Singing is one of the very best pre-phonics activities to develop essential pre-reading skills because all perfectly prepared preschoolers need to be able to hear sounds, say sounds and remember sounds.
This is the story of what the parents at Little Cherubs Preschool learnt about singing, to prepare their children for reading spectacularly well.
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We all want our preschoolers to be ready for reading, and phonological awareness is the magic ingredient!
This developmental step sounds overwhelming. But, like most things, it’s easy to understand when we break it down into smaller steps.
When I started working with the staff and children at The Oaks, everyone felt under pressure to get the children ready for school.
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An awareness of alliteration is an essential part of phonics for nursery, but where do we start and what should this look like?
The staff at Little Learners Nursery had been developing their nursery phonics activities but they were anxious about alliteration.
This is the story of how we pimped up their provision for perfectly prepared preschoolers!
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Three-year-old Aaron was a boy who loved to play, and who made the most progress in familiar situations. This is the story of how Aaron helped us find the winning formula for our prephonics activities.
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Are you looking for fast and fun phonics games for phase 1 to play with your 2- and 3-year-olds? As a nursery team, we were always on the lookout for new ideas like this.
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In a hurry this Christmas? Looking for easy early years Christmas ideas to use with your 2,3- and 4-year-olds? Create magical memories for your pre-schoolers this Christmas with these fun, festive pre phonics games.
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I hadn’t always understood the significance of rhythm in early years phonics activities, but I learnt a lot from Patience. This super enthusiastic pre-schooler had a love of music, an amazing sense of rhythm, but little experience of books. This is how having fun with rhythm helped Patience to get ready for reading.
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Singing made such a difference to Alfie. Find out how joining in with this simple phonics activity eyfs helped to prepare Alfie for school.
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Are you new to phase 1 phonics listening games? Do you just need some inspiration for using musical instruments with preschoolers? This post is here to help! Here are 5 new, super simple phase 1 phonics ideas that your children will love, and you’ll want to play for years to come! Engaging Adi in preschool
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If you’re looking for new, fun and easy phonics phase 1 game ideas for introducing your 2-, 3- and 4-year-olds to environmental sounds, then look no further! Here are 5 super Phase 1 phonics ideas that your children will love, and they take next to no time to prepare.
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