📖 Reading & talking · Ages 4–5 · about 5 weeks
More Sounds: g o c k e u r h b f l
Goal: Learn the next set of letter sounds and read more words with them.
For parents: c and k make the same sound — that is fine to tell them. Keep reading real words every day; sounds on their own soon feel pointless.
Do together
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Sound snap
You need: Letter cards and picture cardsTurn over a letter and a picture at the same time. If the picture starts with that sound, the first to shout 'snap!' wins the pair.
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Fishing for words
You need: Paper fish with words written on them, a paper clip on each, a magnet on a stringCatch a fish and read the word (hot, bug, red, fun, leg). Keep the fish if you read it.
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Word of the day on the door
You need: Paper and tapeStick a short word on the bedroom door. Your child reads it every time they go in. Change it each morning.
Talk about it
- Which sound is at the end of 'bus'?
- Can you read this word? What does it mean?
- What other words have the 'u' sound in the middle?
Words to use
- middle
- end
- sound
- word
Play
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Sound Hunt
Phonics -
Sound Start
First sounds -
Balloon Pop
Letter fluency -
Rhyme Time
Rhyming
Your child can…
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