Time for Sounds, Nursery – phonics acquisition

This resource is aimed at younger children and targets the development of general listening skills, along with the concepts required to understand and progress in phonics acquisition. Also ideal for older children who require a significantly differentiated curriculum.

The programme of activities mirror the development of phonological awareness skills in children, developing these skills by explicitly raising awareness of the sound properties of words –  beginning with larger units of sound and moving to the smaller component sounds of words.

This fully illustrated phonics acquisition pack includes instructions for ten sessions, along with picture resources and extension activities to increase the level of difficulty as required. The 10 sessions as outlined are intended for use with groups of four to six children. The individual activities can also be used with one child or with the whole class.

Initial activities target good listening, good sitting, good looking, and taking turns.  Each of the games and activities within the pack is designed to highlight knowledge of a range of concepts important for phonics acquisition including:

• same/different;
• beginning/middle/end;
• loud/quiet;

Examples of activities include:

• odd one out,
• hunt the animal,
• which one makes this sound
• sound identification
• awareness of rhythm and rhyme
• guess the sound
• find the sound
• syllable awareness games
• syllable blending and segmentation
• rhyming
• phoneme/sound blending and segmentation

Aim: To develop sound awareness skills; to improve early literacy skills.

Format: PDF file, 138 pages including 68 pages of colour pictures. Available as a download