If your child is finding blending a bit tricky, focusing on onset and rime can be a great way to make it a little easier. This firework...

If your child is finding blending a bit tricky, focusing on onset and rime can be a great way to make it a little easier. onset =...

If you are ready to throw the school reading book on top of the bonfire this weekend, then here’s another way to get your child reading...

If your child finds it tricky to blending sounds to read words, have a go at blending syllables. Start with compound words (two words...

Welcome to the Pre-Readers Club As a Reception teacher, I have taught children who are able to recognise all of the letters in Phase 2,...

Phase One Phonics - Aspect Four: Rhythm and Rhyme This aspect aims to develop children's experiences of rhythm and rhyme in speech. They...

Phonological awareness is the awareness of what sounds are and how they come together to make words. Children begin to develop...

Phase One: Aspect Seven - Oral Blending and Segmenting Objective: To develop oral blending of sounds in words. Blending - saying the...

Phase One: Rhythm and Rhyme Purpose: To develop awareness of rhyme through shared reading. Literacy - Reading (30-50 months): Enjoys...

Phase One: Voice Sounds Purpose: To explore how different sounds are articulated. This will make it easier for them to make the sounds...

Phase One: Instrumental Sounds Purpose: To develop an awareness of sounds made with instruments and noisemakers. This will help children...

Phase One: Oral blending and segmenting Purpose: To develop oral blending skills, where they merge the sounds together to make a word....

Phase One: Voice Sounds Purpose: Practising mouth movements helps children to articulate. This will make it easier for them to make the...

Phase One: Alliteration Purpose: To develop children's understanding of alliteration, where words start with the same letter or sound....

Phase One: Rhythm and Rhyme Purpose: To develop awareness of rhythm and rhyme in speech. Recognising rhymes is an incredibly important...

Phase One: Environmental Sounds Purpose: To develop children's listening skills and awareness of sounds in the environment. This will...

My 2 1/2 year old started singing the alphabet today. I was so excited because it's one of those milestones isn't it? I wanted to video...