Following an introduction, ensure the pronunciation of each initial sound is correct. Use the exercises and begin to learn the phonic sounds of each letter to enable you to read, write, speak and listen better!

1. • The initial sounds
• The initial sounds of a-z
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2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XEN4vtH4Ic
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AbG7Wd2Soc&feature=related

5. Letters and sounds
• 26 letters name and sounds
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6. Aa
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7. Aa
Saying the short “a” sounds
Saying the long „a‟ sound
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8. Bb
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9. Bb
Saying the short “b” sounds
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10. Cc
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11. Cc
Saying the hard “c” sounds
Saying the soft „c‟ sound
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12. Dd
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13. Dd
Saying the short “d” sounds
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14. Ee
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15. Ee
Saying the short “e” sounds
Saying the long „e‟ sound
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16. Ff
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17. Ff
Saying the short “f” sounds
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18. Revise Aa to Ff by filling in the missing letters
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20. Gg
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21. Gg
Saying the hard “g” sounds
Saying the soft „g‟ sound
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22. Hh
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23. Hh
Saying the short “h” sounds
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24. Ii
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25. Ii
Saying the short “i” sounds
Saying the long „i‟ sound
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26. Jj
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27. Jj
Saying the short “j” sounds
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28. Kk
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29. Kk
Saying the hard “k” sounds
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30. Ll
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31. Ll
Saying the short “l” sounds
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32. Mm
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33. Mm
Saying the short “m” sounds
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34. Revise Gg to Mm by filling in the missing letters
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35. Letters and sounds
• 26 letters name and sounds
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36. • Sing the alphabet song and phonics
songs, and think about the names of
the letter and the sounds that they
make.
• Make letter shapes out of play
dough; write them in sand, write
their own name in the air etc.
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37. Phonics Games
Match picture and letter
http://www.primarygames.com/theabcgame/question1.
htm
Aa to Zz picture cards
http://www.primarygames.com/storybooks/abc/c.htm
Letter sequence
http://www.primarygames.com/ABC%20Zoo/question_
1.htm
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38. • Aim: grapheme & initial sound
identification
• Sit in a circle, pass the sounds box, when
the music stops, the one holding the box
will take 1 picture card out and say the
beginning sound of that word, ie cat, /c/.
• Advance level to sound out all sounds
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39. • Aim: Initial sound identification
• sing the alphabet song and pass the
ball, when the music stops, the parent
holding the ball needs to repeat the
sound aloud.
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40. • Aim: grapheme & initial sound identification
• Equipment: grapheme cards, objects with initial sounds to
match cards, bag for objects
• Game
• Students sit in a circle.
• Look at grapheme cards, identify sounds and arrange in centre
of circle
• Pass a bag of objects around the circle singing “Bag of objects,
pass it round, pass it round, pass it round. Bag of objects pass
it round, what’s in the bag?” (London bridge is falling down”
tune)
• Student holding the bag at the end of the song takes out an
object, identifies it and it’s initial sound, then places it next to
the corresponding card.
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41. • Aim: grapheme identification
• Sit in a circle, give each student a grapheme card,
which is placed in front of them on the floor.
• Each parent needs to identify their phoneme (sound)
• Teacher calls out a phoneme (sound), the student
needs to jump up quickly
• The rest of the class need to point to the phoneme
before the owner jumps up
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42. What we have learnt today
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Aa to Mm letters and sounds
Aa to Mm words and pictures
Short and long sounds
Soft and hard sounds
Practice grapheme & initial sound identification
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