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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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.
