1st Edition
The Right Start to Phonics A Guide to Supporting Excellence in Early Phonics
If children are to access all phonics teaching effectively, they first need to know how to tune into and manipulate the sounds specifically needed for reading. The Right Start to Phonics shows readers how they can support children in gaining the skills they need to listen with accuracy, to differentiate between, manipulate and understand the sounds we hear. This experience will give them the knowledge and understanding needed to hear letter sounds and blend them together to eventually read words.
Drawing on the latest research, the book shows how Early Phonics can be embedded across your provision and fit into the daily routine of any setting or school. Part One explores the role of play, the adult and the learning environment in supporting early phonics and listening skills. This is followed by a wealth of easy-to-use activities to support the development and refinement of these hugely important skills in our youngest children. All the activities are simple to implement with easily sourced resources and cover a range of early phonic skills.
Full of playful, active and fun ideas to help young children develop the auditory skills they need to access the phonic code, this is essential reading for all early years and primary educators and parents.
Part One
Introduction
1. Early Phonics and the Early Years Foundation Stage
2. Research into Early Phonics
3. The Adult and Early Phonics
4. Phonics across the Learning Environment
Part Two - The Activities
5. Introduction to Part Two
6. Sounds Around
7. Sounds we Make
8. Sounds with Words
Appendix
Biography
Rose Blair has been an early years teacher for almost 4 decades, spending most of the past decade as an EY adviser for one of England’s leading national school improvement providers. She founded The Right Start EY Consultancy based in North Yorkshire, supporting all areas of the EYFS, with expertise in early literacy.
If you would like more information or want to get in touch, please see Rose Blair's consultancy website www.therightstartearlyyearsconsultancy.co.uk or email Rose at [email protected]
'Finally...a book just about Early Phonics! This no-nonsense text provides a wide range of practical ideas to support early phonic development. Whether you're based here in the UK or elsewhere in the world, this is a must-read!’
Matthew Klimcke, Education Consultant.
‘Rose Blair draws upon her extensive work in Early Years settings and classrooms to draw together the statutory requirements in relation to the early development of literacy and provision that supports the foundations of later, proficient reading. Blair offers accessible theory alongside lessons from classrooms and settings across the country. It is refreshing to see a book give such generous space to practitioner voice, too often neglected in writing on this vitally important topic. Blair makes clear her commitment to inclusivity. She offers a range of practical solutions to the question of how best to meet the needs of diverse cohorts, and - like a sharply enunciated sound - makes crystal clear the critical importance of a rich and empowering foundation of early language development.’
Martin Galway, National Literacy Trust
