1. Supporting your child’s learning - Phonics
An information session for parents

2. What is phonics?
A strategy or tool to help us to learn to read and spell.
A process of systematic identification of sounds with symbols.
Part of a wide set of skills required to become a reader and writer.
Built upon firm foundations of early listening and discriminating skills.

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4. Blodrogging for fun.
The blodrogs had been quifiering snorgoly all day by the romet of the furty led wetop. They didn’t pawt the gumlo until Herci was reduning by the dasop. ‘Hund’ bruked Herci as reftly as he could. It was too late……
What had the blodrogs been doing all day?
When did the blodrogs pawt the gumlo?
Which words does the author use to describe the wetop?
Can you think of some other words you could use to describe the wetop?

5. Phonics is NOT The 26 letters of the alphabet.
The only way to learn to read and spell.
The learning of sound/symbol relationships without applying the knowledge.

6. At school….
Follow the Letters and Sounds programme and phase progression and use a range of games and rhymes (including Jolly Phonics) to enhance the learning.
Systematic introduction and teaching of the 44 different phonemes and the letter symbols which represent these.

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8. Why do we teach phonics?
As part of broad and rich speaking and listening curriculum.
As one strategy for learning to read (decoding).
To foster the development of early writing skills.
To introduce the skills of blending – for reading and segmenting – for spelling.

9. How do we teach phonics? In context of broad and rich curriculum.
Using a structured system of progression in learning.
Through modelling and applying the skills taught.
Through exploration, play and having fun! This encourages a multisensory approach.

10. What do we mean by ‘multisensory’?
Shaving foam
Sand
Water
Chalking
Magnetic Letters
Playdough/plasticene
Whiteboards and pens
Games and puzzles
Music/movement/actions
Some use of ICT resources

11. Key things to remember
The pronounciation of the sounds which individual/pairs/groups of letters make.
Link together the symbol, letter shape and sound.
Show children how to apply the knowledge.
Make any learning interactive and fun.

12. How can I support at home?
Reading – with and to your child
Sound book
Sound games
Writing activities
Multisensory and exploration activities
Rhyme, music and dance
ICT: alphablocks (cbeebies iplayer)
phonicsplay.co.uk
letters-and-sounds.com
ictgames.com/literacy
bbc.co.uk/schools/words and pictures/phonics