PHONICS

kizphonics and starfall
Two more interesting websites to keep your children motivated with phonics and reading!

TRICKY WORDS

WORD BOXES - PHONICS PRACTICE

PLEASE CLICK ON THE LINKS BELOW TO FIND THE PRONUNCIATION OF YOUR WORDS.

WORD BOXES 1-3

WORD BOXES 1A-3A

WORD BOXES 4-6

WORD BOXES 4A-6A

WORD BOXES 7-9

WORD BOXES 7A-9A

WORD BOXES 10-12

WORD BOXES 10A-12A 

WORD BOXES 13-15

WORD BOXES 13A-15A

WORD BOXES 16-18

WORD BOXES 16A-18A

In class we use a combination of the Jolly Phonics songs, gestures, big books, interactive whiteboard material and workbooks to help learn the 42 sounds of the English language.  The songs can be found in order of teaching below:

There is also a good website with videos for each sound, called www.mrthorne.com.  Phase two would be suitable for 3 year olds and Phase 3 for 4 and 5 year olds. The children often like the Geraldine the Giraffe videos, which help with vocabulary as well.


 
For 3 and 4 year olds, I would recommend Letters and Sounds Phase 1 to practise identifying the sounds used in the English language.

For 5 year olds, at this stage they can move onto Letters and Sounds Phase 2.  Letters and Sounds uses a similar methodology to Jolly Phonics and is used in many British schools to help teach literacy to the youngest children.


There are many free Jolly Phonics worksheets to download from Jolly Learning here.  The most useful webpage I have found which can help parents and students at home is found here.  It is possible to listen to the sounds, see the gestures and practise.

The poster below shows the order in which the sounds of the English language will be taught in both upper and lower case.