FLASHCARDS · AGES 6–7

Read the 64 words phonics can't sound out.

Tricky Words Flashcards – Year 2

£17.95

Common exception words. The everyday ones sounding-out can't crack, on cards built for little hands.

Learn Tricky Words Activity Flashcards for Year 2

Sight, not sounds — 64 common exception words learned by recognition, the way they're actually read.
Split into groups — four red-dot groups, so your child masters a few at a time.
Made for small hands — A6 cards, rounded corners, thick plastic-free stock that survives the kitchen table.

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The words sounding-out can't crack.

Tricky words are the everyday words that break the phonics rules — and children meet them on every page.

Your child sounds out c-a-t and gets cat. Then they hit the. Or said. The letters stop following the rules. These are tricky words, also called common exception words. They fill every book and every sentence. Learn them by sight and reading starts to flow.

What's Inside

The 64 tricky words Year 2 readers meet most.

64 tricky words, double-sided and split into four groups marked with red dots.
Simple activities on the cards that turn practice into play.
The national curriculum set — the common exception words schools teach in Year 2.

More than 64 words

The cards teach the tricky words. Your Happy Little Doer takes away much more.

Reading that flows

Once the tricky words are known, whole sentences stop snagging.

A little and often

Four small groups make practice a five-minute habit, not a chore.

Learning that feels like play

The activities turn revision into a game they ask for.

Confidence at school

A child who knows their words reads aloud without hesitating.

Boost your child's development

Reading fluency

From reading word-by-word to reading with ease.

Spelling

Seeing the whole word builds the memory to write it.

Speech & language

Reading the words aloud builds vocabulary.

Confidence & independence

Small wins that grow self-belief.

Tried, tested and trusted

Designed by a parent, shaped by teachers, and recognised by the experts.

Parent-designed

Created by a mum on a mission to give her own children a better start.

Teacher-tested

Tried in real classrooms and shaped by teachers who use them every day.

Award-winning

Junior Design Awards, Made for Mums Gold and more! Recognised by the experts who judge children's learning.

STEM-accredited

Our products are independently assessed and recognised for building genuine thinking, maths and science skills through play.

THE JOY OF LEARNING

Learning through play

We believe the best kind of learning doesn't feel like learning at all. Five minutes at the kitchen table, a few cards before school. That's all it takes.

Spot the tricky part together, and watch them ask for one more.