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Alphabet fun: Making links between letters of the alphabet and their sounds

Sally Featherstone

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...Introduction Children love finding pictures and objects for collections. In this activity, the focus is about finding objects that correspond to the different letters and sounds of the alphabet. However, ensure that this activity does...

I say, you say: Listening to and copying sounds

Sally Featherstone

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2

...Introduction Copying sounds, particularly the sound of voices, is a great way to help children co-ordinate their ears and brains. In addition to this, echo games also help with: speech articulation; sound discrimination; concentration...

Sing a song, tell a tale: Using singing to support sound recognition

Sally Featherstone

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2

...Introduction Singing supports learning to speak, listen, read and write. They are the way children experiment with the words they know and get a feeling for rhythm and alliteration. Sing in the garden, on walks and visits, while waiting...

A sound table: Everyday sounds in your setting

Sally Featherstone

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...Introduction Create a sound table and make it a permanent feature of your setting.What you need A few starter objects for your chosen sound of the day or the week.What you do Introduce the children to the idea of a sound table. Talk about...

Tap the beats: Linking simple single beats to syllables

Sally Featherstone

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2

...Introduction Listening to a beat and tapping is the first step to clapping.What you need Paper or plastic plates Chopsticks or pencilsHelpful hints You need a plate and stick for each child. Collect a basket of objects from around the room,...

Fashion a phoneme: Make your own 3D single phoneme sets

Sally Featherstone

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2

...Introduction Making their own letters adds another dimension to learning about sounds. It enables children to feel the shapes of the letters as they make them, which will help with early writing.What you need Salt dough or clay Craft boards...

Play the listening game: Traditional games to encourage listening

Sally Featherstone

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2

...Introduction Traditional games are in danger of being lost if they are not introduced to very young children at home and in early years settings. Many of these traditional games encourage listening and sound discrimination, and others can...

Wet letters: Fish for phonemes to make CVC words, initials and names

Sally Featherstone

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...Introduction The activities on this page give children the opportunity to practise recognising different phonemes. Challenging them to fish letters that make up CVC words, initials and names supports early writing skills and spelling.What...

Here is my New Friend: Introducing myself and my friend

Sally Featherstone

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...Introduction This activity ensures that children relate to all the others in the class or group, by mixing them up randomly.What you need A photo of each of the children in the group A photo of each adult playing the gameBefore you start...

How are you today?: Understanding expressions

Sally Featherstone

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2

...Introduction In this simple game, children will practise making expressions and reading these in others.What you need A space in front of a door, maybe your home corner door or the door to your room or a cupboard Feelings Faces cards –...