Junior Infants .
Group 1
(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 /s/”(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 regularly.
Can you make this sound?
S
Action: Weave like a snake making
s shapes,
saying ssss
Song: (Tune: The Farmer in the Dell)
The snake is in the grass.
The snake is in the grass.
/sss/! /ssss/!
The snake is in the grass
Can you make this sound?
a
Action: Wriggle your fingers above
the elbow, as if ants are crawling on
you, say a,a,a,a!
Song: (Tune: Skip to My Lou)
/a/- /a/! Ants on my arm.
/a/- /a/! Ants on my arm.
/a/- /a/! Ants on my arm.
They’re causing me alarm.
Can you make this sound?
t
Action: Turn your head from side to
side, as if you are watching tennis,
and say t,t,t,t.
Song: (Tune: The Muffin Man)
When I watch the tennis game,
/t/- /t/- /t/,
/t/- /t/- /t/,
....when I watch the tennis game
My head goes back and forth.
Can you make this sound?
i
Action: Pretend to be a mouse by
wriggling your fingers at the end of
your nose, like whiskers, and squeak
i,i,i,i.
Song: (Tune: Hickory Dickory Dock)
Inky mouse is my pet.
She spilled the ink and got wet.
The ink it spread
All over the desk.
/i/-/i/- /i/- /i/
- Inky’s wet!
Can you make this sound?
p
Song: (Tune: The Wheels on the Bus)
Puff out the candles
On the pink pig cake.
/p/- /p/- /p/,
/p/- /p/- /p/.
Puff out the candles on the pink pig
cake.
Action: Hold up your finger, as if it is Puff! Puff! Puff!
a candle, and pretend to puff it out
saying p,p,p,p.
Blending.
Ideas for Parents.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Once your child knows the letters in group 1 of this
phonics programme we will begin to 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. /s/ /a/ /t/ and then say the complete word.
Then encourage your child to repeat what you have just
done.
They can then click on the speaker to see if the 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?
it
Can you sound out the word?
at
Can you sound out the word?
pat
Can you sound out the word?
sip
Can you sound out the word?
sit
Can you sound out the word?
tap