Phonics

Phonics has all too often been solely associated with Foundation Stage and Key Stage 1. Following recent discussions about Phonics in KS2, it seems that more and more children are needing phonics well into Y3 and beyond...and perhaps we are finally going to give them what they need. Just because phonics has, in the past, been restricted to KS1 does not mean that these skills suddenly worm their way into the children's brains right at the end of Y2 and are there to stay.

What I am trying to say is that if children need phonics, we should give them phonics, regardless of age!!!

Letters and sounds is the most recent publication regarding phonics and has some interesting ideas.

The Sparklebox website contains some amazing resources and are definitely worth a look and a print (after all, they're all free now!). Get printing, cutting and laminating!

http://www.sparklebox.co.uk/cll/lettersandsounds/

How do we ensure that older children are still engaged in phonics? A thread on the TES showed that many of us were concerned that children may feel it's too babyish for them. So, how do we go about overcoming this problem? Little and often...lots of games...link to things the children like e.g. football (sparklebox has some sounds on footballs).


 * ~Jog_on

**

Can I just brag about how much my children love phonics this year? After recapping the "oy" and "oi" sounds, I suddenly realised that we could turn it into a Dizzee Rascal song or do phonics to music...so I have all the kids pointing and pulling Dizzee poses when we come to "oi" or "oy" and they love it! Haven't done it to music yet, but going to try it out next week! So exciting!


 * ~Jog_on**