Junior Infants .
Group 6
(Sounds and Blending Activities)
Ideas for Parents:
1. Encourage your child to say the relevant sound
on the slide three times. Click on the speaker
symbol to hear the sound.
2. Begin to encourage your child to find the sound
in either the beginning, middle or end of each
word e.g. /bin/...where is the /i/? (in the middle)
where is the/n/? (at the end).
3. Encourage your child to sing the song to
accompany the letter.
4. Revise all sounds regularly.
Can you make this sound?
ng
Action: Imagine you are a
weightlifter, and pretend to lift
a heavy weight above your
head, saying ng....
Song: (Tune: If you’re happy
and you know it)
If you’re strong and you know it
say “/ng/!”
If you’re strong and you know it
say “/ng/!”
If you’re strong and you know it
and you really want to show it...
If you’re strong and you know it
say “/ng/!”
Can you make this sound?
v
Action: Pretend to be driving along
in a van, saying vvvvv.......
Song: (Tune: Go in and out the
windows)
Drive Vic’s van round the village.
Drive Vic’s van round the village.
Drive Vic’s van round the village/v/-/v/-/v/-/v/-/v/!
Can you make this sound?
Y
Action: Pretend to eat yogurt from a
spoon, saying /y/, /y/, /y/, /y/.
Song: (Tune: Apples and Bananas)
I like to eat, eat, eat, yogurt and
bananas.
I like to eat, eat, eat, yogurt and
bananas.
I like to eat, eat, eat, yogurt and
bananas - /y/, /y/, /y/, /y/, /y/.
Can you make this sound?
x
Action: Pretend to take an x-ray with
an x-ray camera, saying ks,ks,ks.
Song: (Tune: Skip to my Lou)
/ks/-/ks/! Take an x-ray.
/ks/-/ks/! Take an x-ray.
/ks/-/ks/! Take an x-rayX-ray of my hand!
Can you make this sound?
oo OO
Action: Move your head back and
forth, like a cuckoo clock, calling u,
oo; u, oo.
Song: (Tune: Go in and out the
windows)
Who wants to be a cuckoo?
Who wants to be a cuckoo?
Who wants to be a cuckoo?
/oo/-/OO/, /oo/-/OO/,
/oo/-/OO/.
Vowel Diagraphs.
 We have learned these diagraphs. Please practice them
regularly with your child.
ai
ie
oa
ee
or
Blending.
Ideas for Parents.
1. With blending, the first sound needs to be said
louder than the other sounds.
2. Parents should make the sounds in the word on
the slide first e.g. /r/ /a/ /t/ and then say the
complete word.
3. Encourage your child to repeat what you have
just done.
4. Begin to encourage the children to blend
silently.
Can you sound out the word?
zap
Can you sound out the word?
strong
Can you sound out the word?
spoon
Can you sound out the word?
float
Can you sound out the word?
van
Can you sound out the word?
green
Can you sound out this word?
sail
Please encourage your child to make these words
using their sound cards. Encourage them to
sound out the words they have made.
yum
send
park
goat
hug
grain
jim
wig
sail
Reading Sentences.
The children will need lots of help and encouragement
at this stage. You can help your child by sounding out
the words in the sentence and then reading the full
sentence aloud. Please use your finger to point at the
individual words in the sentence. I have included some
words from the children’s reading books in the
sentences. These words can be read without sounding
them out.
Can you read these sentences?
I had a desk.
Can you read these sentences?
Look at the red
sail.
Can you read these sentences?
Can you see the
wind?
Can you read these sentences?
I can visit
Gran.
Can you read these sentences?
I like the green
frog.