A-Z starting sounds

short a - sat, pat, tap, taps

m - mat, man, map

short i nip, nit, tin, tip, pin, in, pit

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short a & i - pat, pad, pan, pin, tap, din

short o - pot, pod, pop, dog, dig

Alphablocks is a BBC series that invites you and your child to play with phonics. It is aimed at three-to six-year-olds and its simple purpose is to entertain and show that wordplay can be a lot of fun. It is based on best-practice phonics teaching, helping young children to develop confidence and encouraging engagement with reading and making words. Series three is livelier and more fun than ever, filling Alphaland with snowmen, funfairs, flying words, a talking book and a frog on a dog on a hog on a log. This series consolidates the learning in series 2 (letters and their sounds) and follows on, showing young readers how letters combine to make digraphs (such as OO) and clusters (such as ST).
The Alphablocks and their world behave according to the natural forces of phonics: Every episode is available to watch on the Alphablocks website whenever they want. The first episode is a great place to start, as the Alphablocks showcase every letters sound and personality. Repeat viewing is encouraged, as it helps children recognise words and understand how to put them together and as your child begins to grow confident with building words through phonics, they can advance to the later episodes. Any episode can be selected by using the arrows to scroll through the pictures and clicking on the one you want to watch. They have been arranged in order of difficulty, with pink designating the beginner episodes, and green the more advanced. The early episodes introduce the letters and their sounds and simple threeletter words. Later episodes introduce first digraphs (such as OO, SH and AR) and longer words. Finally, new digraphs and vowel sounds are added to the mix.

c, k, ck - sock, sack, kit, kid, kick, cat

short a - pan, can, tan, pat, cap, tap, nap, cap

short e - net, ten, get, pet, peg, pen

short o - top, doc, cod, pod, cot, dot, pot, cop

short u - gum, dug, mug, sum, mud

r - rug, rod, rag, dig, red

h - hop, hum, hen, men, hug

b - big, bun, bus, bug, bin

Every letter makes a sound and so does every Alphablock. A makes a short /a/ sound (as in apple) when an apple falls on her head. B plays the bass: b-b-b-b-b and so on. When Alphablocks hold hands, they do word magic if they make a real word, it will come to life in a shower of magic stars. Just like learner readers, they sound out their letter sounds (c-a-t) then blend them together to say the whole word (CAT!). Sounding out and blending are important natural strategies for reading words. Alphablocks can split in two to make more of the same letter (which is handy if you want to make a BANANA). They can also fuse to make brand new sounds, such as OO, SH and AR. Your childs teacher will call these digraphs. Alphablocks will sound out MOON as "m-oo-n MOON!" Some letters can make more than one sound on their own too - compare A in LA and PAT, I in PIG

f - fen, fun, fin, fan

a, e, i, o, u - to, top, bug, bog, bag, beg, big

l - ted, nap, log, lips, cot, hug, bed, lid

ll, ss, ff - ill, hill, doll, bell, mess, kiss, miss, off

v, j - van, jog, jig, jug, vet, jet ig - dig, pig, fig, big, jig, rig, wig

ug - dug, jug, rug, bug, hug, mug, tug w, x - wet, web, six, box, ox

og - dog, fog, log, jog, bog, cog, hog

ap - cap, rap, yap, tap, nap, zap

an - ban, fan, pan, van, can, man,tan ed - red, ted, bed, wed, led, fed

in - bin, fin, pin, win, din, tin y, z - zap, yak, yap, yell, jazz, zigzag

ab - cab, jab, gab, lab, fab, din magic e - all long vowels - cap, cape, tap, tape, din, dine, slop, slope, mop, mope, hug, huge, bit, bite, kit, kite, can, cane, plan, plane, shake, these, ice, nose, cute, rule u, s, t, p, o - bus, sub, pots, post, stop, spot, tops ck - lock, cage, sock, sick, key, lick, sack, rock

qu, ck - quiz, quit, quack, quick

short o - off, on

at - cat, hat, mat, vat, rat, bat short u & o - rub, run, stop, pots, dots, cans, dot CVC & ll, ck, x, - cat, dog, mill, pick, ten, cut, dig, hot, mix, pig

alphabet - dot

long i & e - hide, eek, seek, wide, ride, peek

y as long i - hug, win, pot, pet, pat, yellow, yoyo, yacht, fly, try, shy, cry, fly, sky o, u, ow - off, on, fun, glow, sun x - sag, sat, saw, say, sad, sax, fix, mix, flex, ox, fox, exit

short u & o - rub, run, stop, pots, dots, cans, dot short u & o - rub, run, stop, pots, dots, cans, dot

all the letters - the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog long o & final s - not, note, notes, ten, tens, net, nets, lots, one

sh, ch - sash, mash, bash, rash, dash, cash sh, ch - shop, chip, ship

qu - qu, quit, quack, squawk, it, squeak, quiet ng - sing, song, ting, ring, king, ping, dong, pong, ding, bang th - thing, this, that, thick, thin, them short a & ar - fast, map, raps, rats, lamp, rams, raft long e & short o team, seat, sat, tea, set, eat, sea, rod, pod, drop, prod, droop, door

j - joy, jar, jam, job, jab, jaw, jay

long a a_e space, escape, spade, cap, pea, sea, ape r controlled vowels far, oar, ear, fur, fair, four

ai - sail, snail, nail, hail, pail, wail, pain

oo - long u - moon, foot, hoot, fool, tool, hoof, boot at, ap, ar - rat, tap, trap, art, rap, tar, pat

A-Z race - dig, cab, jet, moo, zoom, run oo, zz - zoom, nap, zoo, boom, snooze, fizz, zip, zap b_nd - bend, bind, bond, band

ee - red, sneeze, bee, beekeeper, three, tree, bed

How to sound out or decode words: When encountering an unknown word, ask your child to point at it. Ask what the first letter is. 2. Ask your child what sound the letter makes and have them repeat it. 3. Break the word up into syllables () and ask your child to sound out and clap each part. (e.g. cro-co-dile). Each syllable has a vowel (a, e, i, o, u) 4. Ask them to put the sounds together and say the new word out loud.

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