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Children start to make sounds from soon after they are born. This is imitation of the sounds they hear around them. Even as young babies, children learn to say Ma-ma-ma and Da-da-da, so they are already using and making phonic sounds.
Through nursery rhymes and songs this process continues subconsciously. Gradually, as the children grow up, their vocabulary increases and so does their phonic learning.
Ask your child to name each letter by saying its name.
Sometimes younger children know the alphabet by singing the ABC song
It helps if you sing the song slowly and clearly with the flashcards raised for each letter as it is sung.
When the time comes to start learning to read this sound process has to be referred to paper. Some children will already recognise some letters maybe even the letters of their name.
S a m M a y B o b T i m P a t
If you use alphabet cards you can continue this learning process.
Wall charts, floor puzzles and an alphabet train puzzle are all fun ways to reinforce this stage of learning sounds and letters.
Children love playing the memory card game using a memory chart with alphabet letters to cover each picture.
Children to continue the phonic and reading process have to learn how speech sounds make up words. Then they connect those sounds to alphabet letters. For example, they learn that the letter "r" makes a "ruh" sound. This progresses into children blending these sounds into words.
e.g. b and at is sounded as bat bat
c and at is sounded as cat
As well as using the letters for sounds you can combine letters together to form simple words especially those in the kitchen:
c u p
d a d
b i n
I like to continue this learning of sounds by looking at road signs as you walk or drive around.
g o
There are many story books which will reinforce phonics.
It is a good idea to have separate magnetic letters for the fridge. This sort of incidental learning is very useful and can be done at any time of the day.
Children to continue the phonic and reading process have to learn how speech sounds make up words. Then they connect those sounds to alphabet letters. For example, they learn that the letter "r" makes a "ruh" sound. This progresses into children blending these sounds into words.
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For ah,ah,ah,ah,ah,ah, etc.
These can be found on Parents in Touch:
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Rose and the sheep-ee sound
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Also though our Worksheet Finder you will find other articles on how to help your child with phonics.There are many fun ways that phonics can be reinforced.
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Spelling patterns ance/ence Year 6 no 2
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Nursery rhymes help with phonic sounds
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As the child progresses through the learning process the phonic sounds become more involved and it is important to tell your child that there are some unusual sounds which come from blending two letters together. Sounds such as ‘br, sp, sl’ are easy to understand and say broom spin sledge Later on the children will learn that the English language is unpredictable. Here are some tricky words:
People The people walked slowly.
Looked The baby looked sad.
Called Mummy called the children in for tea.
Asked I asked Daddy to help me.
You will find many phonic worksheets on http://www.parentsintouch.co.uk. Here is an example of some worksheets on blends.
You can download an illustrated version of this page http://www.parentsintouch.co.uk/How-to-help-your-child-with-phonics-words.
Here are more pages to help with phonics.
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Analytic and synthetic phonics
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Phonics letters and sounds
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