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Pre-school children are fascinated by books, sounds and letters and we are very keen to support and encourage this at home. The details below demonstrate what your child will be taught in Pre-School , and how you can help prepare your child on their journey to Reception.

Phases in Phonics

Your child has begun to learn Phase 1 Phonics. Phase 1 develops children’s abilities to listen, to make, to explore and to talk about sounds. This phase is split into 7 aspects that are explored and developed through games. Each aspect contains three strands. These are:

• Tuning in to sounds (auditory discrimination)
• Listening and remembering sounds (auditory memory and sequencing)
• Talking about sounds (developing vocabulary and language comprehension)

 The national expectation is that your child has completed Phase 1 and is ready to begin learning Phase 2 by the time they start their Reception year. At Newcroft Pre-School, we aim to give our children the best possible start and will begin to work on Phase 2 Phonics when your child is ready. They will be given lots of opportunities in our play based setting to develop their understanding of the phase 2 sounds. They will to learn to segment and blend to read consonant vowel consonant (CVC) words (e.g. cat)

It is essential that your child practises phonics at the Phase 1 level and this will help them to develop a love of language at home. We also recommend that you share books, listen to sounds and make and talk about sounds with your child, in addition to sharing and reciting nursery rhymes.

Book list Support

Below is a recommended book list for Pre-School children. These are books that will engage your child with reading, by building their language and sound knowledge through listening, and are fun books to enjoy as a family at home.

Lost and Found by Oliver Jeffers

We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen

The Tiger Who Came to Tea by Judith Kerr

Where’s Spot by Eric Hill

Each Peach Pear Plum by Allan Ahlberg

The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

The Elephant and the Bad Baby by Elfrida Vipont

Dogger by Shirley Hughes

Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson

I Want My Potty! by Tony Ross

Ten Little Fingers Ten Little Toes by Mem Fox

Many more book titles can be found here https://www.booktrust.org.uk/booklists/1/100-best-0-5/

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