Raising standards in KS1 and Special Needs: helping every child to succeed.
I have taught systematic phonics to all ages and abilities for over 30 years. My teaching degree was in Environmental Studies and I hate to see science reduced to box-ticking when there is so much to discover about the wonderful world we live in.
So, I produce Phonic resources that meet the real needs of children and teachers, along with science resources to engage children in learning about the natural world.
Raising standards in KS1 and Special Needs: helping every child to succeed.
I have taught systematic phonics to all ages and abilities for over 30 years. My teaching degree was in Environmental Studies and I hate to see science reduced to box-ticking when there is so much to discover about the wonderful world we live in.
So, I produce Phonic resources that meet the real needs of children and teachers, along with science resources to engage children in learning about the natural world.
Here is a simple FREE spring time Daffodil Picture to Colour.
Suitable for all ages.
The picture can be reduced and made in to spring cards, or Mother’s Day cards, or simply hung on the wall: the choice is yours.
It can be used as part of a spring project.
Find our Daffodil science lesson pack and video here:
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Initial Consonant Blends SK
This entertaining SK Find and Color worksheet for initial blends can help prepare children for more advanced blending work involving four phonemes. It is a great way to introduce pupils orally and aurally to initial consonant blends and help them develop the necessary phonemic awareness.
The pack contains one sheet for the SK initial blend.
Teacher time saver - with a wide range of applications: class use, group work, centres, home education, tutoring etc…
Class use, SEN/D, EFl/ESL, adults and children.
It is part of a pack of 20 such worksheets that can be purchased for a small price here to save you the time and effort of downloading 20 individual worksheets.
On each worksheet, students have to blend the two letters and then search for objects that begin with that blended consonant. After then, only these objects should be colored; the others should remain uncolored.
Once they are given instructions, children can readily work on the sheets without assistance; nevertheless, for the most benefit, it is strongly advised that an adult work with special needs children.
It is necessary to introduce the idea of early blends in detail. Upon working with kids, particularly those who have special needs, my first preference is to teach them how to blend two consonant letters. Next, I focus on enhancing the children’s phonemic awareness, which is the capacity to distinguish each blend of consonants at the beginning of a word.
Some students find this challenging, and it requires a lot of practice. The purpose of these worksheets is to help students hear the blend at the beginning of a word by first encouraging them to blend the two consonant letters. Encourage the children to blend the letters in each initial blend by practicing as often as you can. Modeling, in my opinion, is essential.
