{"id":9102,"date":"2026-09-03T15:05:36","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T15:05:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/whiteness12\/?p=9102"},"modified":"2026-09-03T15:05:36","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T15:05:36","slug":"beginning-phonics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/whiteness12\/2026\/09\/03\/beginning-phonics\/","title":{"rendered":"Beginning Phonics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The children have enjoyed learning a few phonic sounds and the letter formations to go with them. They practice this in lots of different ways. There is a story, action and song to go with each sound and also some games on the big whiteboard.<\/p>\n<p>They have been practicing their formations in different ways eg.\u00a0 in sand, with shaving foam and on different types of whiteboards.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-9102 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/whiteness12\/2026\/09\/02\/beginning-number-formations\/img_5535\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"634\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/whiteness12\/uploads\/sites\/2855\/2026\/09\/02154606\/IMG_5535-rotated-e1788447305335-765x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/whiteness12\/uploads\/sites\/2855\/2026\/09\/02154606\/IMG_5535-rotated-e1788447305335-765x1024.jpg 765w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/whiteness12\/uploads\/sites\/2855\/2026\/09\/02154606\/IMG_5535-rotated-e1788447305335-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/whiteness12\/uploads\/sites\/2855\/2026\/09\/02154606\/IMG_5535-rotated-e1788447305335-768x1028.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/whiteness12\/uploads\/sites\/2855\/2026\/09\/02154606\/IMG_5535-rotated-e1788447305335.jpg 941w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/whiteness12\/2026\/09\/02\/beginning-number-formations\/img_5536\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"634\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/whiteness12\/uploads\/sites\/2855\/2026\/09\/02154611\/IMG_5536-765x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/whiteness12\/uploads\/sites\/2855\/2026\/09\/02154611\/IMG_5536-765x1024.jpg 765w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/whiteness12\/uploads\/sites\/2855\/2026\/09\/02154611\/IMG_5536-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/whiteness12\/uploads\/sites\/2855\/2026\/09\/02154611\/IMG_5536-768x1028.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/whiteness12\/uploads\/sites\/2855\/2026\/09\/02154611\/IMG_5536-rotated.jpg 941w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>They also get the opportunity to hear and say lots of words beginning with those sounds. Here the children are finding<strong> s<\/strong>nakes and<strong> s<\/strong>piders in the <strong>s<\/strong>ticky, <strong>s<\/strong>limy<strong> s<\/strong>paghetti, when they were learning the &#8216;s&#8217; sound.<\/p>\n<p>The children loved making <strong>a<\/strong>nts and <strong>a<\/strong>pples with the plasticine and talking about the different body parts of the insects.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-9102 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/whiteness12\/2026\/09\/02\/beginning-number-formations\/img_5571\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"634\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/whiteness12\/uploads\/sites\/2855\/2026\/09\/02154615\/IMG_5571-765x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/whiteness12\/uploads\/sites\/2855\/2026\/09\/02154615\/IMG_5571-765x1024.jpg 765w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/whiteness12\/uploads\/sites\/2855\/2026\/09\/02154615\/IMG_5571-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/whiteness12\/uploads\/sites\/2855\/2026\/09\/02154615\/IMG_5571-768x1028.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/whiteness12\/uploads\/sites\/2855\/2026\/09\/02154615\/IMG_5571-rotated.jpg 941w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/whiteness12\/2026\/09\/02\/beginning-number-formations\/img_5572\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"634\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/whiteness12\/uploads\/sites\/2855\/2026\/09\/02154619\/IMG_5572-765x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/whiteness12\/uploads\/sites\/2855\/2026\/09\/02154619\/IMG_5572-765x1024.jpg 765w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/whiteness12\/uploads\/sites\/2855\/2026\/09\/02154619\/IMG_5572-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/whiteness12\/uploads\/sites\/2855\/2026\/09\/02154619\/IMG_5572-768x1028.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/whiteness12\/uploads\/sites\/2855\/2026\/09\/02154619\/IMG_5572-rotated.jpg 941w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>They have loved &#8216;making tea&#8217; when learning the &#8216;t&#8217; sound. And there have been some fun games to play too.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-9102 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/whiteness12\/2026\/09\/02\/beginning-number-formations\/img_5583\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/whiteness12\/uploads\/sites\/2855\/2026\/09\/02154648\/IMG_5583-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/whiteness12\/2026\/09\/02\/beginning-number-formations\/img_5578\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/whiteness12\/uploads\/sites\/2855\/2026\/09\/02154641\/IMG_5578-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/whiteness12\/2026\/09\/02\/beginning-number-formations\/img_5584\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/whiteness12\/uploads\/sites\/2855\/2026\/09\/02154653\/IMG_5584-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/whiteness12\/2026\/09\/02\/beginning-number-formations\/img_5582\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/whiteness12\/uploads\/sites\/2855\/2026\/09\/02154645\/IMG_5582-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The children have enjoyed learning a few phonic sounds and the letter formations to go with them. They practice this in lots of different ways. There is a story, action and song to go with each sound and also some games on the big whiteboard. They have been practicing their formations in different ways eg.\u00a0 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/whiteness12\/2026\/09\/03\/beginning-phonics\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Beginning Phonics<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1936,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,10,3,19,12,34],"tags":[48,50,22,70,62,8,61,80],"class_list":["post-9102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art-and-craft","category-listening-and-talking","category-literacy","category-social-skills","category-stem","category-technology","tag-choice","tag-communication","tag-creativity","tag-engagement","tag-fine-motor-skills","tag-love-life-love-learning","tag-play-based-learning","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/whiteness12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/whiteness12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/whiteness12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/whiteness12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1936"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/whiteness12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9102"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/whiteness12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9102\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9103,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/whiteness12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9102\/revisions\/9103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/whiteness12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/whiteness12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/whiteness12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}