
You will see steps below on how to play the snowman game with the snowball, snowmen, and game board.
Pull a Snowball Card
You start by turning over on of the snowball cards and then matching it to the correct snowman with the matching diphthong.
We pulled the cards with chew and matched to the EW snowman.
Find the Diphthong Letters on the Board Game
Then you find the matching diphthong letters on the game. You can see we found the first ew on the game.
Keep Repeating the Cards and Movement
You keep pulling diphthong cards, building the snowmen, and moving around the game. This is a fun way to match and have fun doing it.
You can see a finished game below. We did not use all the snowballs but you can sort them as you need.
How to Do the Snowman Diphthong Matching with the Diphthong Worksheet
Setting up the Snowman Diphthong Worksheet
You can see the snowman heads with the diphthong vowels, the snowballs, and the diphthong worksheet.
Pull a Snowball & Write the Diphthong Letters
You pull the snowball and then write the diphthong letters on the matching picture on the worksheet. You can see we pulled laundry and wrote the au on the worksheet.
Match the Diphthong SNowmballs to the Snowmen
Then you match the snowball to the correct snowman. It is a fun way to build the snowman and fill out the worksheet.
Fill out The Snowman Diphthong Worksheet
As you pull the snowballs, you fill out the diphthong worksheet. It is a great way to work on seeing where the diphthongs are in each of the letters.
You could do this worksheet without the snowballs and snowmen as well.
More Snowman Diphthong and Vowel Team Games
If you are looking for more snowman diphthong and vowel team games. You can check out all the Snowman Diphthong and Vowel Team Game Printables. It has board games, two worksheets for each game, matching snowmen, and more. A great way to work on more vowel combinations.
Diphthong Book to Use with The Game
The Clown in the Gown Drives the Car with the Star is a great book to work oh diphthong as well! You can read the pages that have them.
Snowman Diphthong and Vowel Team Games
A snowman game with two diphthong games and two vowel team games to play with kids. You can work on learning the vowel combinations, matching, finding, and writing the letters and words. A great way to review and learn letters with kids.
What you will find in the Snowman Diphthong and Vowel Team Games Printables
- Snowman heads with vowel combinations, snowballs with pictures for matching, writing vowel worksheets, writing words worksheets, and 4 board games for kids to play.
- Game One: Diphthongs au, aw, ew, oi
- Game Two: Diphthongs oo, ou, ow, oy
- Game Three: Vowel Teams: ai, ay, ea, ee, ie
- Game Four: Vowel Teams: oa, oe, ue, ui
- 19 pages
- Price: $3
What you will find in the Free Snowman Diphthong Game
- The Following Diphthongs: diphthong au, diphthong aw, diphthong ew, diphthong oi
- Snowman with the diphthong letters on each Snowman’s hat
- Five words for each diphthong
- Snowballs with pictures of diphthong words
- Recording worksheet to write the vowels
- 5 pages
More Winter Learning to Read Printables
Winter Fox Vowel Team & Diphthong Matching is a great way to work on the vowel combinations in a matching game with a recording sheet.
Snowman Digraph Matching Puzzles has 11 fun puzzles for matching digraph, digraphs consonant letters and digraph word. It is great to use for first and second grade kids.
Fun No-Prep Winter Learning with Blends are great for kids working on sc-, sk-, sn- and st- blends. This is a great winter no-prep printable for first grade and second grade.
Winter Digraph Sorting Set has digraph sorting mats, digraph sorting worksheets, and digraph writing sheets for the digraphs with a fun winter and snow theme.
Winter Blends Sorting Set has blends sorting mats, blends sorting worksheets, and blends writing sheets for the blends with a fun winter and snow theme.
Snowman CVC & CVCC Word Family Writing is a great way to work on rhyming words and writing sentences. You have a page for each word family ending.
Check out all the fun Winter & Snow Activities & Printables on 3 Dinosaurs.
Cassie – 3Dinosaurs.com