y - yes or no game
Revisit and Review: Show your child the Phase 2 tricky word cards. Can they read the words and find the one that says no? Do they know...
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Three Halloween Invitations to Mark Make, Draw or Write
Is your child a reluctant writer? If so, here are three activities that might just capture their interest over half term.
Train Tickets
Children in nursery will be learning to: Take part in simple pretend play, using an object to represent something else even though they...
ai - follow the trail
Phase 3 - ai The activities and games in this blog post can be adapted and used with any sound that your child is learning. Phase 3...
Pre-Writers Club: Toy Workshop
Expressive Arts & Design - Being Imaginative (40-60+ months): Introduces a storyline or narrative into their play. Literacy - Writing...
Pre-Writers Club: Wrapping Presents
Physical Development - Moving and Handling (30-50 months): Can copy some letters, e.g. letters from their name. Literacy - Writing...
oo - zoom to the moon
Phase 3 - oo The activities and games in this blog post can be adapted and used with any sound that your child is learning. Phase 3...
Phase 4 - CVCC words containing digraphs
A CVCC word is made from a consonant-vowel-consonant-consonant. Once children can blend and read CVCC words made from Phase 2 sounds we...
Reluctant Writers Part 2 - Writing in the moment and during play
At my school we follow something called 'in the moment planning'. We plan our phonics sessions, guided reading and maths but we don't...
Reluctant Writers Part 1 - Writing for a Purpose
I have wanted to do a series of blog posts about writing for a while. If you are reading this you probably have a reluctant writer. You...
or - it's torn!
Phase Three: or The activities and games in this blog post can be adapted and used with any sound that your child is learning. Phase 3...
The Pancake House Brunch
Lots of people loved our restaurant at home, so thought I would share another way we used our menu templates that were designed by Liz...
Going out for dinner in your own home!
Are the days all starting to merge into one? Then this is the blog post for you! I saw a post on Peachy Speech’s Instagram account where...
ar - park the car
Before you start, you will need to hide some objects containing the ar sound around the room e.g. a toy car, shark, farm, jar and a card....
er - you have a letter!
This Phase 3 phoneme is a digraph, where the two letters make one sound and is often found at the end of words. Example words: hammer,...
ur - what’s in your purse?
This Phase 3 phoneme is a digraph, where the two letters make one sound. Example words: fur, burn, burp, curl, hurt, surf, turn, turnip...
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