Teach the ‘p’ grapheme and /p/ phoneme with our p phonics resources for Reception. These worksheets, games and practical activities help pupils recognise ‘p’, practise correct letter formation and apply their phonics knowledge when blending and segmenting simple words.
Use these teacher-made resources to introduce ‘p’, revisit previous learning or provide additional practice during whole-class lessons, small-group work and phonics interventions. Browse our complete collection of Phase 2 phonics resources, or explore teaching materials covering every phase on our main phonics resources page.
In Phase 2 phonics, pupils learn to connect the written grapheme ‘p’ with the /p/ phoneme heard in words such as pat, pin and tap. They practise recognising the grapheme, saying the phoneme clearly and identifying /p/ within spoken words.
The /p/ phoneme should be articulated clearly without adding an extra vowel sound. This supports accurate blending for reading and helps pupils identify each phoneme when segmenting words for spelling.
Our p phonics worksheets, games and practical activities provide regular opportunities to revisit and apply this grapheme–phoneme correspondence. Resources support pupils with:
Use the resources for whole-class teaching, adult-led groups, independent activities or targeted phonics interventions. They can be selected to complement your school’s chosen systematic synthetic phonics programme.
Once pupils know ‘p’ alongside other taught graphemes, they can begin blending phonemes to read simple words such as pat, tap, tip and pit. Practical word-building activities, phoneme frames and decodable reading tasks help pupils apply their knowledge rather than recalling words by sight.
When spelling, pupils can say a word slowly, identify each phoneme and select the graphemes needed to represent it. Moving regularly between reading and spelling helps strengthen pupils’ understanding of the ‘p’ grapheme–phoneme correspondence.
Letter formation activities help pupils connect the visual shape of ‘p’ with the phoneme it represents. Tracing, writing, fine motor tasks and multisensory activities provide repeated practice while pupils develop the control needed to form the grapheme independently.
Browse our complete collection of Phase 2 phonics resources for activities covering the wider teaching sequence. You can also visit our main phonics resources page to explore worksheets, games, lesson presentations and practical activities for Phases 1 to 5.
In early Phase 2 teaching, the grapheme ‘p’ is introduced as a representation of the /p/ phoneme heard in words such as pat, pin and tap.
Yes. The ‘p’ grapheme and /p/ phoneme are usually introduced near the beginning of Phase 2, alongside other early grapheme–phoneme correspondences.
Pupils can practise through grapheme-recognition games, oral sound activities, letter formation, word building, phoneme frames and decodable reading tasks. Short, regular opportunities to revisit ‘p’ help pupils develop secure and automatic recall.
