Phonics Resources

Dear Parents, 

On this page you will find a selection of resources that you can use to help support your son/daughter with their Phonics skills at home. Please can I ask that you watch the first video on the list before completing any activities, as this will help you to ensure your son/daughter is pronouncing their sounds correctly. 

As always thank you for your continued support. 

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to speak with me at drop off and pick up or alternatively you can email lilleshall.year1@taw.org.uk. 

Kind Regards, 

Mrs. Phillips 

Below you will find a couple of websites which can be used to support your son/daughter's understanding of Phonics.

• Mr Thorne Does Phonics - This link will take you to Mr. Thorne's YouTube channel, where your son/daughter can watch videos on particular sounds. 
• Alphablocks - This link will take you to all of the available episodes of Alphablocks on BBC iPlayer. 
• Teach Your Monster to Read - This link will take you to the free computer version of the App we use in school. Please note you can buy this as an app on your digital devices if preferred. 

Additional Printable Resources

*Please note these will be updated between 23.05.22 - 27.05.22

Read and Roll Activities 

Below you will find a selection of the 'Read and Roll' activities that we use in class. I ask the children to roll their dice and then they get to pick a word from the row that their dice has indicated. They are then asked to sound out and blend any word from that row and if they are successful they cover the word with a counter. The aim is to cover all of the words on the board. I often ask the children to look across the board to see if there are any duplicates of the word that they have already decoded and they can then cover these at the same time. 

Pictures and Captions 

For this activity the children need to read the provided sentences and then draw a line to the matching picture.