Useful links for parents
Reading at home is crucial to any child but understanding how to ask a child to ‘sound’ out a word can be tricky for parents. Whilst we use the Phonics Bug programme in school, we would highly recommend the following website for parents to assist them at home:
Mr Thorne does phonics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7sW4j8p7k9D_qRRMUsGqyw
You can also find useful videos below for sounding out the 44 phoneme sounds, should you need assistance. There are also resources from our Bug Club scheme to support you at home with your child's Phonics.
The Phonemes of the English Alphabet Code - Synthetic Phonics
Get more activities, more resources and of course, more Geraldine, from Mr T's Phonics - here: https://www.mrtsphonics.com/more-geraldine-youtube/ We make learning essential reading and phonics skills easy - and fun! Let YouTube sensation Geraldine the Giraffe take you on a learning journey through the world of phonics, grammar, spelling and punctuation, learning letters and sounds along the way.
How to read the Vowel Digraphs Sounds Phonemes
Get more activities, more resources and of course, more Geraldine, from Mr T's Phonics - here: https://www.mrtsphonics.com/more-geraldine-youtube/ We make learning essential reading and phonics skills easy - and fun! Let YouTube sensation Geraldine the Giraffe take you on a learning journey through the world of phonics, grammar, spelling and punctuation, learning letters and sounds along the way.