Alphabet Games for Kids | English Phonetics Sounds | Alphabet Games to Play at Home | KS1

In this lesson we're really going to think about phonics and we're really going to think about sounds and as you can see we've got loads of objects from around the house. Please feel free to either do it by collecting the objects or to actually physically go around and use this as an actual opportunity for movement but just for the purposes of this video I've collected the objects. The idea is that we're going to collect and create two phonics treasure troves. So we're going to have a treasure box here and we're going to have a treasure basket over here. So just get some tupperware that you've got at home and this is a really nice idea for creating little boxes, little treasures to do with that sound and it's something that can be ongoing that you might do over the course of a week over the course of a couple of weeks and actually really make a very special little treasure trove and you can collect things when you're out and about as well. Okay so as James has just rubbed it off we are doing S in here and we're going to click C things in here okay. So I would actually encourage you to do this as an active activity where you actually send your child around the house with their little box collecting their S objects but as I say just for the purposes of the video I have collected a range of objects from around the house so that you can actually choose from them and do make this I mean these little plastic boxes are perfect you can actually take this out with you and you know make an autumn one or whatever and it is a really nice fun idea. So Aaron or James what I'm going to ask you to do is I'm going to ask you to see if you can make it S treasure box first. So can you have a look at all these things and I've written S on there to remind you let's open it up. Do you think you can find any S treasures from all your toys? What do you think? Something that begins with S. Now what is the sound? Listen listen listen. What is the sound? So listen. Dinosaur. No that's this so that's no good. Let's have a look. What about what is this? Listen. Yes. Let me see it. Can it go in our S treasure box? Yeah. Oh my goodness I wonder how many treasures we're going to get. What do you think? How many? Seven. Good boy. How many treasures is that? What else? Maybe that's it. No that's a dividing sign. Dividing. Does that have an S? No it has Good. Well done. What about? I see somebody that you really like. Spiderman. Has Spiderman got an S? Let me hear. I dropped them in. You fell in didn't you? Yeah. So you really want to encourage your child to spot things beginning with that sound and it really helps with that initial sound at the beginning of words as well. Is there anything else with us at the beginning? What's that? That's a dog. Dog? No. No. What's that? Wheel. Wheel. And as you can see he's picking up items and he's actually checking them out and that's absolutely fine even if he picks it up and says no that's great because he's really thinking about the different words. What's that? Block. Block. No. No. What's that? No. No. Oh. Smiley face. Smiley face. Has it got an S? Yeah. Let me hear you saying it. Smiley face. Good. What about this little guy? Smurf. Yes or no? Say it again. Yes. Good. What about this? Rock. Rock. No. No. What about this? Masterpig. No. What about this? Feather. No. Listen. Feather. Yes. And sometimes they will be reminding and that is the whole idea of this that they're constantly self-correcting and you're correcting them as you go along. Okay so we've got lots of treasures. Look at how many we've got in there. How many have you got? Can you count them? One. Two. Three. Four. Five. Six. Seven. Okay we're also going to make a sea basket okay. I wouldn't really think about more than two sounds at a time because it can be quite confusing and especially just wait a wee second and if you are going to do this as like a weekly thing where they have maybe different sounds every week and they make a whole collection I would even maybe just go with one. So hold on. You threw this in immediately. Why did you throw this in? What sound did the sea make? Listen. Listen. If you close your S box for the minute. What sound does sea make? Good. So ka ka ka. You put that in. Why did you put that in? What letter does this begin with? Ka. Four. Ka. Good boy so you were right. You were flying ahead of me. Okay anything else with a ka? Right. Million. Has that got a ka? No. No. Dinosaur. No. No. Listen. Pee pee. Yeah have they got a ka sound? No. No. What about this? Car. Yes or no? Yes. What about a cube? Yes or no? Yes. So as you can see they're starting to get a bit more excited about it. Really starting to get a bit quicker at it. Really starting to recognise that sound and as I say it is a really good activity for repetition of that sound especially if they're struggling with a particular sound and James has been struggling with the sea sound. That's why I've chosen the S because I know he's confident with it so we've got a bit of confidence there and that will boost his self-esteem with the letter C. Okay let's see if there's any more. What about lion? No. Another car. Good job. What about crayons? No. Listen. No. No. No. No. No. No. You say it and tell me yes or no. Crayons. Crayons. No. You still don't think it has a C? Yes. Right have a look at how it's spelt on the box. C. Listen for the sound. C. So listen for the sound. Crayons. Good. Well done. What about truck? No. No. You can't just throw it in. You have to think about the sound. No. Truck. No. Good boy. Well done and do give them ones that you think they're going to get tripped up on just to really give that opportunity to self-correct. What's that? Car. Another car. So as you can see we have a few more objects we're going to sort out um but it is a lovely wee activity and it doesn't really take any sort of um resourcing it's just literally things you have lying around at home.