Finn & Friends

Fundy Phonics

Created in New Brunswick, for New Brunswick classrooms.

Picture sound boxes, segmenting cards and word mapping for K-2 - printable, low-prep and classroom-ready.

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Finn the whale leaping from the waves with his five friends: Pip the sandpiper, Puff the puffin, Ted the seal, Lobby the lobster and Sam the clam
Made for K-2 Canadian spelling Follows the UFLI scope and sequence

Free interactive practice

Practice with Finn - free on iPad, laptop or smartboard

  • Works on iPad, laptop or classroom smartboard - in any web browser (Safari, Chrome)
  • Nothing to install - on iPads you can add it to the home screen
  • All the words from every set, three practice modes
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The Practice with Finn app open on an iPad, showing a word being built with letter tiles

Resources

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Start free with the Short A set - then explore each line. New sets launching August 2026 on TpT.

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Planning aid

Pairs with your scope and sequence

Fundy Phonics follows the UFLI Foundations scope and sequence - set by set, and word by word inside each set. Here's where everything lines up, including for programs that introduce letters in groups of six.

Fundy setUFLI lessonsLetter-group order
Short A (free starter)35a-35c (Short A review)after Groups 1-2
Short I36a-36bafter Groups 1-2
Short O37a-37bafter Groups 1-3
Short U39a-39bafter Groups 1-3
Short E40a-40bafter Groups 1-3
Segmenting Cards - CVC35-41 (Alphabet Review unit)after Groups 1-3
Word Mapping - CVC35a-41aafter Groups 1-3
Blends - s, l, r, final35b/c-41b/c (CCVC, CVCC, CCVCC review)after Groups 1-3
Word Mapping - Blends41b-41cafter Groups 1-3
Digraphs - ck endings44 (ck /k/)with Group 2 letters (c, k)
Digraphs - sh & ch45 (sh), 48 (ch)Group 6
Digraphs - ng & th endings46-47 (th), 51 (ng)Groups 5-6
Segmenting Cards - Digraphs42-53 (Digraphs unit)Groups 5-6
Word Mapping - Digraphs44-51Groups 5-6

All sets on this page follow the UFLI Foundations order. For decodable readers, SPELD SA's free phonic books are a great resource - note they follow the SATPIN letter-group sequence rather than the UFLI order.

UFLI Foundations is a program of the University of Florida Literacy Institute. Fundy Phonics is independent and not affiliated with or endorsed by it - lesson references are a planning aid only.

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The cast

Meet Finn & Friends

Every set has a friend whose name shows off its vowel sound - Sam, Pip, Lobby, Ted and Puff, with Finn the whale alongside.

  • Finn the whale, the lead Fundy Phonics mascot

    Finn

    the Whale

  • Sam the Clam, the Short A friend

    Sam

    the Clam | short A

  • Pip the Sandpiper, the Short I friend

    Pip

    the Sandpiper | short I

  • Lobby the Lobster, the Short O friend

    Lobby

    the Lobster | short O

  • Ted the Seal, the Short E friend

    Ted

    the Seal | short E

  • Puff the Puffin, the Short U friend

    Puff

    the Puffin | short U

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Finn the whale waving hello