How do I make sure my child is ready for phonics?
Phonic Zoom encourages the learning of phonemes and graphemes through play and supports the development of independent reading for children in a fun and exciting way. The signs that your child is ready to read: 1) Interest in letters and sounds: Does your child like looking at letters and trying to say their sounds? […]
What is blending for reading?
Blending for reading Blending for reading is the process of smoothly combining individual sounds (phonemes) together to form words. Blending helps children form previously segmented words. Blending and segmenting are crucial skills that new readers develop, this helps them form full words and recognise individual sounds within words. How are children taught to blend? 1. […]
What are the phonics phases?
Phonic Zoom encourages the learning of phonemes and graphemes through play and supports the development of independent reading for children in a fun and exciting way. What are phonics phases? There are six different phases when it comes to teaching phonics. Each stage is progressive and works on top of the previous phase to gradually […]
How do we learn to read?
Phonic Zoom encourages the learning of phonemes and graphemes through play and supports the development of independent reading for children in a fun and exciting way. How do we learn to read? Learning to read is an exciting process for children and phonics plays a crucial role in this process. Phonics is a method that […]
What are pure sounds?
Phonic Zoom encourages the learning of independent phonemes and graphemes through play and supports the development of independent reading for children in a fun and exciting way. What are pure sounds? Pure sounds in phonics are like the basic noises that letters make when we say them. For example, the letter “a” has the pure […]
UK phonics explained
Phonic Zoom encourages the learning of phonemes and graphemes through play and supports the development of independent reading for children in a fun and exciting way. What is phonics in the UK? Phonics is a method used in the UK to help young children learn how to read and write. It teaches them to recognise […]
What is a synthetic phonics scheme (SPS)?
Phonic Zoom encourages the learning of phonemes and graphemes through play and supports the development of independent reading for children in a fun and exciting way. Synthetic phonics scheme: Systematic synthetic phonics (SPS) is a structured way for teaching children how to read. Learners are first taught to identify letters (graphemes) and their sounds (phonemes). […]
How do I make sure my child is ready to read?
Phonic Zoom encourages the learning of phonemes and graphemes through play and supports the development of independent reading for children in a fun and exciting way. Is my child ready to read? Parents can tell when their child is ready to read when they start showing interest in letters, words and books. They might ask […]
What is phonics and why do we learn it?
Phonic Zoom encourages the learning of phonemes and graphemes through play and supports the development of independent reading for children in a fun and exciting way. What is phonics? Phonics is a method of teaching reading and writing that focuses on the relationship between sounds (phonemes) and the letters or letter combinations (graphemes) that represent […]