Friends on the Block

Learning Games

Engaging instructional games are a key feature of the Friends on the Block Literacy Program and are included in every lesson.

Our Learning Games provide fun practice with essential literacy skills through a variety of game formats and carefully sequenced instruction. Easily customize your instruction by choosing games that target the specific skills your students need to practice.

Features include:

Interleaved practice of new and review skills
Repetition of newly acquired skills
Active engagement to improve focus
Motivation and emotional connection
A variety of games to choose from to enhance engagement
Includes manipulatives
Ready to play; includes everything needed

Game Samples

Family of three - a man, woman and a boy - sitting around a table

Game Bundles

Printed on High-Quality Cardstock

Get multiple-use, classroom-quality games to boost literacy skills at any level.

Printed on sturdy cardstock, Game Bundles come with everything you need to start playing immediately.

All Games:

Sounds Bingo (Levels 1-3)
Think & Sort (Levels 1-3)
Climb & Slide (Levels 1-3)
Shake & Make* (Levels 1-5) ^{*plastic letters not included}
Read Through the Seasons (Levels 6-14)
Speed Reader (Levels 6-14)
Word Bingo (Levels 1-14)
Amazing Words (Levels 1-14)
Scavenger Hunt (Levels 1-14)
Super Sentences (Levels 1-14)

Boy in a wheelchair with a backpack on his back

Complete Set of 100+ Games

Table topped with lots of papers and cards, as well as some other objects, against a dark background

Includes all 100+ games
$950.00

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Game Bundle

Levels 1-3

Pile of cards sitting on top of a table against a dark background

Includes 27 games
$225.00

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Game Bundle

Levels 4-5

Pile of white cards sitting on top of a table against a dark background

Includes 14 games
$200.00

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Game Bundle

Levels 6-8

Black background with a book and a bunch of cards scattered across it

Includes 24 games
$300.00

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Game Bundle

Levels 9-14

Includes 48 games
$450.00

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Essential Skills Game Packs

Printed on Premium Paper

Help your struggling readers practice high-impact skills to improve their reading.

Our Essential Skills Game Packs are curated sets of games that reinforce critical reading skills. Use these games with FREE Friends on the Block eBooks to boost decoding skills, fluency, and comprehension.

All Games: