Linguistic Phonics

How did you learn to read?

What does reading mean in your family?

Helping your child to read • Enjoyment

• Context-reading on and back

• Phonics

• Picture cues

• Comprehension

• Independence

The heart of Linguistic Phonics

• A systematic programme that teaches children the sounds we use in the English Language

• Focuses on sounds which are heard in a spoken word and that those sounds are represented by a symbol.

• Linguistic Phonics does not teach letter names• Children have to break the code- they are

problem solving and discovering the answers for themselves.

Problem Solving

Teaching the sounds

Voiced

Unvoiced

Listening for sounds

• Help your child to hear sounds in words.

• We can count syllables and sounds in words

• Remember that some sounds can be represented by more than one letter

Phonological Awareness• Phonological awareness begins with oral

language which is the bedrock on which all learning is based.

• Attention and Listening

• Rhyme

• Developing a sense of steady beat

• Developing listening skills

• Developing visual skills

Overview of stages 1-6 Help your child to sound across words from left

to right, pushing the sounds together at the end. m a n “man”

• Your child may find blending difficult and need lots of practise.

• Multi syllable words• Sounds can be represented by more than one

letter• The same sound can be represented in more

than one way

Over to you

Key messages• Value reading-let your child see you

reading

• Value books

• Make learning fun

• Give your child lots of praise and encouragement