Supporting Phonics at Home

• Try to spend at least 5 minutes a day doing ‘sounds’ activities.
• When blending words with your child, use only letter sounds, not letter names (alphabet) as this can be confusing for children learning to sound out words.#
• Little and often is most effective.
• Point out letter sounds and words frequently; books, magazines, newspapers and signs etc, all provide the opportunity for sounds
• Recognition and put reading into context for your child.
• Allow your child to sound out and write words on the computer, using magnetic letter boards, chalk boards etc. Anything that interests them!