Week commencing 11th May

Activity 1

This week we are going to ‘sound up’ and ‘blend' words.

Children are used to this in school and I have prepared a video teaching phonics so you can do it the same way:

Teaching phonics Juan models the way phonics are taught in nursery

I also have two links to videos to support your phonics knowledge:

Introduction to Alphablocks Guidance for parents

Sound Pronunciation Guide to pronounce 'pure' sounds to watch with your child

Below you can find the sounds we are going to use; these are the cards I use in the class, but if you have your own phonics cards and you already use them with your child, continue with them. Alternatively, you may want to make your own cards with your child, so you both together can decide on the picture that will feature with each sound.

Most children will need support to blend, but don’t worry, blending is challenging, and your child will get there independently with time.

I am giving two choices for each activity: one with CV or VC words (like ‘up’ or ‘no’) and another with CVC words (like ‘cat’). C stands for consonant and V for vowel.

The words for activity one are:

CV or VC words	CVC words
on	cat
in	rat

Should you want to print the phonics cards click here

Activity 2

Follow up the guidance from my video to ‘sound up’ and ‘blend' these words.

CV or VC words	CVC words
is	pot
no	cut

Activity 3

Follow up the guidance from my video to ‘sound up’ and ‘blend' these words.

CV or VC words	CVC words
at	bin
of	tin

Activity 4

Follow up the guidance from my video to ‘sound up’ and ‘blend' these words.

CV or VC words	CVC words
as	zip
an	wig

Activity 5

Follow up the guidance from my video to ‘sound up’ and ‘blend' these words.

CV or VC words	CVC words
On	ant
in	leg