Phonics Ice Breaker Game A really fun reading game to play with a partner or as a group. Children who love a bit of competition will love this one! Attach a piece of tissue paper to the top of a cup with an elastic band and place some coins or counters on top. You will need a pack of word cards and each player will need a cocktail stick. Players take it in turns to pick a card, read and segment the word and count the number of phonemes (sounds). They then make that number of holes in the tissue