Junior Infants .
Group 2
(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. Play a game of ‘I spy’ using the things in the
environment e.g. Parent: “I spy with my little eye
something beginning with /n/”(remember use the
sound not the name of the letter)
3. Encourage your child to sing the song to
accompany the letter.
4. Revise all sounds (including group 1 sounds)
regularly.
Can you make this sound?
n
Action: Hold out hands as if an
aeroplane nose diving, and say
/nnn/
Song: (Tune:)
Hear the aeroplane,
/nnn/
Hear the aeroplane,
/nnn/
Hear the aeroplane,
/nnn/
...making lots of noise.
Can you make this sound?
c/k
Action: raise your hands and snap
your fingers together as if you are
playing castanets, and say /ck, ck,
ck/
Song: (Tune: She’ll be Coming
Round the Mountain)
We are clicking castanets,
/c/-/c/-/c/.
We are clicking castanets,
/c/-/c/-/c/.
We are clicking castanets, clicking castanets...
... We are clicking castanets,
/c/-/c/-/c/.
Kites are flying in the sky,
/k/-/k/-/k/,
Kites are flying in the sky,
/k/-/k/-/k/,
Kites are flying in the sky,
Flying in the sky,
Kites are flying in the sky,
/k/-/k/-/k/,
Can you make this sound?
e
Action: Pretend to crack an egg
against the side of the pan with one
hand. Use both hands to open the
shell, saying /eh, eh, eh/.
Song: (Tune: Skip to My Lou)
Eggs in the pan, /e/- /e/- /e/.
Eggs in the pan, /e/- /e/- /e/.
Eggs in the pan, /e/- /e/- /e/.
Crack the egg like this.../e/!
Can you make this sound?
h
Action: Hold a hand up to your
mouth, panting as if you are out of
breath, and say /h, h, h/.
Song: (Tune: Apples and Bananas)
I like to hop, hop, hop, up and down.
I like to hop, hop, hop all around.
I like to hop, hop, hop, up and down/h/, /h/, /h/, /h/, /h/.
Can you make this sound?
r
Action: Pretend to be a puppy,
pulling a rag, and shake your head
from side to side.
Song: (Tune: The Muffin Man)
See my puppy rip the rag.
/rrr/! /rrr/!
See my puppy rip the rag,
When he pulls so hard.
Vowel Revision.
 We have learned the following vowels. Please practice
them regularly with your child.
a
i
e
Blending.
Ideas for Parents.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Once your child knows the letters in groups 1 and 2 of
this phonics programme we can blend these letters to
form simple words.
With blending, the first sound needs to be said louder
than the other sounds.
Parents should make the sounds in the word on the slide
first e.g. /r/ /a/ /t/ and then say the complete word.
Encourage your child to repeat what you have just done.
They can then click on the speaker to see if they have
read the word correctly. Praise, Praise, Praise.
Children will need plenty of practice before they have
fully mastered the skill of blending.
Can you sound out the word?
in
Can you sound out the word?
ant
Can you sound out the word?
hen
Can you sound out the word?
nap
Can you sound out the word?
sat
Can you sound out the word?
snap
Can you sound out this word?
spin
Please encourage your child to make these words
using their sound cards. Encourage them to
sound out the words they have made.
at pen cat
it pit can
ran hit hen