eigh Sound Words Christmas Game – FREE Printable Phonics FUN!

December 14, 2025
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Grab our fun and festive christmas reading games printable! This chutes and ladder type game focuses on the eigh vowel team. Use the excitment of Christmas to work on eigh words in this educational Christmas game. This free printable vowel team game is perfect for first grade, 2nd grade, and 3rd grade students learning words with eigh.

This week we have dived into the vowel team with eigh sound words. And with Christmas right around the corner, I knew we needed a fun, educational Christmas game to work on our new eigh words. I hope you enjoy this free printable vowel team game as much as my first graders have.

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Get ready for some holiday fun with our Christmas reading games printable! This engaging chutes and ladders-style game is designed to help your little learners master the “eigh” vowel team in an exciting way. As the festive season approaches, why not infuse some holiday spirit into learning? Our free printable game is perfect for first, second, and third graders who are eager to improve their vocabulary while embracing the joy of Christmas.

Research shows that incorporating games into learning can enhance engagement and retention, making education feel less like a chore and more like an adventure. By using familiar holiday themes, kids are more likely to connect with the material, boosting their interest and enthusiasm for reading. Plus, who doesn’t love a little friendly competition during the holiday season?

In our game, children will navigate their way through a snowy landscape filled with exciting challenges and surprises. They’ll practice words with “eigh” as they climb the ladder to success and avoid the chutes that challenge their progress. This captivating approach not only reinforces their spelling and phonics skills but also promotes critical thinking and strategy.

We have lots more Christmas activities and english activities to make learning fun! Don’t miss our ai and ay words worksheets, ea vowel team puzzle activity, ee words for kids BINGO game, and oa and oe worksheets

eigh vowel team

So what is the “eigh” vowel team?

  • In English words, the “eigh” letter combination often makes the “long a” sound, which sounds like the “ay” in words like “say,” “play,” or “day.”

However, it’s important to note that English is not a strictly phonetic language, and there are exceptions to pronunciation rules. The “eigh” pattern can have variations, and in some words, it might be pronounced differently, such as:

  • “eight”: In this case, “eigh” makes the long “a” sound.
  • “neigh”: Here, the “eigh” also produces the long “a” sound.

But here is an example where the “eigh” does not make the “long a” sound.

  • “height”: In this word, “eigh” creates the “long i” sound.
chistmas eigh game

eigh words

You may be wondering why we should take the time to teach a vowel team that isn’t used as often as some of the others.

Here are two reasons why.

  1. Spelling Proficiency: Knowledge of vowel teams aids in spelling words correctly. It allows learners to recognize and remember how particular sounds are represented by various vowel combinations when writing words. And when our students practice reading and spelling words that have that vowel team they will know when to use the particular patterns.
  2. Language Fluency: Understanding vowel teams contributes to overall language fluency. It assists individuals in speaking, reading, and writing English more proficiently by correctly using vowel combinations to produce accurate sounds and spell words.

words with eigh

This game is a print-and-go game:

  1. First, print off the game board that fits the level of your student.
  2. Then, gather up game pieces and a die.

You are ready to go.

eigh two syllable words

words with eigh in them

Players take turns in clockwise order.

  1. Starting: Each player starts at square 1.
  2. Roll: The player rolls the die and moves their game piece the number of squares shown on the dice. They read the word they land on.
  3. Chimney: If a player lands on a square at the bottom of a chimney, they move their game piece to the top of the chimney, which is a picture of a Christmas item.
  4. Coal: If a player lands on a square with a piece of coal, they must move their game piece down the chimney. They then read the word at the bottom of the chimney.
  5. Turns: Players take turns rolling the die or spinning and moving their tokens until someone reaches the last square.

I hope your child enjoys this little Christmas game to work on the vowel team “eigh”.

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Christmas Activities

Practice vowel team with eigh sound words with a FREE printable Christmas Phonics Game for grade 1 students. Educational fun in December!

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