AGO Blog

Welcome to the AGO card games blog!
You will find useful information related to AGO card games here!

AGO cards are designed for language learning and developing reading skills. We started off making games for learning English, but now have games in 5 languages, and over time hope to add many more!

AGO games are pretty easy to use right out of the box, but experienced teachers, parents and students also know that there is a lot more that you can get out of the games with just a few little tips, and by mixing in new things to keep it fresh! 
And if you have a good idea… or have a question / content request that you think others might also find useful, please let us know, and maybe we can add it here, too! 

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AGO Christmas Card Game Free Worksheets!

December 6, 2021 / Layzr / , , / , , , , , , , , , / No Comments
With Christmas season well and truly upon us, check out these free downloadables to use in your classes or at home when you’re snowed in! These materials are all designed …

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AGO Halloween Materials

October 29, 2021 / Layzr / / , , / No Comments
Here are a few supplementary classroom printables you can use in your ESL lessons, or give out for homework.  Happy Halloween Everybody! PS. If you’ve been playing the AGO Halloween …

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AGO Phonics Downloadable Game Boards.

August 4, 2021 / Layzr / , / , , , , / No Comments
Free, printable board games are available for download. There are several board layouts available. These are turn based strategy games, where players play cards from their hand, and put game …

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Speed Slap (Simple AGO Phonics game idea)

August 4, 2021 / Layzr / , / , , , , / No Comments
This game is similar to “karuta” (an educational way of using cards popular in Japan).In this game, spread numbered AGO cards (i.e. the phonics cards) face up on a table. …

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Memory Match (Game play method for AGO Phonics)

July 29, 2021 / Layzr / , / , , / No Comments
With two copies of an AGO phonics deck, you can play memory match games. I.e. games where players attempt to find matching pairs of cards by turning over face down …

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Time Bomb (A beat the clock hangman game play method for AGO Phonics cards)

July 29, 2021 / Layzr / , / No Comments
This game is basically beat the clock hangman. Played with AGO Phonics cards, it practices scanning and decoding skills.  Setup:Mix some phonic cards face up on a desk (the more …

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Treasure Hunting (simple game play method for AGO Phonics and QnA games)

July 29, 2021 / Layzr / , / , , , / No Comments
This game is easier and simpler than Last Card, but retains much of the excitement, and has the advantage of the game length being predictable. Thus these rules are better …

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Three Simple AGO Phonics Game Play Methods: (find the phoneme, rock scissors paper, high card wins!)

July 28, 2021 / Layzr / , / , , , , , , / No Comments
AGO Phonics (especially Aqua level 1) works great with children in their first months of learning English, or kindergarten aged native English speaking kids just beginning to learn how to …

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About AGO Phonics (and how the games work)

July 28, 2021 / Layzr / , / , , , , / No Comments
Over four decks, AGO Phonics cards introduce over 140 different English phoneme patterns and over 400 (mostly) useful picture words. AGO Phonics cards work best as part of a broader …

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AGO Last Card Strategy Tips

July 28, 2021 / Layzr / , / , , , , , , / No Comments
Whilst AGO Last Card (or other ways to use AGO cards) are not really meant to be overly competitive, it can be more enjoyable when players know what they’re doing …

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