Literacy: Digraphs Peg Activity

Make learning digraphs engaging and interactive with this Digraphs Peg Activity! This hands-on literacy resource helps students recognise and identify common digraphs by reading a target digraph and selecting the correct matching picture.

Students simply read the digraph, look at the six picture options, and place a peg on the picture that contains the target digraph. This fun, self-checking style activity builds phonics knowledge, vocabulary, and confidence through meaningful practice.

Digraphs Included:

• ck
• ll
• sh
• qu
• ch
• wh
• th
• oo
• ng
• ee

Picture Vocabulary Includes:

A wide range of familiar words, including:

• ck: quick, quack, chick, thick, backpack, knock, wrack, sick
• ll: quill, shell, yellow, bell
• sh: shut, shop, ship, sheep, shower, shoe, shin, shell, shorts, shovel, shed, shelf, shadow, shirt, shapes, shampoo, shark
• qu: quiet, quotation, quill, quick, quilt, queasy, quarter, quartz, queen, quail, quack, quake, question, quiz
• ch: cherries, cheetah, chimney, cheese, chips, chocolate chip, chocolate, chick, chest, chalk, champion, chair, chop, chin
• wh: whiteboard, whisper, where, whisk, whirl, wheel, wheelbarrow, whiskers, wheat, wheelchair, whistle, whale, white
• th: thunder, thumb, through, three, thorn, throne, thirty, thigh, throw, think, theatre, thick, thermos, thread, thin
• oo: shampoo, wool, moon, spoon
• ng: wring, wrong
• ee: tree, sheep, green, cheese, cheetah, three, wheel, wheelbarrow, knee, kneel, bee

How to Use:

1. Print the activity strips.
2. Cut them apart and laminate for repeated use.
3. Provide students with pegs.
4. Students read the target digraph and place a peg on the correct picture from the six options.

Perfect For:

• Foundation
• Grade 1
• Literacy centres
• Phonics rotations
• Small group instruction
• Partner activities
• Independent practice
• Intervention groups
• Early finishers

Skills Developed:

• Digraph recognition
• Beginning and medial sound identification
• Phonics
• Visual discrimination
• Vocabulary development
• Oral language
• Fine motor skills

This low-prep, reusable resource makes phonics practice fun while helping students build strong reading foundations through hands-on learning. Simply print, cut, laminate, add pegs, and your literacy centre is ready to go!