Phonics for Parents

Learn all about phonics and find out how best to support your child to develop his/her phonics skills and become a better reader and writer.

Understanding Synthetic Phonics

Activities to Use with Your Child

Nursery

Helping Your Child Discriminate EnvironmentaI Sounds

Helping Your Child Discriminate Instrumental Sounds

Helping Your Child to Hear Rhyme

Helping Your Child to Hear the First Sound of a Word

Helping Your Child to Orally Blend & Segment the Sounds in Words

Reception: Autumn Term

Helping Your Child to Learn Letters (Graphemes) and Their Sounds in Reception: Autumn Term

Helping Your Child to Read and Write Words with 2-3 Sounds, Made up of Single Letters

Helping Your Child to Read and Write Words with 2-3 Sounds, Containing Double Letter Digraphs (eg ll, ss, ff, zz, ck)

Helping Your Child to Learn Letter Names

Helping Your Child to Read Words with 2-3 Sounds Containing Consonant Digraphs eg sh, ch, th, ng

Helping Your Child to Read and Write Tricky Words in Reception: Autumn Term

Reception: Spring Term

Helping Your Child to Learn Letters (Graphemes) and Their Sounds in Reception: Spring Term

Helping Your Child to Read and Write Words with 2-3 Sounds, Containing Vowel Digraphs eg ai

Helping Your Child to Read and Write Tricky Words in Reception: Spring Term

Reception: Summer Term

Helping Your Child to Read and Write Words with 2-5 Sounds, Containing Consonant Clusters

Helping Your Child to Read and Write Tricky Words in Reception: Summer Term

Y1: Autumn Term: 1st Half

Helping Your Child to Learn Graphemes in Year 1: Autumn Term: 1st Half

Helping Your Child to Read & Write Words Containing New Graphemes

Helping Your Child to Read and Write Tricky Words in Y1: Autumn Term: 1st Half

Y1: Autumn Term: 2nd Half

Helping Your Child to Learn Graphemes Which Represent More Than 1 Phoneme in Year 1: Autumn Term: 2nd Half

Helping Your Child to Read and Write Words Containing Graphemes Which Represent More Than 1 Sound

Helping Your Child to Read and Write Tricky Words in Y1 Autumn Term: 2nd Half

Y1: Spring and Summer Terms

Helping Your Child to Learn Graphemes in Year 1: Spring & Summer Terms

Helping Your Child to Read and Write Words Containing Different Graphemes Representing a Phoneme (Sound)

Helping Your Child to Write Tricky Words in Y1: Spring & Summer Terms

Y2: Throughout the Year

Helping Your Child to Learn Less Common Graphemes

Helping Your Child to Spell Words with Suffixes (Endings)

Helping Your Child Learn to Spell Homophones

Helping Your Child to Spell Contractions

Frequently Asked Questions

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