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Research has shown how important the right support at home can be. This series of six Phonics Activity Books will help your child to discover a fascination with letter shapes and sounds. The books include stickers, fun activities, puzzles, colouring and handwriting practice. The Letterland stories for each of the letter sounds really bring phonics to life! The full contents of the series include: Book 1 2 3 4 5 6
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About Letterland Letterland is an imaginary place where letters come to life! The friendly Letterland characters help children to easily understand the sound and shape of letters – one of the key skills needed when learning to read and write. Simple stories about the Letterland characters explain letter sounds and shapes, so that confusion over similar looking letters is avoided and children are motivated to listen, think and learn.
Annie Apple
Jumping Jim
Sammy Snake
Bouncy Ben
Kicking King
Talking Tess
Clever Cat
Lucy Lamp Light
Uppy Umbrella
Dippy Duck
Munching Mike
Vicky Violet
Eddy Elephant
Noisy Nick
Walter Walrus
FireďŹ ghter Fred
Oscar Orange
Fix-it Max
Golden Girl
Peter Puppy
Yellow Yo-yo Man
Harry Hat Man
Quarrelsome Queen
Impy Ink
Red Robot
Zig Zag Zebra
For more information, including a pronunciation guide for all the letter sounds, see: www.letterland.com
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How to use this book Letter sounds Children can use the Letterland Sound Trick to discover the letter’s sound: Just START to say any Letterlander’s name, and catch the very first sound that comes out of your mouth. That sound is actually the sound that letter makes in words. For example: Bouncy Ben ‘b…’ (not ‘buh’ or ‘bee’) Eddy Elephant ‘eh…’ (not ‘ee’) Firefighter Fred ‘fff…’ (not ‘fuh’ or ‘ef’) To hear all the correct letter sounds, please visit our website: www.letterland.com/letter-sounds
Actions Linking actions with sounds makes learning really motivating and memorable. To see the Letterland Action Tricks, please visit our website: www.letterland.com/training/videos/actions
Letter shapes By making sure children start with the right movement pathway for each letter you will be ensuring that on moving to joined-up handwriting the transition will be smooth and easy. If young children are allowed to form letters their own way, incorrect habits quickly become deep-rooted and can be very difficult to correct later.
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Using your stickers Go through these Phonics Activity Books together with your child, focusing on just a few letters in one sitting. Encouragement breeds success, so show your enthusiasm by awarding your child a sticker each time they complete a page. Next time, before focusing on a few more letters, go over the shapes and sounds learned last time. You may like to start an a-z scrap book with all the character stickers from Phonics Activity Books 1 and 2. You could cut out pictures from old magazines and choose together which of the a-z pages they should be placed on, based on their beginning sound. As you move through the series of Phonics Activity Books remember to come back to previous books to practice the sounds - until each and every sound can be said without hesitation. That achievement will be a very good reason to award the biggest and best of the stickers!
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Focus on sound Draw lines from Sammy Snake to the things that start with his sound. Cross out the one that doesn’t.
Do the action. Then draw something that starts with Sammy Snake’s sound.
Make snake movements with your arm and hand and hiss like Sammy.
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