However, for primary 1, if you could help your child look out for the sounds that we are learning in school then this would be helpful to their progress. You could also play games such as ‘I Spy’ to help children recognise the beginning sounds of words.
So far we have learned s, a, t and p.
You can download the ‘Jolly Phonics’ app on a smartphone and access the songs, stories and letter formation demonstrations for each sound. The sounds we have learned so far are in phase 1 sounds.
You can also watch videos of Geraldine the giraffe on You Tube. Geraldine helps us to learn our sounds too and also makes us laugh.
Here is a link to a Geraldine video for our newest sound – p:
