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I don't like using blocks because they have to go vertically and not horizontally. I think it's confusing.

Hide and seek with cards
Play dough
As much messy play as you can tolerate... mud, sand, bath crayons
Paint, glitter, crayons
Dice
Throwing a ball with letters written on it, have to say the one your fingers land on
Point them out in your environment

Every summer I take my class outside with water guns and get them to shoot letters hanging on the fence

Make sure you don't use the teaching order all of the time. Children learn it terribly quickly and parrot off /s/ /a/ /t/ /i/ without actually reading it.

phonix cubes fit with your original idea they look like this

Both of the companies below sell foam dice with plastic pockets. You can insert sound cards in the pockets.

www.superstickers.com/i/g10100/small-pocket-dice
www.languagestickersonline.co.uk/acatalog/Pocket_Dice.html

Pinterest is very good for phonics game ideas.
I also like the measured mom's site.
www.themeasuredmom.com/10-diy-reading-games-for-kids/

Alphablocks is an amazing phonics programme. Youtube has all the episodes, from which children learn their letter sounds and how to blend them to make words. Then there is a set of magazines and games you can buy to follow on. We love it!

Free website:

bigbrownbear.co.uk/index.htm

There may be something here, but you have to purchase the original software:

www.dialsolutions.com/myworld/

My kids learned their first 26 phonemes with the foam letters you put in the bath. Great for word building too.

Wow some really creative ideas here thank you. Yes, the blocks idea was something like a jigsaw which you would build across rather than up.

I'm off to check out all those links - thank you!