Phonics for a 4 year old boy

[Catladyagain]

Hi all, unsurprisingly, my 4.5 yo is finding phonics difficult and I wondered if anyone has any great games to play at home to help make learning it a bit of fun? Thnks

Have you looked at five minute mum? She has lots of examples of this

Thank you. I've got her first book and was just today recommended her primary school book too.

What is it she's struggling with? Remembering the sounds/blending/both? X

When I ask if he's finding it hard, he says 'no' just that he's really bored and generally he's honest and expresses himself very clearly. He's really dreading the start of every week now because of how "boring" doing it every day is. It's all work sheets and he's a creative little chap who loves his imaginary play and the abstract technical nature of the teaching seems to be doing his head in. I've tended to find he comes to things very naturally and smoothly but only at the right moment for him - he won't sit down and take a lesson from me. If he wants to do it, then he'll do it, otherwise we get major resistance. I'm not even sure that trying to weave letters into energetic games at home (a la 5 min mum style) is going to do it for him as he sniffs the expectation and doesn't want it. I need more like 'Can I go Play Now' Greg Bottril style where you weave it into role play eg shops and writing shop signs together... but i need some inspiration.

Jolly phonics used to do a book and a CD with a song with moves to the song "A...A...A Ants on my arm." and so on. Probably on you tube.

Thank you. I will look it up.

How about: playing 'I spy', him helping you every week with writing the shopping list and then helping read it in the shop, writing cards/letters to people and getting them to write something very simple back? If he likes painting/drawing, you could making or finding some colour-by-letter pictures? Maybe a very simple code or puzzle based on letters, if he likes puzzles?