Junior Infants .
Group 4
(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?
l
Action: Pretend to lick a
lollipop, and say /l,l,l/
Song: (Tune: The Farmer in the
Dell)
We lick our Lollipops.
We lick our lollipops.
/l/-/l/-/l/-/l/!
We lick our lollipops.
Can you make this sound?
f
Action: Let your hands come
together gently, as if an inflatable
fish is deflating, and say ffffff
Song: (Tune: Old MacDonald)
My Friends and I went to the beach
with my floating fish.
It got a hole......the air came out
/ffff/!
Can you make this sound?
b
Action: Pretend to hit a ball with a
bat and say b,b,b,b.
Song: (Tune: Camptown Races)
Bring your bat and bring your ball.
/b/! /b/!
Bring your bat and bring your ball...
to the park to play!
Can you make this sound?
ai
Action: Cup your hand over your ear,
as if you are hard of hearing and say
ai, ai, ai?
Song: (Tune: Camptown Races)
My ear hurt I was in pain.
/ai/? /ai/?
My ear hurt I was in pain.
What did you try to say?
Can you make this sound?
j
Action: Pretend to wobble on a
plate, and say j,j,j,j.
Song: (Tune: Jingle Bells)
Jelly and jam, jelly and jam,
Jiggling on the plate.
Oh, what will I eat with it?
/j/-/j/-/j/-/j/-j/.
Vowel Revision.
 We have learned all five vowels. Please practice them
regularly with your child.
u
a
o
i
e
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. Children will need plenty of practice before they
have fully mastered the skill of blending.
Can you sound out the word?
mug
Can you sound out the word?
not
Can you sound out the word?
bump
Can you sound out the word?
from
Can you sound out the word?
belt
Can you sound out the word?
grab
Can you sound out this word?
tug
Please encourage your child to make these words
using their sound cards. Encourage them to
sound out the words they have made.
flap
step
drop
ben
lit
let
stick
lost
mud
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 am a cat.
Can you read these sentences?
Look at the milk.
Can you read these sentences?
This is Jen.
Can you read these sentences?
It is Conor.
Can you read these sentences?
Look at the sun.