junior infants. group 1 (sounds and blending activities)

Junior Infants .Group 1

(sounds and blending activities)

Ideas for Parents:1. Encourage your child to say the relevant

sound on the slide three times. Click on the speaker symbol to hear the sound.

2. Play a game of ‘I spy’ using the things in the environment e.g. Parent: “I spy with my little eye something beginning with /s/”(remember use the sound not the name of the letter)

3. Encourage your child to sing the song to accompany the letter.

4. Revise all sounds regularly.

Can you make this sound?

SAction: Weave like a snake making s shapes, saying ssss

Song: (Tune: The Farmer in the Dell)The snake is in the grass.The snake is in the grass./sss/! /ssss/!The snake is in the grass

Can you make this sound?

aAction: Wriggle your fingers above the elbow, as if ants are crawling on you, say a,a,a,a!

Song: (Tune: Skip to My Lou)/a/- /a/! Ants on my arm./a/- /a/! Ants on my arm./a/- /a/! Ants on my arm.They’re causing me alarm.

Can you make this sound?

tAction: Turn your head from side to side, as if you are watching tennis, and say t,t,t,t.

Song: (Tune: The Muffin Man)When I watch the tennis game,/t/- /t/- /t/,/t/- /t/- /t/,....when I watch the tennis game My head goes back and forth.

Can you make this sound?

iAction: Pretend to be a mouse by wriggling your fingers at the end of your nose, like whiskers, and squeak i,i,i,i.

Song: (Tune: Hickory Dickory Dock)Inky mouse is my pet.She spilled the ink and got wet.The ink it spreadAll over the desk./i/-/i/- /i/- /i/- Inky’s wet!

Can you make this sound?

pAction: Hold up your finger, as if it is a candle, and pretend to puff it out saying p,p,p,p.

Song: (Tune: The Wheels on the Bus)Puff out the candlesOn the pink pig cake./p/- /p/- /p/,/p/- /p/- /p/.Puff out the candles on the pink pig cake.Puff! Puff! Puff!

Blending.Ideas for Parents.

1. Once your child knows the letters in group 1 of this phonics programme we will begin to blend these letters to form simple words.

2. With blending, the first sound needs to be said louder than the other sounds.

3. Parents should make the sounds in the word on the slide first e.g. /s/ /a/ /t/ and then say the complete word.

4. Then encourage your child to repeat what you have just done.

5. They can then click on the speaker to see if the have read the word correctly. Praise, Praise, Praise.

6. Children will need plenty of practice before they have fully mastered the skill of blending.

Can you sound out the word?

it

Can you sound out the word?

at

Can you sound out the word?

pat

Can you sound out the word?

sip

Can you sound out the word?

sit

Can you sound out the word?

tap