Phonics in the EYFS
In the EYFS phonics is taught daily and in discrete lessons. Phonic sessions are always fun, fast paced and interactive.
We use letters and sounds to teach children about the different sounds and the letters, or combination of letters that represent the sounds. This plays a vital role in developing early reading and writing skills. Children learn how to blend sounds together to read a word e.g. c-a-t becomes 'cat'. Children also learn how to segment a word into different sounds to spell it e.g. 'dog' is d-o-g.
The children will progress through the different phases of phonics learning, from learning how one letter can represent one sound to more complex spelling patterns. Throughout EYFS we constantly encourage children to draw on this knowledge when helping them to read words in books or when spelling.
This video shows you how to pronounce the phonemes: