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Phonics: looking for a list of all sounds

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AngelDog · 04/09/2012 12:27

DS has decided to start to read, which is rather exciting. We're completely unstructured & autonomous at the moment, but I'd like to keep track of which patterns of letters he knows the sounds for (he knows all single letter sounds and some combinations eg ch, th, oo, ee, oa, ey etc).

Can anyone suggest a website which lists all the different letter combinations / sounds?

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Iris1 · 04/09/2012 13:21

DS learnt all his phonics by playing and watching alphablocks on cbeebies website. I think its great they do small few minute episodes where every letter has a character and they make the different sounds and come together to make words, i soon learnt the correct sounds after watching a few with him! I also then made him some alphablocks cards to play with by printing a sheet with all the characters on, letting him colour them and then i laminated and he plays with them quite often acting out his best episodes and making the sounds.

Sorry i know its not exactky what you asked but DS learnt really well and has fun with them and it definately helped me make sure he knew then right.

AngelDog · 09/09/2012 21:59

Sorry for the slow reply, and thanks.

DS learnt the initial letter sounds from foam bath letters and learnt letter blends from roadsigns. :)

I'm lucky that I used to be a primary teacher, so I know what they're all 'supposed' to sound like.

DS is coming on in leaps and bounds - it's amazing. In a week he's gone from reading words like 'hen', 'pig' and 'cow' to being able to read signs like 'shunt limit' and 'fire' at a local signal box open day.

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vesela · 10/09/2012 21:24

The English Alphabetic Code from Debbie Hepplewhite's Phonics International site is a good one to print out and stick on the wall etc. There's another even more detailed one on the same site somewhere.

AngelDog · 11/09/2012 08:50

Ooh, that is fab, and just the sort of thing I was looking for - thanks ever so much.

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