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Welcome to my shop, here you will find a range of engaging and unique resources suited for Infant and SEN educators. Resources range from early maths activities to Growth Mindset activities. All the resources have been created by myself and most of them contain my own unique illustrations. I hope you enjoy using these resources and I am grateful for any feedback or suggestions about further resources or improvements. Thank you for reading, Sue.

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Welcome to my shop, here you will find a range of engaging and unique resources suited for Infant and SEN educators. Resources range from early maths activities to Growth Mindset activities. All the resources have been created by myself and most of them contain my own unique illustrations. I hope you enjoy using these resources and I am grateful for any feedback or suggestions about further resources or improvements. Thank you for reading, Sue.
Phoneme families - The schwa family KS1 phonics
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Phoneme families - The schwa family KS1 phonics

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Meet all the graphemes for KS1 that make the unstressed schwa sound. They’re the Schwa family and they come from outer space. All the CEW for year 1 and year 2 with this phoneme in are included as well as spelling rules which apply from English appendix 1. The powerpoint is designed to be used across year groups depending on your phonics teaching. It contains at least a weeks worth of phonics teaching. Each character tells you about its grapheme and uses sounds spots to support reading and spelling. Once children are familiar with the family they can explore best bet rules and then apply their learning by using the dictated sentences also within the powerpoint. Two copies are included, one which uses my preferred font of Letterjoin and one with comic sans.
The long vowel er family
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The long vowel er family

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Meet all the graphemes for KS1 that make the stressed ‘er’ sound. They’re the Purple family and they like to wear purple to reinforce their ‘er’ sound. All the CEW for year 1 and year 2 with this phoneme in are included as well as spelling rules which apply from English appendix 1. The powerpoint is designed to be used across year groups depending on your phonics teaching. It contains at least a weeks worth of phonics teaching. Each character tells you about its grapheme and uses sounds spots to support reading and spelling. Once children are familiar with the family they can explore best bet rules and then apply their learning by using the dictated sentences also within the powerpoint. Two copies are included, one which uses my preferred font of Letterjoin and one with comic sans.
long vowel family ear
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long vowel family ear

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Meet all the graphemes for KS1 that make the ‘ear’ sound. They’re the Ear family and they have a musical ear to reinforce their ‘ear’ sound. All the CEW for year 1 and year 2 with this phoneme in are included as well as spelling rules which apply from English appendix 1. The powerpoint is designed to be used across year groups depending on your phonics teaching. It contains at least a weeks worth of phonics teaching. Each character tells you about its grapheme and uses sounds spots to support reading and spelling. Once children are familiar with the family they can explore best bet rules and then apply their learning by using the dictated sentences also within the powerpoint. Two copies are included, one which uses my preferred font of Letterjoin and one with comic sans.
The air family
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The air family

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Meet all the graphemes for KS1 that make the ‘air’ sound. They’re the Air family and they live in a hot air balloon to reinforce their ‘air’ sound. All the CEW for year 1 and year 2 with this phoneme in are included as well as spelling rules which apply from English appendix 1. The powerpoint is designed to be used across year groups depending on your phonics teaching. It contains at least a weeks worth of phonics teaching. Each character tells you about its grapheme and uses sounds spots to support reading and spelling. Once children are familiar with the family they can explore best bet rules and then apply their learning by using the dictated sentences also within the powerpoint. Two copies are included, one which uses my preferred font of Letterjoin and one with comic sans.
phonic screening revision activities
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phonic screening revision activities

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Four games designed to support children in rehearsing their phonics skills prior to the phonic screening test. Children use their phonics skills to translate the alien language. In these games the children take on the role of aliens, they learn how to ask and answer questions like an alien. solve an alien treasure hunt and also create their own alien words. Most words have been used in past test papers. This activity is designed to be carried out over a number of days or as a carousel of activities throughout the day I have enclosed three copies of the slideshow. One in my preferred font, letterjoin but also one in comic sans and one in sassoon Inf . If you have any issues with the font please contact me. Thank you
Short vowel family including CEW and spelling rules
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Short vowel family including CEW and spelling rules

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Meet the short vowel family , a family of dogs that represent all the graphemes that make the short vowel sounds in KS1 . All the CEW for year 1 and year 2 which include these phonemes are included. As well as spelling rules which apply from English appendix 1. The powerpoint is designed to be used across year groups depending on your phonics teaching. Each character tells you about its phoneme and explores the different spelling patterns. Sound spots are used to support reading and spelling. Once children are familiar with the families they can apply their learning by using the dictated sentences also within the powerpoint. Two copies are included, one which uses my preferred font of Letterjoin and one with comic sans.
The long vowel ai Family
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The long vowel ai Family

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Meet all the graphemes for KS1 that make the ‘ai’ sound. They’re the Grey family and like to dress in grey to reinforce their ‘ai’ sound. All the CEW for year 1 and year 2 with this phoneme in are included as well as spelling rules which apply from English appendix 1. The powerpoint is designed to be used across year groups depending on your phonics teaching. Each character tells you about its grapheme and uses sounds spots to support reading and spelling. Once children are familiar with the family they can explore best bet rules and then apply their learning by using the dictated sentences also within the powerpoint. Two copies are included, one which uses my preferred font of Letterjoin and one with comic sans.
The oa family including CEW and spelling rules
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The oa family including CEW and spelling rules

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Meet all the graphemes for KS1 that make the ‘oa’ sound. They’re the Gold family and like to dress in gold to reinforce their ‘oa’ sound. All the CEW for year 1 and year 2 with this phoneme in are included as well as spelling rules which apply from English appendix 1. The powerpoint is designed to be used across year groups depending on your phonics teaching. It contains at least a weeks worth of phonics teaching. Each character tells you about its grapheme and uses sounds spots to support reading and spelling. Once children are familiar with the family they can explore best bet rules and then apply their learning by using the dictated sentences also within the powerpoint. Two copies are included, one which uses my preferred font of Letterjoin and one with comic sans.
The long vowel oo family including CEW and spelling rules
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The long vowel oo family including CEW and spelling rules

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Meet all the graphemes for KS1 that make the long vowel ‘oo’ sound. They’re the Blue family and like to dress in blue to reinforce their ‘oo’ sound. All the CEW for year 1 and year 2 with this phoneme in are included as well as spelling rules which apply from English appendix 1. The powerpoint is designed to be used across year groups depending on your phonics teaching. It contains at least a weeks worth of phonics teaching. Each character tells you about its grapheme and uses sounds spots to support reading and spelling. Once children are familiar with the family they can explore best bet rules and then apply their learning by using the dictated sentences also within the powerpoint. Two copies are included, one which uses my preferred font of Letterjoin and one with comic sans.
Short and long vowel families a, e, i, o and u
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Short and long vowel families a, e, i, o and u

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Meet all the graphemes for KS1 that make the long and short vowel sounds for a, e, i, o and u. All the CEW for year 1 and year 2 with these phonemes in are included as well as spelling rules which apply from English appendix 1. The powerpoints are designed to be used across year groups depending on your phonics teaching. It contains at least a weeks worth of phonics teaching. Each character tells you about its grapheme and uses sounds spots to support reading and spelling. Once children are familiar with the family they can explore best bet rules and then apply their learning by using the dictated sentences also within the powerpoint. Two copies of each are included, one which uses my preferred font of Letterjoin and one with comic sans.
Phoneme Dash short and long vowel a, e, i, o and u
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Phoneme Dash short and long vowel a, e, i, o and u

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A slideshow for supporting children with quick recall of the graphemes for both the long and short sounds a, e, i, o and u. The graphemes are presented in phoneme families and have the phoneme family character present to support children with recalling the correct phoneme. I remind children of the family name to help them remember e.g. "This is the Grey family all their graphemes make the sound ‘ai’ . The first slides are all short vowel sounds.
Phonics long vowel /ure/ family
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Phonics long vowel /ure/ family

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Meet the /ure/ family one of the twenty vowel sounds in the English language. Children practise reading and spelling words containing this phoneme using sound spots as support. The end of the lesson children practise these spellings in dictated sentences. Use the phoneme dash and vowel family spelling mats to further support children’s spellings, both available in my shop. Thank you
Phonics planning for the Phoneme Families including spelling mats
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Phonics planning for the Phoneme Families including spelling mats

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Planning for the phoneme families includes year 1 and year 2 spelling mats. PowerPoint presentations for each of the families can be purchased from my shop. These include all the different graphemes for each Phoneme family. I am currently selling everything you need to teach the 20 long and short vowel families in a handy bundle for just £2.
Phonics - The long and short vowel Phoneme Families complete set
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Phonics - The long and short vowel Phoneme Families complete set

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Meet all 20 short and long vowel families that children are taught in Reception and Key Stage One. Each family wears clothes which are coloured to support grapheme phoneme correspondence. The long vowel ‘ee’ family all wear green. All the CEW for year 1 and year 2 are included as well as spelling rules which apply from English appendix 1. Each powerpoint is designed to be used across year groups depending on your phonics teaching. They each contain at least a weeks worth of phonics teaching. Each character tells you about its grapheme and uses sounds spots to support reading and spelling. Once children are familiar with the family they can explore best bet rules and then apply their learning by using the dictated sentences also within the powerpoint. Two copies are included, one which uses my preferred font of Letterjoin and one with comic sans. Also included is planning, starters and word mats.
SPaG- The Word Wizards -Adjectives, suffix rules and expanded noun phrases
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SPaG- The Word Wizards -Adjectives, suffix rules and expanded noun phrases

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Meet Angelina Adjective, one of the Word Wizards who help children identify the different word types and the job they do in sentences. In this pack Angelina explains all about adjectives and how they can add to sentences. She also shows how children can add the suffixes, er and est. Angelina has some super spelling spells to help children remember the suffix rules. Suitable for both year 1 and year 2.