Phonics is a way of teaching children to read and write. They are taught how to:
- Recognise the sounds that each individual letter makes
- Identify the sounds that different combinations of letters make – such as ‘sh’ or ‘th’
- Blend sounds together from left to right to make a word
- Segment sounds in words in order to attempt to write them
Children can then use this knowledge to ‘de-code’ new words that they hear or see. This is the first important step in learning to read and write.
The links and resources I have added below have some ideas and useful information which can help you support your child’s phonic knowledge and progress at home, enabling them to become quicker and more skillful when attempting to read and write.
Phonics: How to pronounce pure sounds | Oxford Owl
Learn how to pronounce all 44 phonics sounds, or phonemes, used in the English language with these helpful examples. This will help you to support your child’s reading and writing at home.
Phonics: How to blend sounds to read words | Oxford Owl
An explanation of how sounds can be blended together to read words.
Tricky Words and Sight Words Song
This song helps the children to practice recognising the ‘tricky words’ that we learn in Phase 2 of our phonics programme.
Phase 3 Tricky Words Song Say Hello To
This song helps the children to practise recognising the ‘tricky words’ that we learn in Phase 3 of our phonics programme.