This page provides links to key government (UK) documents and initiatives that will be most helpful to staff in the Kindergarten and English Club units, to support with developing phonics teaching and learning strategies and general language development
Practical Guide to delivering phonics
Assessment of phonics (assessing children’s progress)
Letters and Sounds – The programme handbook
Website dedicated to Letters and Sounds Resources
Training presentation (powerpoint) on using Letters and Sounds
Progression in Phonics programme handbook (this is the programme before Letters and Sounds. However, there are some great and easy to follow phonics games in here and some good explanations for teachers about how to teach phonics)
Playing with Sounds – additional games, guidance and resources for supporting Letters and Sounds (originally designed to support Progression in Phonics)
Developing early writing (pay attention to section starting P24 – Foundation stage)
Every Child a Talker (ECAT)
The ECAT project is to support speaking and listening in early years, and to develop children’s spoken language skills. There are THREE handbooks for this programme. The first one sets out the programme, the second one provides lots of examples of activities, and the third one provides case studies of how settings support ECAT.