teaching phonics

[iamasurvivor]

my dd (aged 3) hasnt been offered a nursery place this year and i am keen to start teaching her phonics at home, any tips/recommended books etc.

They don't start learning phonics until reception year at school. But if you want to teach early - I'd check what system they use (there are a few different ones) at the school you think she will go to and take it from there.

jolly phonics is excellent, used in lots of nurseries, easy to do and fun.

Seconding the Jolly Phoics approach. Easy, fun and accessible (many of the resources avaiable from ELC) Just one word of warning, make sure that you are really confident with the pure sounds yourself before you begin e.g. mmmm not muh Bad habits wil inhibit blending (reading skill) and are hard to undo.

There is a very good Ruth Miskin site which gives a model of the pure sounds, will try to rumage for the link.

I would check what method will be used for her though as schools have a terrible job 're-teaching' children who have been taught a different method.

Phonemes are phonemes, there shouldn't be any re-teaching to do as long as you have taught the pure sound without the added 'uh' sound. If a child knows that m says mmmmmm it doesn't matter if they have come to that knowledge from Jolly phonics, Ruth Miskin or Jelly & Bean. The school may well add information such as an action or a jingle but they shouldn't need to re-teach.

I started my daughter with synthetic phonics from 3, started introducing 'tricky words' when she got frustrated with words that 'didn't work' and she is reading well at 4yrs 4 months.

NOT ALL children are ready - most are not (my son isn't) but you know your own children :-)

thanks for the tips, i have recently bought some workbooks from woolworths which are good (3-5 yrs) and they reward acheivements with stickers which is always an incentive with my dd.

have been recommended a web site www.educationcity.com which is very good, parents get 10 day free trial and you can then subscribe for about £30 per year.

which check out the ruth miskin site.

we have tried lots of work books with limited succes /interest though dd twin had take taken to them far more than ds twin (no surpries there )
the series called 'First time learning' reading etc is the best ive come across and generally www.autumnpublishing.co.uk have some nice bits
ladybird phonics are a pain to read and usborne big pig on a dig etc little better. there is a thread on primary under ORT at home with some nice ideas

the first time learning are the ones that i have got and she seems quite enthusiastic at the moment, have some ladybird books but think they are a bit to old for her yet, will check out your other sugestions. thanks

The very best programme and resources for a child of 3+ is the Jolly Phonics one
www.jollylearning.co.uk

You might also like to look at this new, online synthetic phonic programme that will be ready, hopefully, by next month. It was designed with home educators in mind, too.
www.internationalphonics.com