A little help for the helpers
Small rounds.
Room to grow.
Twenty-four different games for growing readers aged 4–8. Sit together, say the sounds, and stop while it still feels good.
Choose a starting place
- CVC Meadow →
Blend three sounds with all five short vowels.
- Digraph Woods →
Practice sh, ch, th, ck and ng in familiar words. These games cover part of the book; wh is currently book-only.
- Blends Bridge →
Keep each sound in beginning and ending blends.
In a digraph, two letters spell one sound: sh. In a blend, keep each sound: f · r. The games follow the same distinction as the books.
Try it together
Every game offers “Start small” and “A little more.” Choose by comfort, not age. The games are silent, with short instructions and a separate example under “Show me how.” Younger children may enjoy a grown-up reading the instructions and captions with them.
Wren offers a strategy hint, then another teaching cue after an attempt. Hints stay available without revealing the current answer. No timers, lost lives, or pressure to keep a streak. “Try another puzzle” replaces a difficult puzzle without counting it as completed.
The picture library covers all five short vowels, SH, CH, TH, CK and NG, plus beginning and ending blends. Caption and story games include a few familiar joining words such as “the” and “is”; read these together when needed. This is practice, not a reading assessment.
The games offer a smaller selection of words and patterns than the books. Digraph Woods currently practices five of the book’s six patterns; WH remains book-only. Its TH picture words use the sound in “thin,” while words such as “the” in captions may need grown-up help.
A quieter way to play
Use “Pause animations” on any map, game or journal page for still illustrations. The choice follows you around the games when this browser can save it. A device’s reduced-motion setting also keeps the illustrations still. Wren and Lex’s short celebrations never hold up the next puzzle.
Four free. Four from the book.
Each stage has four free games and four book bonuses. CVC Words, Consonant Digraphs and Consonant Blends each unlock their own stage. Beginning Phonics 3-in-1 unlocks all twelve bonuses. Trace, Draw & Write does not include a reading-game code.
Codes are being added to future editions. Existing owners can contact contact@crowesnestproductions.com for a code. A family can use a code on more than one device without an account. These reusable codes open companion activities; they are not secure proof of purchase.
Practice on this device
The journal collects a place stamp and a short read-together scene when each of an area’s four free games has been tried. Existing stars count. Wren, Lex and Owl are fixed illustration choices, not child profiles.
One finished round earns one star. Three rounds earn two; five earn three. Three stars in all four free games earn the stage badge. The four bonus games earn a separate book adventure badge.
- CVC WordsA fresh little adventureA fresh book adventure
- DigraphsA fresh little adventureA fresh book adventure
- BlendsA fresh little adventureA fresh book adventure
Your earlier adventures
Practice from games that moved out of a stage stays here as a keepsake. It does not become credit in a different game.
Stars celebrate participation, not independently verified reading mastery. Completed rounds are saved; an unfinished round starts again after a refresh or when you return.
Stars and unlocks stay in this browser, separately for each website address. They do not transfer automatically to another address or device; book codes can be entered again there. There are no child accounts, names, emails or cloud saves. Clearing site data removes these saves. If saving is blocked, games still work. Unlocks may last only for this tab or page.