You’ve made it to the ancient tomb, now it’s time to get the treasure! In this suspense-filled digital game, students will test their rhyme-matching skills with CVCC words. Each correct answer brings them one step closer to claiming treasure… but there’s a twist!

Students are shown a target word and must choose which of two options rhymes with it. This game supports phonological awareness, blending, and word family recognition, essential foundations for early reading and spelling.

After answering, students choose whether to keep the treasure they’ve just earned or risk it for a chance at a bigger prize. A wrong answer sends them through the trapdoor, and they lose all unbanked treasure!

Key Learning Outcomes:

• ✅ Identify rhyming CVCC words with similar final sounds
• ✅ Strengthen phonological awareness and sound discrimination
• ✅ Build confidence in recognising spelling patterns
• ✅ Develop early reading and word family knowledge
• ✅ Engage in interactive, risk-based gameplay to support fluency and focus

How to Play:

1. Students are shown a CVCC word and two answer options.
2. They select the word that rhymes with the target word.
3. A correct answer reveals a piece of treasure.
4. Players then choose to bank that treasure or risk it to go for a bigger reward.
5. If they get the next question wrong, they fall through the trapdoor and lose all unbanked treasure.

Ideas for Classroom Use:

• 💡 Use during phonics or literacy sessions to reinforce rhyme and CVCC word patterns
• 💡 Great for Early Years–Year 1 students learning to hear and match ending sounds
• 💡 Pair with a rhyme sorting or word family follow-up task
• 💡 Use as a warm-up before reading groups or small-group spelling games

Top Teacher Tips:

• 💛 Let students personalise their experience by choosing from six characters before the game begins
• 💛 Select the number of players or teams at the start of the game to suit individual, paired, or group play
• 💛 Send the QR code home for students to play as a homework or revision task

Let’s Steal – Match the Rhymes: CVCC Words brings rhyme and risk together in a fun, focused literacy challenge, perfect for helping young learners lock in sound patterns and word recognition as they chase treasure!