Okay, so you’ve been placed in EYFS and your phonics training seems 1000 years away but your task is to get the little ones to read! YOU DO NOT HAVE TIME!
Well, here is a quick simple guide on how to teach a phonics lesson that these companies hide. Rise and repeat until you can get training. Which they really should give you – fight for it!
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Recap
Firstly, with letter cards quickly show all the children the letters they have learned before. They must tell you the sound for each card. This should take almost half a minute depending on how many letters you have learned.
Learn
Secondly, introduce the new sound ‘’s’ Show the children how to write the letter s
Practice
Thirdly, This is where children practice writing the letter you have introduced. They can do this in a book, worksheet or whiteboard. Anyone who is a phonics guru would recommend Ruth Miskin cards no matter what! I always use them!
Apply
Next, Listen, read and write
Listen
This is where you practice listening for the sounds in the words.
For example; can you hear the ‘’s’’ sound in ‘’s-u-n’’?
Read
After, read words with the sounds you have learned. For example: If you have learned SATPIN practice reading words such as: as, sat, tip, pass, sap , past etc…
Write
Finally, say a word and have the children write it down.
The best resource for the ‘’Apply’’ aspect of eyfs phonics is the Jolly Phonics word cards. I used them for years to help challenge and expose children to words with letters that they have learnt in a serialised manner.
That’s all folks! This is just the basis if you really want to teach eyfs phonics properly it’s always best to invest in a phonics scheme to follow and practice. Here is a blog where I recommend and review a few.
