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I Spy 'Flip' Board Game | Short Vowel /i/ | Articulation | Sensory

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Looking for a phonics game that actually gets your kids excited to learn?

This Short Vowel I I Spy Flip Board Game transforms phonics and vocabulary practice into a fast-paced visual race your students won’t want to stop playing!

Whether you’re introducing short vowel I words or reinforcing them through targeted practice, this sensory-friendly board game helps learners master short vowel sounds while strengthening visual discrimination, vocabulary, and expressive language.

With clear, colorful images and multiple play options, it's ideal for your literacy centers, ESL/ELL students, speech therapy sessions, and those wiggly early finishers.


What’s Included in the Short Vowel I I Spy Game 


  • 10 I Spy game boards featuring fun, high-interest scenes
  • 40 short vowel I image cards (words like ill, fig, inch, pink, swing)
  • 20 printable star token cards for keeping score
  • Simple teacher directions with flexible game variations
Each board is packed with picture-word matches that emphasize both beginning sounds and medial short I sounds... perfect for practicing CVC, CCVC, and even some two-syllable vocabulary in an engaging way.


Primary Academic Skills Targeted: 


Short Vowel I Phonics
  • Reinforces the /i/ sound in beginning and medial positions
  • Supports decoding of CVC and CCVC short I words
Phonemic Awareness & Decoding
  • Segmenting and blending practice as kids connect sounds to visuals
  • Encourages recognition of short I vowel sounds in different word structures
Visual Discrimination
  • Kids must carefully scan busy boards to match pictures
  • Great for boosting attention to detail
Vocabulary & Oral Language
  • Helps expand receptive and expressive vocabulary
  • Encourages discussion and sentence generation with target words

Secondary Life Skills & SEL:


Turn-Taking & Cooperation
  • Practice social skills while playing together
Self-Regulation & Focus
  • Game structure helps learners practice patience and maintain attention
Flexible Communication Practice
  • Great for encouraging speech and expressive language, especially in therapy settings


The Short Vowel 'I' I Spy Board Games are Perfect For:


  • Literacy or math center warm-ups – Use the game to kick off your small group time with a high-energy activity that gets kids thinking and engaged before diving into lessons.
  • RTI or small group work – Great for targeted practice! The visual discrimination and vocabulary connection make it ideal for intervention groups needing focused support.
  • Early finishers or rainy day fun – Keep those fast finishers busy (and happy!) with a meaningful game that reinforces skills without feeling like extra work.
  • Homeschool learning – Easy to prep and reuse, it adds hands-on play to your homeschool routine while supporting visual perception, attention, and vocabulary.
  • ELL students – The visual clues and image-to-word matching are perfect for supporting English Language Learners as they build vocabulary and connect words to real-world objects.


How to Play the I Spy Flip Game: 


  1. Prep: Print, laminate, and cut the cards, boards, and tokens.
  2. Set Up: Choose one game board and give each student a small deck of image cards.
  3. Flip: Everyone flips one card at the same time.
  4. Spy: Players race to find the matching image on the board.
  5. Win a Token: First to find their image earns a token!
  6. Repeat: Keep playing until all cards are matched. The player with the most tokens wins!


Additional Play Options 


Independent Play: Let students match the full deck of short vowel I cards to a single board. They can cover each image with a mini eraser or token to mark matches.

Parallel Play: Use two boards side by side for quiet partner practice. Each player flips a card and finds the match on their own board.

Therapy Adaptations: Use in speech therapy or occupational therapy to target articulation of short I words or visual-motor skills like pointing, scanning, and tracking.


Perfect For:


This I Spy Short Vowel 'I' game is super versatile and fits easily into a variety of classroom and at-home routines.

  • Literacy centers and guided reading warm-ups
  • RTI and small group interventions
  • Speech therapy articulation games
  • Occupational therapy visual scanning practice
  • ESL/ELL vocabulary reinforcement
  • Homeschool morning baskets
  • Early finisher activities
  • Sub tub plans or no-prep day fillers
  • Rainy day or indoor recess fun
Simply print, laminate, cut, and go! The small storage size makes it super easy to keep everything in one place.


Standards Alignment:


✔ Texas Pre-K Guidelines

Supports phonological awareness, vocabulary development, and cooperative play through interactive learning.

✔ Virginia ELDS

Builds sustained attention, early language skills, and social communication.

✔ Common Core ELA Standards

  • RF.K.2d: Isolate and pronounce initial, medial vowel, and final sounds
  • RF.K.3a: Demonstrate basic knowledge of short vowel sound correspondences
  • SL.K.1a: Participate in collaborative conversations with peers and adults
  • L.K.6: Use acquired vocabulary through play and discussion



Check out what other educators are saying:


⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Christine H. wrote: “I used this as a vocabulary game with my RTI group. It was great to have new types of words… and a good tool to see which students could grasp words and images quickly.”



Keep Building Phonics Skills Through Play


This Short Vowel 'I' I Spy game isn’t just a literacy center... it’s a game your students will beg to play again and again!

Add it to your literacy stations, sub plans, or intervention kits for a low-prep tool that’s packed with high-impact learning.

You’ll love how easy it is to implement and your students will love how fun it is to play!



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I Spy 'Flip' Board Game | Short Vowel /i/ | Articulation | Sensory

$3.00

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