Articles tagged with: synthetic phonic sounds

Sound Snap: a fun way to teach precise pronunciation

Posted on 18th May 20171st June 2024 in Learning to Read, Synthetic Phonics and tagged article, beginner readers, phonic pronunciation, precise pronunciation, pronounce alphabet letters, pronounce phonic sounds, pure phonic sounds, sounds of english, synthetic phonic soundsLeave a Comment

I have just started to teach a struggling reader in Year 1. The first thing I observed from my assessment was that she did not use pure phonic sounds, also known as ‘precise pronunciation’. Many of the consonants were pronounced with an added ‘uh’ sound: for example, /k/ was pronounced ‘kuh’ and /p/ was pronounced […]

Pip Phonics – Sounds of the Alphabet

Posted on 13th November 201116th September 2016 in Learning to Read, Reading Resources and tagged alphabet sounds for kids, phonic code for kids, phonic sounds for kids, Pip phonics, precise pronunciation of letter sounds, pure sounds, sounds of letters, sounds of the alphabet, synthetic phonic soundsLeave a Comment

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=pip+phonics&aq=f]Phonicbooks have just made a free video clip of Pip, the ant, demonstrating the sounds of the alphabet. We thought it would be a good idea to use the characters in Dandelion Books to enthuse our young readers. This is free for teachers and parents; a great way to practise precise pronunciation or ‘pure sounds’ […]