“A” alliteration

Consonant clusters or blends, are the names given to two or three consonants that appear together in a word. Each consonant retains its sound when blended. The term cluster refers to the written form and the term blend refers to the spoken form. Consonant clusters consist of four major categories: r-clusters s-clusters l-clusters 3 letter clusters You can teach beginning…

Congratulations on helping your child learn to read! Follow the quick step by step guide to help you navigate through the site. What your child needs to know before the alphabet Which alphabet letters to teach first What to teach and when to teach it The best phonics teaching resource….and you already own it Phonics Rules –…

Teacher Wish List – Spiral Binding Machine On every Teacher’s Wish List should be: 1. Spiral Binding Machine 2. Laminator 3. Guillotine With a binder machine you can create professional, creative books,study units and reports with a pull of a handle!   Plastic or wirecoils easily spin through punched paper and are then cut and crimped…

Alliteration What is alliteration? It is the repetition of the first letter sound in a phrase. For example: six slimy smiling snakes is using the s letter. Do you remember being introduced to Tongue Twisters as a child? Chances are you were being introduced to alliteration to build on your phonemic awareness skills. It can…

Close watch of the mouth and face by Ibinabo Festus-Briggs (Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria) The best way for a child to understand phonics is asking the child to come close to your face and watch your mouth move when making sounds. This will also enable the child see the facial expression when sounds are…

Uh! What’s the Schwa Phonics Sound? When I first read about the schwa phonics sound – I thought “uh? – What on earth is all this about! Have I missed something?” So I did my usual extensive phonics research with books and websites and discovered that ‘schwa’ is actually the name given to one of…