Learning Resources Space Mission: Nonsense Words

Visit the planet Phoneme with this alien words phonics game where young readers practise sorting the real words from the nonsense words. It’s ideal as an end-of-lesson activity to reinforce the skills learned and practised through fun game play.

Early learners will love helping the planet Phoneme while boosting phonics skills too!

• Children fly their saucer and use the Super Suction feature to sort and collect the astronaut and alien cards in this nonsense words game.
• The astronaut cards show real words, and the alien cards show alien words (words that are made up but phonetically plausible).
• Students pronounce the words on the back of the cards correctly in order to save them. Rescue the most to win!
• Use this fun game as an end-of-lesson activity to practise and reinforce the concepts learned.
• Space Mission: Nonsense Words includes 4 spaceships, 110 game cards, and Activity Guide. Features multilingual packaging.
• What are nonsense or alien words?
  • Strings of letters that follow phonics rules taught in class, but don't mean anything.
  • Children need to read them with the correct sounds to show that they understand the phonics rules behind them.