If he needs some practice on learning letters try these other early literacy activities for learning letters first. Segmenting Sounds When your child learns to break down the word 'chip' into its three individual sounds /ch/ /i/ and /p/ he will then be able to start spelling simple words.īefore starting these phonics games your child should be comfortable with letter recognition.Blending Sounds When your child learns to blend the three individual sounds /c/ /a/ and /t/ to make 'cat' he will then be able to "sound out" any simple words in this way to read them.Isolating Sounds By learning that 'pen' and 'police' start with the same sound, and that 'cat' and 'seat' end with the same sound, your child learns to match spoken sounds to written letters.Rhyming Being able to recognise and generate rhyming words will help your child to read new words by comparing them to known, rhyming words eg use 'could' to help him read 'would'.
Awareness of Syllables Separating words into syllables will help your child break down longer words into parts to help him read or spell them eg break down 'contact' into 'con' and 'tact'.The different skills which these phonics games will help to develop are:
This is important because as his awareness of sounds increases he will start to master skills which will eventually help him to read and spell. What’s more, many of these games can be played on the move so are ideal for playing in the car or while waiting to be served in a restaurant.īy playing these games you are building your child’s phonological awareness, that is his awareness of sounds in words.
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