1. Pre-School Phonics Parent Workshop
Ebony Johnson- EYFS Phonics and Reading Co-ordinator
Tuesday 18th October 2016

2. Aims and Objectives
Give you an understanding of how Phonics is taught in Pre- School
Explain the aspects of Phase 1 Phonics
Give you an idea of games or activities to do at home to help support the learning
Answer any questions that you have regarding phonics and reading

3. Why is it important for the children?
Phase 1
What is Phase 1?
Why is it important for the children?
Phase 1 is all about developing speaking and listening skills within the children before the letter names and sounds are introduced in Phase 2. This phase also helps children develop skills in sentence structure, speaking confidently and being able to have a conversation. There are 7 aspects within Phase 1 and these all involve activities in which children learn to listen to sounds, remember sounds and talk about sounds. They are designed to help children listen, enlarge their vocabulary, develop their speech, hear sounds in words and say sounds they can hear. We will now look at each aspect to show what is involved in them.

4. Aspect 1- Environmental Sounds
Listening Walks
Sound Lotto
Describe it and Find it
Favourite Sounds
Enlivening Stories
Noisy Objects
This is to develop children’s listening skills and awareness of sounds within the environment.
Listening Walks
Sound Lotto
Describe it and Find it
Favourite Sounds
Enlivening Stories
Noisy Objects

5. Aspect 2- Instrumental Sounds
These activities promote speaking and listening through the use of instruments.
Features of conversation- turn taking, listening, responding
Singing songs
Animal Sounds

6. Aspect 3- Body Percussion
Action songs
Noisy Neighbour
Helps to develop their awareness of sounds and rhythms which will help them to develop these skills for reading and the rhythm of words and sentences.
Action songs
Noisy Neighbour

7. Aspect 4- Rhythm and Rhyme
Rhyming books
Nursery Rhymes
Rhyming Pairs
I know a word
Listening to the rhythm and rhyme in speech- will help to develop skills to help them with word families next year. Hat cat sat and spelling patterns etc
Rhyming books- finishing the sentences
Nursery Rhymes
Rhyming Pairs
I know a word

8. Aspect 5- Alliteration and Initial Sounds
Play clip
Talk about how this could be done at home with different objects
I spy
Sound Bag or Box- all objects same initial sound
Mirrors

9. Aspect 6- Voice Sounds
Oral blending and Segmenting- more advanced towards end of year- teacher led and focused to model to the children
Sound story time- we’re going on a bear hunt, billy goats gruff etc

10. Aspect 7- Oral Blending and Segmenting
Similar to aspect 6 with more focus on the children having a go and joining in
Oral blending for jobs/chores in the home- time to go to the sh-o-p shop
lets go to the p-ar-k park
I spy variation

11. Letter Names and Sounds
Sound of the Week
Example of a Phonics lesson in Pre-school
Activities to do at home
Each week children will cover one letter in alphabetical order. The week will be focused on activities surrounding the letter to reinforce- they will focus on the sound but may have some activities involving the formation of the letter.
Example lesson
Activities that may be used in a pre school phonics lesson
Find words beginning with the sound
Help them to identify sounds and letters in their name
Look for the letters in the environment

12. Song of Sounds

13. Fine Motor Skills and Writing
At this age the muscles in the children’s hands are still not developed enough for writing even though they may be able to hold a pencil and write some letters. This is why it is very important for us to practice fine motor and pre writing skills. We focus on this during the recap week and make different shapes and lines we also provide independent activities during the other weeks that children are invited to come and have a go which they enjoy. These can also be done at home as well as practicing name writing with a capital letter to start and lower case for the rest of the name.
Discuss pictures and pre writing shapes
Threading
Construction
Cutting
Play doh
Cooking
Gardening
Finger paints
Zips and buttons

14. Reading at Home Wordless Reading books Books at home
Other reading activities
Children benefit hugely from exposure to books from a young age. Enjoying and sharing books with you at home will help children see books as a source of pleasure and interest and this will motivate them to value reading in the future.

15. Handout and Questions Explain Hand out Information Any questions?
Questionnaires