Ssss for Sleepy Sloth (Phonics)

​Sleepy Sloth is focusing on the 'Ss' sound in phonics today. He made a rainbow s by using lots of different colours to practice writing the big letter s at the top of the page. He then practiced writing the letter starting in the right place and even drew some pictures starting with s. One he forgot though - his name!! Sleepy Sloth!

When practicing and learning phonics at home focus on just one new sound a day. Get the child to say "My name is … (letter name), my sound is … (letter sound)" and ask them throughout the day, "What sound does the letter … make?" Together come up with words that start with that sound. In class we write up a list and see how many we can come up with. Show your child how to correctly write that letter and let them practice on some paper. An extra follow up activity you could try is to make a collage (by cut and pasting picture from the newspaper or magazines) or drawing pictures that start with that sound.