What is alliteration? Alliteration is when words begin with the same sound, such as big brown bear or silly slippery snake. In Phase 1 phonics, alliteration activities help pupils notice and identify initial sounds in spoken words. Alliteration is part of Aspect 5 of Phase 1 phonics and supports phonological awareness through playful speaking and …
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What are environmental sounds activities? Environmental sounds activities help pupils notice, identify and talk about the sounds they hear around them. These activities are part of Aspect 1 of Phase 1 phonics and support early listening and sound discrimination skills in Nursery and Reception. Pupils might listen to sounds indoors and outdoors, identify hidden sounds, …
What does phonological awareness mean in Nursery and Reception? Phonological awareness is the ability to hear, recognise and work with sounds in spoken language. In Nursery and Reception, this might include noticing rhyme, hearing syllables, identifying alliteration, listening carefully to sounds and blending spoken sounds together. These skills develop before pupils begin reading written words. …
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What is oral blending? Oral blending is the ability to hear individual spoken sounds and blend them together to make a word. For example, when an adult says c-a-t aloud, pupils blend the sounds together to hear the word cat. Oral blending is taught during Phase 1 phonics and helps pupils develop the listening and …
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What is Phase 1 phonics? Phase 1 phonics is the first stage of phonics learning in the Early Years. It focuses on developing listening skills, speaking, sound discrimination and phonological awareness through play, talk, rhythm and rhyme. Unlike later phonics phases, Phase 1 does not introduce written letter sounds. Instead, pupils learn to tune into …
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