Check your writing prompt cards to help remind children what they need in their sentences - capital letter, finger spaces and full stops.

High Frequency/ Red words or sight words PowerPoint to help your children ‘remember’ these words. Children need to automatically remember/recall these words and not use phonetic knowledge.

Dear Zoo themed lesson Dear Zoo animal sounds - great for listening and attentions skills and phonics Dear Zoo animal mat (pictures of the animals and the names) Letter to the Zoo template

A great PowePoint listening game for whole class lessons. Children need to identify the sound they can hear, this is the beginning of teaching phonics. Listening and attention games are great for communication too!

Initial sound mats that you can print and laminate and children can write initial sound using WB pen or magnetic letters. A great Phonics activity. 14 Mats with different pictures for initial sounds.

Simple CVC words themed for Halloween (cat, bat, hat, web, rat, bug).

A great way for children to self register. Children put their photo on the train to show they are in school. This helps show how many children are in class daily. A great way to encourage children to be independent as-well as a daily routine.

Halloween initial sounds worksheet for children in the Early Years Foundation Stage. A great way to link Halloween into your phonics sessions.