Autumn Nature hunt sheet. Great to stimulate interest in autumn! How many things can the children find? See more Autumn Resources at Lilibette’s shop: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/lilibette

A ck phonics workbook to build upon skills learnt in Reception. Introducing ‘ck’ words in the past tense adding ‘ed’ and words such as ‘pocket’ and ‘rocket’. Activities include: passage to read and questions to answer study of verbs as action words past tense verbs made by adding ‘ed’. rhyming words The complete lesson can be viewed here and is compatible with most other phonics programmes including Read, Write, inc. and Letters and Sounds used in most Primary schools. This book is the second level of our 'ck’ Level 1 book.

This game will help children to hear the sounds ‘sh’ and ‘ch’ in words. The child is not expected to read the words, just to listen for the sounds. Some children, especially those with a speech delay, have difficulty differentiating between ‘sh’ and ‘ch’. This game will help to focus the pupil’s attention on the difference between them. Games can be very effective when helping such children to progress to the next step, taking the fear of failing away and making it alright to make mistakes. They are wonderful for already de-motivated learners.

A bright, 26 slide PowerPoint/video to help children to learn the initial sounds. One slide per lesson. Can the children find the objects that start with the given sound? Can they find the odd ones out (there are two on each slide that do not begin with the given sound). What sound do these begin with? (They will be sounds already learned, except for ‘Aa’.) Good for revision and to help those having trouble hearing initial sounds. Great for home learning. Pause the video/Power Point as necessary to give your child time to answer.

Three bright, colourful Phonics Initial sounds mats for EYFS and Reception. Great for home or school use. Send home to parents for use as a chart or they can be laminated and made into a place mat. Encourage children to become familiar with the letters - their shapes, names and the sounds they represent. The pack contains 3 charts: A chart of upper and lower case letters Pictures are placed near their initial sound as a reference. Pictures placed away from their corresponding letter so that they can be found and matched Have you seen my ‘Bumper Pack of Alphabet Games’. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11998349 Or my Sound-it-out Initial sounds Worksheets for parents https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12030249 and for teachers: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11998488

Here are three simple activities to help a child to learn to blend (updated from advert). I wrote them for an 8 yr old child whom I tutor. He has a smattering of phonic knowledge, but having not learned to blend properly is now guessing and unable to read fluently. This is a common problem, but it must not be allowed to persist or the child will not learn to read fluently, or will take a very long time to do so. These activities are listening activities. This is a deliberate act to limit the amount of exposure a child has to seeing CVC words, before working on blending with him/her, and so further limiting the possibility that a child will memorise the words before having learned to blend. By all means use ‘robot’ talk as you do these activities with your child. Before doing these activities with your child: Do ensure that a child can give the correctly pronounced sounds on sight of the letters of the alphabet. Remove any distractions/background noise. Have the child’s full attention. Full instructions and black and white pictures provided.

Four phonics lessons for Phase 3 Set 3 Letters and Sounds:ch,sh,th and ng. suitable for all abilities, but especially helpful for special needs/catch-up work. Video or Power Point to give more control over the speed of the lesson. Produced by a teacher with over 30 years experience of teaching phonics to special needs children. Great to help parents support the learning of their child at home. Shows parents what to do and what is needed to help their child succeed as well as instructing the child. Totally phonetic No guessing! REAL READING! These lessons are intended to be watched with a teacher/parent/guardian.

This is a listening game to help the child to hear the ‘oo’ sound in words, as different to the ‘o’ sound as some children have difficulty hearing the new ‘oo’ sound. One of my pupils has a speech delay. When I introduced him to ‘oo’, he tried to sound out the words saying ‘o’ instead of ‘oo’. It was as if ‘oo’ was a foreign sound to him. So, I devised this game to help him to hear the ‘oo’ sound in words he uses frequently in speech. After playing it a few times he is now happily sounding out to read and spell words with the ‘oo’ sound. This game uses only the ‘oo’ sound as heard in ‘moon’. For more help teaching phonics, see my FREE Phonic reading and Spelling programme, Reading Made Simple. https://readingmadesimple.weebly.com/level-1---oo.html

Here is a chaffinch to oclour. Learn about birds for KS1. Develop art skills and learn bird ID all in one - combining science and art! Great for home or school use. Copy the picture as carefully as you can, with pens, pencils or paint! Learn more about Chaffinches at: https://ks1nature.weebly.com/tipsideasfreebies/the-chaffinch-for-ks1 And download our free phonics reading book: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks1-reading-book-free-download-the-chaffinch-12284513

An easy phonic reader about spring flowers for those beginning to read longer simple texts - with words that can be sounded out using phonic knowledge and only a few most common sight words. Learn about garden flowers through a simple story. Learn Science at the same time! See more at [KS1 Nature]https://ks1nature.weebly.com/)

A pack of simple games to help teach children the initial sounds. Everything provided. Games can be played by 2 players, or an adult with a child. They are great for sending home to reinforce work done in class, or for use by teaching assistants. They can also be enlarged and used for whole class/group teaching activities. Several games are suggested, but you can make up your own using the given materials! If you can enlarge them to A3 it would make them more suitable for really tiny fingers.

Spring, summer, autumn and winter word mats: a complete set of 4 seasons word mats with a difference - the words have the phonic digraphs/trigraphs highlighted in colour. This has three functions: The children learn to spell new words quicker when they recognise the sounds they have already been taught in words they have not used before. The spelling patterns they have already been taught are reinforced as they use the word mat. The children are delighted to see that many of the ‘new’ words, are words that they can sound out for themselves - when the sounds are highlighted for them! This is a tremendous confidence booster! It is suitable for all children but of great benefit to those with any special need that makes it hard for the child to have to transfer words from the board to their paper - it can sit right there on the desk making writing so much easier - inspiring confidence! They can also be used for display as some do.

A Power Point or video lesson to introduce the digraph ‘oo’ to children, especially suitable for those who have special needs or need a slower pace. This is one of a series. This is a taught lesson. Stop the video if you need more time on a slide. The Power Point allows for more control over the speed. Just like having your own phonics teacher. Written by a teacher with over 30 years experience of teaching phonics to all abilities. Can either be used by the child, with support from an adult, as well as to give the parent a feel for what is necessary - i.e. for training purposes.

A Power point or video lesson to introduce young children to the concept of blending, starting with words in the ‘a’ family. Simple, to the point and short. Stop the video if you need more time on a slide. This is a taught lesson, but the Power Point allows the teacher to have more control over the speed. Like having your own phonics teacher! By a teacher with over 30 years experience of teaching phonics. Can either be used by the child, with support from an adult, as well as to give the parent a feel for what is necessary - i.e. for training purposes.

A Power Point or video lesson to introduce the consonant digraph ‘sh’ to children, especially suitable for those who have special needs or a slower pace, but fine for all abilities. This is one of a series of videos. This is a taught lesson. Stop the video if you need more time on a slide. The Power Point allows for more control over the speed. For supporting flashcards/worksheets/reading book and game see: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/complete-ch-sh-lesson-for-special-needs-home-learning-12462988 Just like having your own phonics teacher. Written by a teacher with over 30 years experience of teaching phonics. Can either be used by the child, with support from an adult, as well as to give the parent a feel for what is necessary - i.e. for training purposes. Reading Made Simple: helping parents to teach their child to read.

A Power Point or video lesson to introduce the digraph ‘ck’ to children, especially suitable for those who have special needs or need a slower pace. This is one of a series. This is a taught lesson. Stop the video if you need more time on a slide. The Power Point allows for more control over the speed. Find flashcards, worksheets, reading book and game here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/complete-ck-lesson-for-phase-2-letters-and-sounds-home-learning-12457905 Just like having your own phonics teacher. Written by a teacher with over 30 years experience of teaching phonics to all abilities. Can either be used by the child, with support from an adult, as well as to give the parent a feel for what is necessary - i.e. for training purposes.

A Power Point lesson to introduce the digraph ‘ee’ to children, especially suitable for those who have special needs or need a slower pace. This is one of a series. This is a taught lesson. The Power Point allows for control over the speed, but the video is for those who cannot use PowerPoint. Just like having your own phonics teacher. Written by a teacher with over 30 years experience of teaching phonics to all abilities. Can either be used by the child, with support from an adult, as well as to give the parent a feel for what is necessary - i.e. for training purposes.

A Power Point or video lesson to introduce the consonant digraph ‘ch’ to children, especially suitable for those who have special needs or need a slower pace. This is one of a series. This is a taught lesson. Stop the video if you need more time on a slide. The Power Point allows for more control over the speed. For supporting flashcards/worksheets/reading book and game see: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/complete-ch-sh-lesson-for-special-needs-home-learning-12462988 Just like having your own phonics teacher. Written by a teacher with over 30 years experience of teaching phonics to all abilities. Can either be used by the child, with support from an adult, as well as to give the parent a feel for what is necessary - i.e. for training purposes.

An easy reader about mushrooms for those beginning to read longer simple texts - with words that can be sounded out using phonic knowledge and only a few most common sight words. Learn about mushrooms through a simple story. For lesson notes and more help see: https://ks1nature.weebly.com/free-science-lessons/mushrooms-for-ks1 See also our mushroom lesson resources and Power Point.

Help children read and spell a wider range of ‘oo’ words (comprehension passage and questions included) Help teach to/two/too Learn more about past tense verbs: adding ‘ed’ to words that do not change and run/ran, sit/sat etc… To be used with level 2 of Reading Made Simple, but can be used with any programme. Level 2 ‘oo’ builds upon the work done in Level 1 ‘ck’. These books build upon each progressively, so providing a robust scheme of work for spelling and for the less able reader. Suitable for children who have covered all of the Phase 5 sounds for reading at least. The words are all phonetic with no nasty surprises, but as all schemes differ, please ensure that your children have all the necessary phonics skill to read the text before starting the exercises. Reading Made Simple: systematic, progressive and truly phonetic - for all abilities and ages.