Phonics at home

We are excited to announce that Read Write Inc. are currently scheduling Phonics lessons on Facebook and YouTube for children to watch at home.

Please click here to find out more.

They will release three short Speed Sound lessons with a trainer every day for the next two weeks. The films will only be available at the times below:

Set 1 Speed Sounds at 9.30 am and again at 12.30 pm
Set 2 Speed Sounds at 10.00 am and again at 1.00 pm
Set 3 Speed Sounds at 10.30 am and again at 1.30 pm

Please note: the films are streamed live and won’t be available at other times.

They will also release a film of a teacher reading a poem for Reception and Year 1 children to join in with at 2.00 pm every day. The poems will be available to watch again and again on YouTube. A great opportunity for children to learn these by heart!

Parents can sign up to either their Facebook page or our YouTube channel

Set 1 sounds to do from home

Set 2 sounds to do from home

ay ee igh ow oo ar or air ir ou oy

Set 3 sounds to do from home

a-e ea i-e o-e u-e aw are ur ow oi ai e oa ew er ire ear ure

Set 3 Sounds

a-e ea i-e o-e u-e aw are ur ow oi ai e oa ew er ire ear ure

The tables below provide you with associated phrases and examples of green words for each of the Set 2 and Set 3 sounds.

SOUND	PHRASE	GREEN WORDS
ay	ay: may I play?	day, may, say, spray
ee	ee: what can you see?	sleep, need, green, feel
igh	igh: fly high	night, light, fright, might
ow	ow: blow the snow	snow, show, blow, flow
oo	oo: poo at the zoo	moon, spoon, pool, mood
ar	ar: start the car	bar, park, car, spark
or	or: shut the door	sort, short, horse, sport
air	air: that’s not fair	fair, stair, hair, chair
ir	ir: whirl and twirl	girl, whirl, twirl, dirt
ou	ou: shout it out	round, found, loud, shout
oy	oy: toy for a boy	boy, toy, enjoy

Set 3 Sounds

a- e ea i-e o-e u-e aw are ur ow oi ai e oa ew er ire ear ure

SOUND	PHRASE	GREEN WORDS
a-e	a-e: make a cake	name, same, save, brave
ea	ea: cup of tea	neat, real, clean, dream
i-e	i-e: nice smile	hide, shine, white, wide
o-e	o-e: phone home	hope, home, rose, spoke
u-e	u-e: huge brute	tune, rude, use, June
aw	aw: yawn at dawn	saw, raw, traw, crawl
are	are: care and share	bare, spare, square, flare
ur	ur: nurse with a purse	burn, turn, burp, slurp
ow	ow: brown cow	howl, down, brown, gown
oi	oi: spoil the boy	join, coin, noise, voice
ai	ai: snail in the rain	paint, train, rain, plain
e	e: he me she we	he, me, we, be
oa	oa: goat in a boat	toad, road, oak, throat
ew	ew: chew the stew	knew, flew, blew, crew
er	er: better letter	over, never, hamster, after
ire	ire: fire fire	spire, bonfire, inspire, hire
ear	ear: hear with your ear	fear, dear, gear, spear
ure	ure: sure it’s pure	picture, mixture, adventure,

How will I know how to pronounce the phonic sounds?

Visit the Read Write Inc Parent's Page where there are a number of supportive videos to help you pronounce the pure phonic sounds.

Pure Sounds

When using the sounds with your child it is important not to add an “uh” to the end of the sound e.g. mmm not muh. This can be tricky to start with. Pure sounds make it much easier to start to blend sounds together to make words. It is much easier to hear the word mat when saying mmm – a – t than it is when saying muh – a – tuh.

Bouncy and Stretchy Sounds

To help children remember their sounds we say that some make a stretchy sound and some make a bouncy sound. Stretchy sounds are said in one continuous sound, e.g. mmmmmmmmmm as in mountain. Bouncy sounds are said with a short sharp gap between, e.g. d-d-d– as in d-d-d dinosaur.

What else can I do to help my child to read?

Read a variety of books (fiction, non-fiction, rhymes etc).

Discuss the different features of various books.

Talk about the books and other reading materials that you have shared.

Explain the meaning of new words.

Most importantly though, show the fun that can be gained by listening to stories and reading a range of texts, e.g. reading and then following a recipe together