A fun way to learn our initial sounds of words in Pre-Reception

A fun way to learn our initial sounds of words in Pre-Reception

It is important for children to learn letter-sound relationships because the English language uses letters in the alphabet to represent sounds.

Phonics teaches this information to help children learn how to read. Children learn the sounds that each letter makes.

A fun way through which the Pre-Reception students learn the initial sound of words is… I would like to introduce you to a very important member of our class. His name is the Sound Monkey and the students take turns to take him home with them and find something that starts with the letter of the alphabet that we are learning about that week.

The students are always very excited when it is their turn and can’t wait. It is always very interesting to see what the sound monkey has in his bag the next day. It’s usually things that I did not even think of.

It is very interesting to see how quickly the students have been learning the initial sounds of words in this manner. Now let us see whose turn it is today!

Cindy Nunan

Pre-Reception Teacher