Phonics · Ages 4–6 · 30 min
Blending sounds to read CVC words
Children read consonant–vowel–consonant words by saying each sound in order and blending them, then read a short decodable sentence.
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School year: Reception
Maths · Ages 4–5 · 30 min
Counting objects to 10
Children count up to 10 objects accurately by touching or moving each one once and know that the last number they say tells them how many there are.
Phonics · Ages 4–6 · 30 min
Digraphs sh, ch and th - two letters, one sound
Children recognise sh, ch and th as two letters that make one sound, read and spell words containing them, and read a decodable sentence.
Phonics · Ages 4–5 · 30 min
First letter sounds - s, a, t, p, i, n
Children say the pure sounds /s/ /a/ /t/ /p/ /i/ /n/, match each sound to its letter, and blend them to read first words such as sat, pin and tap.
Phonics · Ages 4–5 · 25 min
Hearing and making rhyming words
Children hear when two words rhyme, spot the odd one out in a set, and suggest a rhyming word of their own, real or silly.
Phonics · Ages 4–6 · 30 min
Introducing tricky words
Children read and begin to spell a small set of common tricky words by noticing which parts follow the sounds they know and which part is tricky, then read them in sentences.
