A Phonics Primer for New Teachers (Part 1)

by | Phonics

When I first started teaching, I knew nothing about phonics because I wasn’t taught using phonics at school. Initially, the training I received made phonics seem really simple. Having begun a deep dive into literacy and phonics, I’m not so sure I feel that...

A phonics power hack

by | Phonics, Tips

Here’s a quick tip a colleague showed me when I first started teaching. Sometimes you want to use words in your phonics classes that are CVCs, CCVCs, or that use a particular digraph or trigraph. Rather than trying to think of words that contain the particular...

Going all out with glitter!

by | Phonics, Templates, Tips

Let’s see the New Year out with some glitter! I’m currently in the process of making some mini flash card alphabet letters out of glitter. I’m also going to use them on my virtual interactive white board (IWB) presentations for a variety of projects....

Alphastrokes Font Review

by | Alphabet, Phonics, Tips, Tools

      Today, I want to talk about a problem many teachers face, that is, having to use resources for your classes that are ‘not quite right’, and my quest for perfect fonts. In the language school that I work for, sadly, one of the primary...

Phonics Bingo

by | Games, Phonics

Last night I played phonics bingo using CVCs, with my young learners. It worked really well. (You could also play phonics bingo using individual letter sounds.) Bingo works really well with very young learners, too. It might take a little demonstrating, but VYLs can...