Foundation Stage Literacy Workshop
What we do in school and how you can support your child at home
AimsTo explain our method of teaching early
literacy skillsTo show you some of our new books and
phonics resourcesTo highlight the ways you can support
your child’s development in literacy at home
MethodsPhonicsShared, guided and independent reading
Opportunities to practise these skills in play
Importance of Talk
“In a multimedia world adults have less time to talk and listen to children, but children need to talk to learn and grow.”
“Reading and writing float on a sea of talk…” Sue Palmer
Importance of Talk
“..the more words children know and understand before they start on a systematic programme of phonic work the better they are to succeed......a broad and rich language experience for children ..is the hallmark of good early years practice.”
The Rose Review
Phonics is:
Phonics = +Skills of
segmentation and blending
Knowledge of the Alphabetic code
Phonics
PhonicsLetters and sounds6 phasesIn Nursery we teach Phase 1 In Reception we teach Phase 2 to
Phase 4
PHASE 1
•Aspect 1 Environmental Sounds •Aspect 2 Instrumental Sounds •Aspect 3 Body Percussion •Aspect 4 Rhythm and Rhyme •Aspect 5 Alliteration •Aspect 6 Voice Sounds •Aspect 7 Blending and Segmenting
Phase 1ListeningDistinguishing different sounds in the
environmentExperimenting with soundsAwareness of rhymeBeginning to orally blend and segment
phonemes
Instrumental Sounds
Matching Sounds
Listening
Letter soundsPronunciation
letters and sounds phoneme pronunciation.wmv
Phase 2 & 3Reception ~ we start to teach the letters
themselves (called graphemes)
Order ~ single letter sounds~ digraphs - qu ch sh th ng ay ee igh ow oo oo ar
or air ir ou oy ire ear ure
Phase 2
Only begins after the child can blend and segment
Children begin to learn the first representation of phonemes and how to write simple CVC words
The phonemes are learnt in a specific order (not the order of the alphabet)
The sounds of spoken English
44 sounds or ‘phonemes’ 19 – vowel sounds 25 – consonant sounds Phoneme – smallest unit of sound in a word We focus on the sound of the letter and not
on the letter name.
Phonemes
How many phonemes are there in the following words? top scan shower fire bird fish high chair
Unlocking the codeIt is easy to forget how complicated the
process of learning to read is
Unlocking the Code
Unlocking the Code
Unlocking the Code
Teaching reading in schoolIndividual reading
Group or guided reading
Simple View of Reading
Speaking and listening MUST come first
Guided Reading
Books and resources
New books and resources
Relates to phases of Letters and Sounds
WritingNursery
Mark-making Watching adults model Learning to write their name
ReceptionMark-makingWatching adults modelBeginning to use phonic knowledge to writeCorrect letter formation
Mark makingUsing any writing implements, including fingers in sand,
bubbles or shaving foamUsing large painting brushes and water on the walls
outsideUsing any forms of paper or otherProviding opportunities for ‘real’ writing: shopping lists,
menus, stories, emails, labelling and signing picturesTeaching correct pencil grip
Things you can do at homeRead to your children as regularly as possibleTake them to the libraryModel the enjoyment of books and other written
materialsSing lots of Nursery and action rhymesPlay listening gamesEncourage all forms of mark-makingNot rushing them!