Phonics for parents

What can you do to help at home?

• For a younger reader, help your child learn the letters and sounds of the alphabet.
• Listen to your child read, little and often.
• Provide a quiet, distraction free environment.
• Share favourite books.
• Let them see you read.
• Talk about the importance of phonics to reading.
• Read at different times of the day.
• Join the library.
• Encourage reading in the environment eg. road signs

Activities to try at home.

• Eye spy with phonemes as well as letter names.
• Make up stories together – increase your child’s vocabulary.
• Treasure hunt/scavenger hunt for things beginning with (containing or ending with) different phonemes.
• Make up silly rhymes.
• Write letters and notes to members of the family – encourage your child to use what they know about letters and sounds.
• Help your child to count syllables in words.
• http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk
• www.free-phonics-worksheets.com
• www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/phonics/