Learning Objective: We are learning the letter sound ‘o’. 

Monday 12th July 

Introduce the letter sound ‘o’. Show children the letter and sing this song to the tune of Old Macdonald had a farm. 

Now it’s dark the lights go on 

 o-o-o-o-o 

Time for bed the lights go off 

o-o-o-o-o 

Have some objects or pictures in front of your child that begin with the letter sound ‘o’. ‘o..o..orange’, ‘o..o..ox’, ‘o..o..octopus’, ‘o..o..ostrich’ etc. Can your child listen to you say “o..o..orange” and then have a go themselves? Repeat with other objects starting with the letter sound ‘o’.  

Make sure you say the sound of the letter as it would be in a word and not the name of the letter as it is in the alphabet. So “o for orange” not “O for open”. 

Tuesday 13th July

Go on a letter hunt and take a picture of words you find with the letter ‘n’.  E.g. In newspapers, magazines, books, letters, on food labels and packaging etc. Put all the photographs on Tapestry for us to see what you found. 

You could cut out the letters and words you find in old newspapers, magazines or junk mail and stick them on a piece of paper to make a sound book with the other letters you have learnt. If you have a printer at home you could print the photos from your letter hunt out and stick them in your sound book. 

Wednesday 14th July

Can your child sort some objects or pictures into groups with sounds beginning with ‘o’ and ‘s’? E.g. orange, octopus,  sock, scarf, snake etc.  

Write the letters ‘o’ and ‘s’ on two pieces of paper and ask your child to choose an object. Can they say what sound the object begins with and put it in the correct place? E.g. orange is placed on the letter ‘o’. 

Thursday 15th July 

Practise writing the letter ‘o’. Start at the top and go round. Can you draw a picture of something that starts with the letter o? E.g. orange, octopus ostrich, otter. Then have a go at writing the word next to your picture. Think about the first letter sound and then any other sounds you can hear in the word.  

Monday 1st March

Introduce the letter sound ‘m’.  Have some objects or pictures in front of your child that begin with the letter sound ‘m’. 'For example, m..m..mug, m..m..mouth, m..m..mirror, m..m..marble, m..m..monkey etc. Can your child listen to you say “m.m..mouth” and then have a go themselves? Repeat with other objects starting with the letter sound ‘m’. See photograph on website.  

Make sure you say the sound of the letter as it would be in a word and not the name of the letter as it is in the alphabet. So “m for monkey” not “M”. 

Tuesday 2nd March

Show your child the letter ‘m’ and ask them if they can remember what sound it makes. Can your child have a go at finding objects around their home that begin with the letter sound ‘m’. Or you could look at photos of things that begin with the letter sound ‘m’ on the internet.  

Wednesday 3rd March 

Watch this video with your child and say the ‘m’ sound together. We’re not expecting the children to read words at this stage but it is good for them to practice saying the sound at the start of each word.  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wmdbkreqm0&list=PLXKeximRDJ8oTa087K3kpd0VEQYmTkeSN&index=8 

Thursday 4th March

Go on a letter hunt and take a picture of words you find with the letter ‘m’.  E.g. In newspapers, magazines, books, letters, on food labels and packaging etc. Put all the photographs on Tapestry for us to see what you found. 

You could cut out the letters and words you find in old newspapers, magazines or junk mail and stick them on a piece of paper to make a sound book with the other letters you have learnt. If you have a printer at home you could print the photos from your letter hunt out and stick them in your sound book.  

Friday 5th March

Can your child sort some objects or pictures into groups that begin with the sound ‘m’ and ‘p’? E.g. mirror, monkey, mug, magnet, pen, paper, pear, pan etc.  

Write the letters ‘m’ and ‘p’ on two pieces of paper and ask your child to choose an object. Can they say what sound the object begins with and put it in the correct place? E.g. mirror is placed with the letter ‘m’.

Monday 22nd February

Introduce the letter sound ‘n’.  Have some objects or pictures in front of your child that begin with the letter sound ‘n’. ‘n..n..nose’, ‘n..n..net’, ‘n..n..ninja’, ‘n..n..necklace’ etc. 

Can your child listen to you say “n..n..nose” and then have a go themselves? Repeat with other objects starting with the letter sound ‘n’. 

Make sure you say the sound of the letter as it would be in a word and not the name of the letter as it is in the alphabet. So “n for nose” not “N”. 

Tuesday 23rd February

Show your child the letter ‘n’ and ask them if they can remember what sound it makes.

Can your child have a go at finding objects around their home that begin with the letter sound ‘n’? You could look at photos of things that begin with the letter sound ‘n’ on the internet.  

Wednesday 24th February

Watch this video with your child and say the ‘n’ sound together. Say the words that start with the letter 'n' with the voice in the video.

Thursday 25th February

Go on a letter hunt and take a picture of words you find with the letter ‘n’.  E.g. In newspapers, magazines, books, letters, on food labels and packaging etc. Put all the photographs on Tapestry for us to see what you found. 

You could cut out the letters and words you find in old newspapers, magazines or junk mail and stick them on a piece of paper to make a sound book with the other letters you have learnt. If you have a printer at home you could print the photos from your letter hunt out and stick them in your sound book.  

Friday 26th February

Can your child sort some objects or pictures into groups with sounds beginning with ‘n’ and ‘s’? E.g. nose, net, necklace,  sock, scarf, snake etc.  

Write the letters ‘n’ and ‘s’ on two pieces of paper and ask your child to choose an object. Can they say what sound the object begins with and put it in the correct place? E.g. apple is placed on the letter ‘a’.  

Monday 8th February

Introduce the letter sound ‘i’.  Have some objects or pictures in front of your child that begin with the letter sound ‘i’..i..i..insect’, i..i..igloo, ‘i..i..Iggle Piggle’, ‘i..i..ink’, ‘i..i..instrument’ etc. 

Can your child listen to you say “i..i..insect” and then have a go themselves? Repeat with other objects starting with the letter sound ‘i’. See photograph below.  

Make sure you say the sound of the letter as it would be in a word and not the name of the letter as it is in the alphabet. So “i for insect” not “I”. 

Tuesday 9th February

Show your child the letter ‘i’ and ask them if they can remember what sound it makes.

Can your child have a go at finding objects around their home that begin with the letter sound ‘i’. Or you could look at photos of things that begin with the letter sound ‘i’ on the internet.  

Wednesday 10th February

Watch this video with your child and say the ‘i’ sound together. We’re not expecting the children to read words at this stage but it is good for them to practice saying the sound at the start of each word. 

Thursday 11th February

Go on a letter hunt and take a picture of words you find with the letter ‘i’.  E.g. In newspapers, magazines, books, letters, on food labels and packaging etc.

Put all the photographs on Tapestry for us to see what you found.

You could cut out the letters and words you find in old newspapers, magazines or junk mail and stick them on a piece of paper to make a sound book with the other letters you have learnt.

If you have a printer at home you could print the photos from your letter hunt out and stick them in your sound book.  

Friday 12th February

Can your child sort some objects or pictures into groups with sounds beginning with ‘i’ and ‘a’? E.g. insect, igloo, ink, apple, arrow, ambulance etc.  

Write the letters ‘i’ and ‘a’ on two pieces of paper and ask your child to choose an object. Can they say what sound the object begins with and put it in the correct place? E.g. apple is placed on the letter ‘a’. 

Learning Objective: We are learning the letter sound ‘p’. 

Monday 1st February

Introduce the letter sound ‘p’.  Have some objects in front of your child that begin with the letter sound ‘p’. ‘p..p..pencil’, ‘p..p..plate’, ‘p..p..pan’, ‘’p..p..peg’. See below for more objects beginning with letter sound ‘p’.  
Can your child listen to you say “p..p..pencil” and then have a go themselves? Repeat with other objects starting with the letter sound ‘p’.  

Make sure you say the sound of the letter as it would be in a word and not the name of the letter as it is in the alphabet. So “p for pen” not “P”. 

Tuesday 2nd February 

Show your child the letter ‘p’ and ask them if they can remember what sound it makes. Can your child have a go at finding objects around their home that begin with the letter sound ‘p’.  E.g. pillow, pencil, paper, peg, pan, plate, princess etc. 

Wednesday 3rd February 

Click on the link and watch this video with your child and say the ‘p’ sound together. We’re not expecting the children to read words but it is good for them to practice saying the sound at the start of each word.  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7ilh7fuXOk&list=PLXKeximRDJ8oTa087K3kpd0VEQYmTkeSN&index=4 

Thursday 4th February 

Go on a letter hunt and take a picture of words you find with the letter ‘p’.  E.g. In newspapers, magazines, books, letters, on food labels and packaging etc. Put all the photographs on Tapestry for us to see what you found. You could cut out the letters and words you find in old newspapers, magazines or junk mail and stick them on a piece of paper to make a sound book with the other letters you have learnt. If you have a printer at home you could print the photos from your letter hunt out and stick them in your sound book. 

Friday 5th February  

Can your child sort some objects into groups with sounds beginning with ‘s’ and ‘p’. E.g. pear, peg, pen, plate, Peppa pig etc. and sock, stick, scarf, salt, scissors etc.  

Write the letters ‘s’ and ‘p’ on two pieces of paper and ask your child to choose an object. Can they say what sound the object begins with and match it to the correct letter sound? E.g. puts sock on the letter ‘s’.  

Monday 25th January

Introduce the letter sound ‘t’.  Have some objects in front of your child that begin with the letter sound ‘t’. ‘t..t..teddy’, ‘t..t..train’, ‘t..t..tomato’, ‘t..t..tiger’ etc.

Can your child listen to you say “t..t..teddy” and then have a go themselves? Repeat with other objects starting with the letter sound ‘t’. See picture below.  

Make sure you say the sound of the letter as it would be in a word and not the name of the letter as it is in the alphabet. So “t for teddy” not “T”. 

Tuesday 26th January 

Show your child the letter ‘t’ and ask them if they can remember what sound it makes. Can your child have a go at finding objects around their home that begin with the letter sound ‘t’.  

Wednesday 27th January

Watch the video below with your child and say the ‘t’ sound together. We’re not expecting the children to read words at this stage but it is good for them to practice saying the sound at the start of each word. 

Thursday 28th January 

Go on a letter hunt and take a picture of words you find with the letter ‘t’.  E.g. In newspapers, magazines, books, letters, on food labels and packaging etc. Put all the photographs on Tapestry for us to see what you found. 

You could cut out the letters and words you find in old newspapers, magazines or junk mail and stick them on a piece of paper to make a sound book with the other letters you have learnt. If you have a printer at home you could print the photos from your letter hunt out and stick them in your sound book.  

Friday 29th January 

Can your child sort some objects into groups with sounds beginning with ‘t’ and ‘s’. E.g.  teddy, tie, train, tomato, tissue etc. And sock, stick, scarf, salt, scissors etc.  

Write the letters ‘s’ and ‘t’ and two pieces of paper and ask your child to choose an object. Can they say what sound the object begins with and put it in the correct place? E.g. sock is placed on the letter ‘s’. Repeat with all objects.  

Learning Objective: We are learning the sound ‘a’. 

Monday 18th January

Introduce the letter sound ‘a’.  Have some objects in front of your child that begin with the letter sound ‘a’. ‘a..a..apple’, ‘a..a..ant’, ‘a..a..ambulance’, ‘a..a..arrow’ etc. Can your child listen to you say “a..a..apple” and then have a go themselves? Repeat with other objects starting with the letter sound ‘a’. See pictures below.  

Make sure you say the sound of the letter as it would be in a word and not the name of the letter as it is in the alphabet. So “a for apple” not “A”. 

Tuesday 19th January

Show your child the letter ‘a’ and ask them if they can remember what sound it makes. Can your child have a go at finding objects around their home that begin with the letter sound ‘a’. E.g. apple, arrow, ant, apricot etc. 

Wednesday 20th January 

Watch this video with your child and say the ‘a’ sound together. We’re not expecting the children to read words at this stage but it is good for them to practise saying the sound at the start of each word.  

Thursday 21st January 

Can you go on a letter hunt and take a picture of words you find with the letter ‘a’?  E.g. In newspapers, magazines, books, letters, on food labels and packaging etc. Put all the photographs on Tapestry for us to see what you found. You could cut out the letters and words you find in old newspapers, magazines or junk mail and stick them on a piece of paper to make a sound book with the other letters you have learnt. If you have a printer at home you could print the photos from your letter hunt out and stick them in your sound book. 

Friday 22nd January  

Can your child have a go at writing and forming the letter ‘a’? Can they think of something that begins with the letter ‘a’ and draw a picture of it? E.g. ‘apple’, ‘ant’, ‘ambulance’ ‘astronaut’ etc.  

If you feel your child is ready, they could have a go at labelling their picture. E.g. writing the word ‘apple’.