Phase 1 phonics is the first step in teaching children to read and write using synthetic phonics. It is typically taught to young children in the early years of primary school or nursery and focuses on developing their listening and speaking skills. This includes activities such as listening to and repeating sounds, learning to rhyme, and learning to segment words into individual sounds (phonemes).
During Phase 1 phonics, children learn to develop their listening and speaking skills. This includes activities such as:
The goal of Phase 1 phonics is to give children a good foundation in listening and speaking skills so that they are ready to begin learning to read and write using synthetic phonics in Phase 2.
Aspect 1 Environmental Sounds focuses on helping children to identify and match sounds in their environment. Including:
Activities such as listening games, matching sounds and pictures, and listening walks are often used to teach children about environmental sounds. These activities are designed to be fun and engaging for young children and helps to build their listening and attention skills which are essential for their development of reading and writing skills.
Aspect 2 Instrumental Sounds is a specific part of phonics that focuses on helping children to identify and match sounds of musical instruments. Some of the specific skills and knowledge that may be covered in this aspect include:
Activities such as listening games, matching sounds and pictures, and listening to recordings of different instruments are often used to teach children about instrumental sounds. These activities are designed to be fun and engaging for young children and helps to build their listening and attention skills which are essential for their development of reading and writing skills.
Explore a range of phase 1 activities that focus on the key skills that children need to learn during phase 1. You can use our phase 1 voice sounds bingo game to help identify different vocal sounds, this is ideal for introducing children to phonemic awareness to encourage them to discriminate sounds. We also have a fantastic phase 1 play activity, where children have to create their own phase 1 sound trumpet, to be used during phonics sessions. This is a great hands-on phase 1 phonics activity that can be used again and again and is great for getting children involved in phase 1 phonics learning.