1. Phonics at fieldhead
Welcome to the session

2. What is Phonics and how can I help my child?
Phonics is all about the combination of
skills for reading and spelling knowledge of the alphabet
Learning Phonics will help your child to become a good reader and writer.

3. Fieldhead
Children in Reception have a daily Phonics lesson.
This lasts for around 20 minutes
We teach the children 4 new phonemes every week
We also teach the children two tricky words every week
We use the Jolly Phonics teaching program

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In Phonics the children may refer to Phonemes & Graphemes
A Phoneme is the smallest sound you can hear in a word
A Grapheme is the spelling of a sound
We also teach the children how to read and write a digraph (two phonemes) and a trigraph (3 phonemes)

5. Phonics @ fieldhead Saying the sounds
Sounds must be said in their purest form. Try not to add extra sounds to consonant phonemes
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6. Phonics @ Fieldhead Blending Sounds Segmenting Sounds
Children must be able to hear all of the individual phonemes in a word before putting them together in reading.
eg: you say b – u – s your child says bus
Segmenting Sounds
Children must be able to hear a whole word and then break it down into its individual phonemes.
eg: you say bed your child can hear b – e – d

7. How you can help your child!
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How you can help your child!
Nursery Rhymes, repetitive stories with rhyme
Musical instruments (pots and wooden spoons)
Talking about sounds (Loud/quiet high/low fast/slow)
Add sound effects to stories

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We tell a story about each phoneme and give it an action to help the children remember and make connections.
Each phoneme also has a song which we sing regularly.

9. Phonics @ fieldhead And finally…..
Reading at home is crucial for your child to embed their phonics skills learnt in school.
Sharing picture books is a great opportunity for children to exercise their imaginations and think about sounds in the story.
Your child brings home a phonics book each week with the sounds they have learnt so they can practice.
And if you want to come a join in some phonics sessions with the children where they can be your teachers let me know!
And finally…..