Phonological Schedule

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Here is the Phonological Schedule which I use with my children who are currently aged 3 and 5 years. This schedule is useful for young children who are just beginning to learn to read. It enables children to learn phonemic awareness skills. ie To associate the letters of the alphabet with their correlating speech sounds.

You can work through the schedule systematically or do as I do and choose a particular sound and go with that one for the week. I really don't think it matters which order you cover the sounds, as long as they all get covered eventually.

We do tend to cover groups of similar sounds over a close period of time. eg Over the past 5 weeks, we have covered the word families for ag, eg, ig, og and ug.

Select the phonological sound and related word family which you want to cover for the week and then focus on this sound in your children's letter play. Any set of durable alphabetic lower-case letters will work well for letter play. We use four sets of alphabet jigsaws made from dense foam rubber. The sets are coloured red, yellow, green and blue to make it fun and interesting. We push the letters out of the jigsaws and arrange them on the flat surface of our wooden coffee table. These jigsaws were bought very cheaply from a local toy shop here in NZ.

You don't need to spend a lot of time working on this. Just make sure that you do a little every day. Initially, show your children the individual letters which form the basic letter combination (eg for "ag", show them a and g). Sound out these letters separately ("a", "g") and then blend the sounds together to form the phonological sound of the basic letter combination ("a-g","ag"). Add a letter to make a word from the associated word family eg b. Sound out this new letter ("b") and place it beside your letter combo. Blend this new sound with your letter combo to make the new word ("b-ag", "bag"). Break up the word into its letters and sound them out separately, (b-a-g) then blend the sounds together to form the word. They should soon get the idea.

The idea is for your children to take charge of this process, so that they are forming new words using the basic letter combination. Let them loose with the letters for free letter play after this.

My boys really have fun with this. They choose what time of day they want to do their letter play and spend as long on it or as little time on it as needed.

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Phonological Schedule

P S
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Associated Word
Families
a am an as at
i if in is it
o of on or
u up us
ab cab dab jab nab
eb Deb web
ib bib fib gib nib rib
ob Bob cob fob gob hob job mob rob sob
ub cub dub hub nub rub sub tub
ad bad Dad fad lad mad pad sad
ed bed fed led red Ted wed
id bid did hid kid lid mid rid Sid
od cod god mod nod pod rod Tod
ud bud cud mud suds
ee bee fee gee hee pee see wee
ie die lie pie tie
oe doe foe hoe Joe toe
ue cue hue
ag bag gag jag lag nag rag sag tag wag
eg beg keg leg Meg peg
ig big dig fig gig jig pig rig wig
og bog cog dog fog hog jog log Mog togs
ug bug dug hug mug pug rug tug
am dam ham jam Pam ram Sam
em gem hem
im dim him Jim Kim rim Tim vim
om Mom rom Tom
um bum gum hum Mum rum sum yum
an ban can Dan fan Jan man pan ran tan van
en Ben den hen Ken Len men pen ten yen
in bin din fin gin in kin pin tin win
on don on Ron
un bun fun gun nun pun run sun
ap cap lap map rap sap tap yap
ip dip hip lip nip pip sip tip
up cup pup up
ar bar car far jar mar par tar
ur bur fur
oo boo coo goo moo poo too woo zoo
as as has
is his is
us bus Gus pus
at bat cat fat hat mat pat rat sat vat
et bet get jet let met net pet set vet wet yet
it bit fit hit it kit lit nit pit sit wit
ot cot dot got hot jot not pot rot tot
ut but cut gut hut jut nut rut
aw jaw law paw raw saw
ew dew few Jew mew new pew yew
ow cow how now pow row sow wow yow
ax fax lax Max sax tax wax
ix fix mix six
ox box fox pox
ay bay day fay gay hay jay Kay lay may
pay ray say way yay
oy boy coy joy Roy soy toy
uy buy guy

* Phonological Sound
  


Phonological Links

70 "Orton" Phonograms for Correct Spelling
Very practical information provided by The Riggs Institute site.

Free Worksheets: Phonics
Blends, consonants, digraphs, vowels.
For ages 6 to 7.
Not for absolute beginners.


Helping Children Learn "Phonemic AND Graphemic" Awareness
Article by Myrna T. McCulloch of The Riggs Institute

Instructional Strategies for the Emergent Reader
Phonemic awareness, sight words, etc.

Letter Patterns and Sounds (Phonics)

Mary Leson's Phonemic Awareness Page

Phonemic Awareness

Phonemic Awareness Activities

Phonemic Awareness: An Important Early Step in Learning to Read

Phonemic Awareness Assessment Tools

Phonics Instruction
Citations which address the topic of phonics instruction.




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