Foundation stage Letters & Sounds support

You can find out about our approach to phonics using Little Wandle Letters and Sounds here.

Department for Education Reception Letters and Sounds lessons.  A new lesson is posted each day but all previous lessons are available. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP_FbjYUP_UtldV2K_-niWw

Phonics Play – free games available for parents!  

www.phonicsplay.co.uk

Nursery children will enjoy Phase 1 games.  Reception children are currently working on Phase 2 and Phase 3.  Phase 4 games will also be beneficial for Reception children who are confident with all the Phase 2 and Phase 3 sounds.

Another fabulous website which is free to use is ‘Teach your monster to read’.  Log onto https://www.teachyourmonstertoread.com.  Nursery children will enjoy playing the “first steps” games and, for Reception children, there are a selection of other reading activities in the ‘games’ section.

For those children confidently blending sounds together and reading, you can also access free decodable comics by visiting: www.phonicsplaycomics.co.uk.  Again, begin with Phase 2, move onto Phase 3 and progress to Phase 4 comics.

Top tips on sharing reading with your child at home. https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/public/files/Publications/Covid-19_Resources/Resources_for_schools/7_Top_Tips_to_Support_Reading_at_Home.pdf