Phonics

[molly48]

My granddaughter has just started school she is 4. She has started doing phonics has anyone got any advice i have been trying to help her but haven't got a clue what I'm doing. Lol mine had word tins when they were learning. Don't want to get her confused as she is the youngest all rest of class are 5 and seem so much older.

[82lcm]

oxfordowl/for-home...rs-and-sounds/

Hope this helps! My son enjoyed watching alphablocks which is also good for phonics sounds.

[Lostbrain]

Aww I loved my word tin! Phonics is just sounding out really. At 4 I would just be following her lead and encouraging her to link sounds to letters. Playing eyespy using the first sound of the thing you're spotting is probably a good one.

[TheHughesCrew]

Get her to pretend to be the teacher, and tell you how it's done...

Alphablocks is good too.

School should have a sheet that might go with the sounds. My boys did a slightly different version to the norm when they were learning, but we had lots of guidance from school about what each sound was.

[helbel84]

Look for any free apps on phone/tablet that’s how I learnt what it was all about when my son was that age and the apps have games for the kids to play and learn

[ziggyzag]

There are loads of youtube videos on phonics, useful to hear how the phonics sound

[Fairy Helen]

Ask the teacher what scheme they use as there are many different ones. They teach in a different way using set strategies and letter sound order. That will ensure no confusion. Plus her reading book should be matched to the phonics band she is working on too.

[daffodil92]

And play games for blending sounds. Lots of our children struggle with this. For example ... I’m making a sandwich and I’m putting in h-a-m . Does teddy have his S-o-ck and his c-oa-t?
Games like this and as the other poster has said, recognising the first sound in a word with I spy (using letter sounds, not letter names). Lots of fun for you both 😊

[waiting4disney]

Look at Geraldine Giraffe on YouTube.

[Guest]

My daughter was taught with jolly phonics and there is an app called jolly songs. There is a song for each sound and they taught my dd the actions at school. This helped her so much! She is now one of the best readers in her class and I think it was partly down to her time at home singing these songs.