How to Help at Home
Phonics
If you wish to help your child at home with phonics, there a number of things you can do.
How to say the sounds
Phase 2 sounds taught in Reception Autumn 1
Phase 2 sounds taught in Reception Autumn 2
Phase 3 sounds taught in Reception Spring 1
How to say Phase 5 sounds
Use flashcards
You can buy the flashcards that match what we do in school from amazon. Check with your child's teacher for which phase they are working on.
Phase 2 Cards
Phase 3 Cards
Phase 5 Cards
You can use this bank of words to help you choose which words to build from the cards. You can also simply write some words on paper if you dont have cards. Just make sure that you are at the right stage/level, otherwise it might be overwhelming for your child.
How to use the Phonics Flashcards
How to play: Change it
Read lots of words with this fun game. Change one grapheme card each time to make and read a new word. How many words can you make and read with your child?
How to play: Mix it up
Help your child to read and spell words with this fun game. Choose the grapheme cards you need to make up a word. Mix them up. Show your child how to make a word. Sound out and blend the word. Mix the words up again and ask your child to make the word and read it.
How to play: Win it
Win it! is a fun game to play with your child. Choose six grapheme cards that your child can read confidently. Add a new grapheme card to the pack and challenge your child to read the grapheme correctly. Each time they read it, they win it.
Precision Teaching
Precision teaching is where you practice a limited number of sounds and expect your child to show precision in their recall before you move on.
Here is a template you can use. Choose five sounds that you wish to practice. Enter them in the first 5 boxes. The rest of the sheet will generate randomly. The you simply read through the page once.
You do not take a sound off the sheet untill your child reads it correctly every time. Please do not be generous here - it must be correct every single time to come off the sheet.