Letters and Sounds: Phase 2
Expected Learning Outcomes
 To recognise and recall the letter sounds.
 To begin to practice oral blending.
 To become more confident when blending and segmenting
letter sounds.
Activities
Alphabet songs are a popular and successful way to teach children
the sounds of letters. Here are a few examples:
 www.youtube.com/watch?v=BELIZKPi1Zs
Phonic songs with a picture for each letter.
 www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGpsVmWLRFA
Jolly Phonics song that helps children learn the names and
sounds of the letters.
 www.letterland.com
Alphabet songs-one for each letter character e.g. Annie Apple
etc.
 www.mrthorne.com
Mr Phonics and the Alphabet Song.
These songs can be used across the Phases.
Examples of phonic schemes
 Letterland (www.letterland.com)
-a character for each letter, living in Letterland with simple
stories which explain letter sounds and shapes. Children meet
the characters one at a time.
-There are actions for each letter.
-There are songs to accompany each letter.
-Multi-sensory approach.
 Jolly Phonics (www.jollylearning.co.uk)
-Actions for each of the 42 letter sounds.
-Multi-sensory approach.
-Letters split into 7 groups.
-Letters taught in a specific order(not alphabetically.)
-Action songs.
-Complemented by ‘Jolly Readers’ and ‘Jolly Grammar.’
Examples of websites with free letters and sounds interactive games
and printable resources
 www.PhonicsPlay.co.uk
-caption and picture matching cards
-initial sounds picture cards
-flashcards
-picture and word matching cards
-‘Buried Treasure’ blending game and printables.
-‘Dragon’s Den’ blending game
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-‘Picnic on Pluto’ blending game
www.focusonphonics.co.uk
-The Sounds- click on the letters to hear the sounds.
-Phonics games and resources to buy.
www.familylearning.org.uk
-Phonic games at different skill levels-medium, hard, really
hard.
www.bigbrownbear
-free literacy games e.g. phoneme count.
www.topmarks.co.uk/interactive
-interactive games to help children choose the initial sounds.
www.readingrockets.org
-phonemic activities for pre-school children
-lots of ideas for activities
-listening games
-practice awareness of syllables
-naming initial and final sounds (harder levels available.)
www.PrimaryResources.co.uk
-alliteration movement cards
-worksheets (ideas for adult-led lessons, not for young children)
-early phonics and alphabet work
www.mrthornedoesphonics
-Geraldine the Giraffe series of videos suitable for young
children.
www.earlylearninghq.org.uk
-Extensive collection of free printable letters and sounds /
phonics resource for all phases. Includes flash cards, bingo
cards, phoneme fans etc.
More general ideas for activities
 When writing together, leave some initial letters for the
children to fill in.
 With the children, write a list of names of objects in the room
(choose simple 3-letter words to start), ask the children to cut
up one of the words and then put them back together in the
right order. Sound out the letters and then blend.
 Playing with magnetic letters is useful to build up words.
 Hiding objects in sand and matching to correct initial magnetic
letter.
 Count letters in words, sound them out then blend/segment.
 Use of a puppet during Phonics lessons is hugely successful and
popular with children. For example Peter the Parrot is going to
find words beginning with ‘a’ today. Can you help him?
Assessment opportunities
Can the child: Give the sound of any letter shown.
 Orally blend/segment letter sounds to make words.
 Find letters when given the sound.