Oral blending and segmenting activities for Phase 1 phonics in Nursery and Reception.

Rhyme Town Week 14: Oral blending and segmenting

Based on A Sailor Went to Sea and The Big Ship Sails

Rhyme Town Week 14 is a seaside-themed Phase 1 phonics lesson pack for Nursery and Reception. Pupils practise oral blending and segmenting through hands-on games, picture cards and listening activities linked to familiar nursery rhymes. The activities are fully explained and easy to deliver, making this pack ideal for whole-class teaching, small groups or early phonics intervention.

What’s included in Week 14?

This pack includes five pre-reading phonics lessons and five pre-writing mark making activities, alongside a detailed lesson plan, an interactive presentation and ready-to-use resources. The pre-reading lessons focus on oral blending and segmenting using seaside vocabulary, and the pre-writing activities support writing readiness through purposeful mark making linked to boats, shells and waves.

• What did the sailor see? oral blending and segmenting picture card game
• I spy telescopes listening and blending game using a viewing sheet
• Pack your beach bag blending activity with cut-out item cards
• Shell segmenting activity using pearls to represent each sound in a word
• Mystery water sound recognition game with waterproof CVC objects
• Pre-writing activities including shark fins, boat sails, shells in sand trays, a wave of shapes painting task, and pre-writing shape fishing

Want to see how this week fits into the full sequence? Download the Rhyme Town progression document or explore the complete Rhyme Town scheme here.