Fiona Pascal, peripatetic nursery teacher, Falkirk Children’s Services has posted simple but useful teaching ideas which develop children’s early phonological awareness – click on each below to view:

Onset and rime activities 1 – click here   and 2 click here

Rhyme production – click here              Rhyme awareness – click here

Syllable segmentation – click here         Syllable blending – click here

Word boundaries – click here

Click here to read about how phonics impacts on pupil learning. You may also want to visit the Early Years section of our Raising Attainment Glow Hub here to browse the range of materials available (Glow login required).

The image/extract from our Falkirk Literacy and English Progression Pathway below captures one example of where this learning is referenced within the experiences and outcome and benchmarks.