Thank you to all of our parents who joined us for our Parent Evenings this week. We’ve really enjoyed catching up with you all and sharing your child’s learning. We are so proud of them all!
We received some questions about useful websites and apps that help with phonics and letter formation. Here are some suggestions:
Apps and websites to support phonics and letter formation
Some online apps and games to support phonics and letter formation at home…
Free website– www.phonicsplay.co.uk –> click ‘free play’ –> choose phase 2 –> select a game (select options up to where your child is in their phonics learning.
(‘Dragon’s Den’, ‘Buried Treasure’ and ‘Pick a Picture’ are free without subscription)
2.99– ‘Hairy Letters’ app (available on Apple Store or Google Play)- supports sound recognition, letter formation and blending.
Free CBeebies game– ‘Get Squiggling’–> https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/games/get-squiggling-letters-mobile -supports letter formation.
Free website- www.phonicsbloom.com –> choose the phase suitable for your child and select a game – supports sound recognition, segmenting/ blending and tricky word recognition.
Free to register- https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk –> wide selection of free e-books, including Oxford Reading Tree (Biff, Chip and Kipper) stories- supports all aspects of phonics through reading.
A game to play to support blending
In addition to word boxes for segmenting and blending, ‘Toy Talk’ is a great listening game to play to support blending.
Use a toy or teddy to segment the sounds of a picture or object. For example, if you had a picture of a cat, the toy would say ‘c-a-t’ and your child blends the sounds the toy has made together, to say the word ‘cat’
Sounds so far
These are the phonemes we have covered so far, sounded out by our super helpers in Sunshine and Rainbow class…
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Enjoy!