Super Stories
Tales of Nursery Phonics Fun!
If you love Nursery Phonics, you’re going to really enjoy these super stories of prephonics fun with 2,3 and 4-year-olds!
In these blog posts, I share my experiences of teaching phonics in nursery with amazing and fun-loving preschoolers.
You’ll also find some super successful case studies, with practical examples of how nursery phonics activities have been developed and improved by dedicated practitioners.
Whether you want to learn more about how to teach phonics in Nursery, or you’re looking for new nursery phonics games, there’s something here for everyone!
Fun Nursery Rhyme Activities For Early Years
Nursery rhyme activities for early years have always been a big part of early learning. The language can seem old-fashioned and not very relatable to our 2,3- and 4-year-olds. Here’s the hidden magic of nursery rhymes….
6 Fun Activities For Phonemic Awareness That Preschoolers Love!
Activities for phonemic awareness are the perfect way to prepare preschoolers for any approach to phonics teaching. If you’re looking for fun and interactive ways to prepare your 3- and 4-year-olds for reading spectacularly well, look no further!
6 Fun Attention and Listening Games For 2 and 3 Year Olds
When children begin school, it’s easy to take their ability to listen and pay attention for granted. But in today’s world, where visual and sound distractions are everywhere, this is easier said than done. Many children struggle to pay attention and listen, so super simple and fun attention and listening games have never been more important.
6 Fun Nursery Activities For 3 and 4 Year Olds Outdoors
It was summertime when I started working with Little Owls Preschool. This was the perfect time to think about prephonics nursery activities for 4-year-olds and having hours of fun outdoors. This is the story of how some super simple preschool phonics games thoroughly engaged a lively bunch of preschoolers.
5 Fun And Engaging Listening Activities For Preschool
In our Nursery, we knew that listening activities for preschool are the bedrock of effective phonics teaching. These were a priority for our 2 and 3 year olds. We developed some super simple and fun listening games that our preschoolers loved. This is our story….
9 Fun Preschool Phonics Song Ideas
Singing is one of the very best prephonics activities to develop essential prereading skills.This is how I began the prephonics parents meeting at Little Cherubs Preschool.
Why Phonological Awareness Is Important In Nursery
We all want our preschoolers to be ready for reading, and phonological awareness is the magic ingredient! When I started working with the staff and children at The Oaks, everyone felt under pressure to get the children ready for school. This is the story of our journey together.
6 Super Simple Ideas | Phonics For Nursery
An awareness of alliteration is an essential part of phonics for nursery, but where do we start and what should this look like This is the story of how we pimped up their provision for perfectly prepared preschoolers!
6 Fun And Engaging Pre-Phonics Activities Your 2,3 and 4 Year Olds
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.
5 Super Simple Phonics Games For Phase 1 Animal Sounds In Nursery
Are you looking for fun phonics games for phase 1 to play with your 2- and 3-year-olds? One year, a 2-year-old called Logan got us thinking more about animal sounds and how we could use farm animal noises better to improve our phase 1 phonics activities.
Looking for fun early years phonics activities that actually work?
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.
Instant Early Years Christmas Ideas For Easy Preschool Phonics Excitement
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 prephonics games.
Inspiring preschool phonics activity eyfs | Why singing is essential to reading
When Alfie joined our nursery he struggled. He knew very few words, and the words he did say were unclear. This is the story of how our simple daily singing sessions helped Alfie on his road to school readiness.
5 fun and fast phase 1 phonics listening games using musical instruments
Are you new to phase 1 phonics listening games? Do you just need some inspiration for using musical instruments with preschoolers? 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!
5 quick and easy phase 1 phonics ideas for teaching oral blending
Get 5 new and fun Phase 1 Phonics ideas for teaching oral blending with your preschoolers. Whether you’re new to Phase 1 Phonics or are just looking for new ideas for teaching oral blending, then this post is for you!
5 Super Fun Phonics Phase 1 Game Ideas for teaching environmental sounds
If you’re looking for new, fun, and easy Phonics Phase 1 game ideas for introducing 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.
7 FUN Phonics Phase 1 games for practising rhyme in Nursery
Phonics Phase 1 games weren’t new to Sarah, she’d been playing games like ‘silly soup’ with her preschoolers for years! Sarah’s team worked incredibly hard, and the children loved playing rhyming games. But Sarah was super honest, she knew that these could be improved.
5 Preschool Listening Games your children will love!
Are you looking for preschool listening games to develop key listening skills with your 2,3 and 4-year-olds? Follow in the footsteps of Ladybirds Class with these good listening games and get started straight away!