5 Fun Phonics Activities You Can Do At Home With Your Child!

In nurturing children’s development, Phonics has a significant role to play.

It is important that your child learns Phonics from a young age as it gives your child the skills they require to succeed in the four critical elements of literacy: Reading, Writing, Speaking, and Listening.

Today, let’s share with you 5 Fun Phonics Activities You Can Do At Home With Your Child!

#1 Repurpose Your Old Magazines & Newspapers

Time for a Scavenger Hunt! 

Materials Required:

Old Magazines & Newspapers
A Pair of Scissors
Magnets/Glue
Whiteboard/Paper

Children can look for pictures in newspapers or magazines that match the vowel or letter sounds that have been sounded out. For example, if you have sounded out A, B, or C, the children can find and cut out images such as Apple, Boat, and Cat and paste them on the columns you have set out.

#2 Ice Cream Sticks

This is an engaging hands-on activities that your children can enjoy doing while learning at the same time. 

Materials Required:

For this activity, you will need 26 ice cream sticks. 

Write 26 letters on one end of each, place them in a cup, and ask your child to pull out each stick and say a word that begins with that letter. Two or more children can play this game together – offer a race to see who can form the most words!

#3 Alphabet-themed Coloring Pages

Children enjoy coloring, it’s one of the most popular pasttimes for younger children. Besides that, incorporating activities involving Phonics/Sight Words into coloring is a fun & creative activity that enables them to develop cognitively. 

From Alphabet A-Z, include a few clipart inside the Alphabet letter for your child to color by the beginning sounds. For example, for Alphabet A – you may include clip art such as Apple, Banana & Ambulance, and your child will need to color the clipart according to Alphabet A. This activity is also perfect for independent playtime!

In Phonics, practicing CVC words is useful for helping children with reading, writing, and rhyming three-phonetic words. 

So What is CVC?

A CVC word is a word that is made up of a consonant, vowel and consonant sound. Cat, hot, tip, man and hut are all CVC words.

The next 2 activities will help you to teach CVC words using fun & interactive methods to engage your child.

#4 Mix & Match CVC Words Using Plastic Cups

Materials Required:

You will require only three plastic cups. 

Label two plastic cups with three consonants on each cup (eg. b, c, d, m, t, p) & last plastic cup with three vowels (eg. a, e, i, o, u). The plastic cup combinations should be arranged side by side beginning with a consonant, a vowel, followed by another consonant. The child can then turn the cups around to come up with different words. 

#5 DIY – CVC Flip Book

CVC Flip Book is a common & effective tool to teach children CVC. Moreover, it’s easy to DIY! 

Materials Required:

For this activity, you will require markers & notebook (with book rings) so that it’s easier to flip the pages later on. Alternatively, you can use paper & stationary rings. 

Firstly, divide the notebook horizontally into 3 sections, and jot down the consonants & vowels. 

Next, engage your child to write down the alphabet in each section. In this way, they can practice their writing at the same time! 

Lastly, once the Flip Book has  been completed, students can build words or manipulate the sounds in words to sharpen their skills.

Conclusion

Key skills such as reading & writing are required for children to master the English language in order to gain a complete understanding of it. As part of their education, they will need to be able to recognize alphabetical letters, turn those letters into words, and make sense of the words they are given as well as the sounds they are given. 

However, we understand that finding time for your children may be a challenging concern, especially for working parents. Not to worry, you can always seek professional help from an experienced Phonics Tutor instead. Singapore Tuition Teachers – parent’s to-go agency for 1-1 home tuition, providing experienced home tutors catered to your child’s needs. 

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