Why we love it
Simply put, these cards are a great aid to help your little one on the path to reading. Phonics can be daunting to us as adult because it wasn’t how we were taught to read but these cards with their simple to follow instructions for us and simplistic and engaging illustrations of animals doing sports and activities for children really work. The image helps reinforce the sound with an activity of the same sound e.g. bear play badminton and a penguin go paddleboarding. Each animal has a name to help identify and make the phonic sound more relatable, you will meet Ollie the octopus, Lara the lion, Gary the goat amongst many other new friends.
The instructions also teach you how to blend sounds, with pronunciation, phonics terminology and even phonic games. Each learning group has been cleverly segmented into their own letter groups by colour, so you can concentrate on one group at a time. From there you can start to introduce sound blending where the cards will start you off by giving you examples of simple words.
The Facts
- Created by Happy Little Doers
- 37 double sided cards
- The rounded edges making them safe and perfect for little hands.
- Each card has a matt laminated finish so they can be wiped clean and used over and over.
- Their modern style and lasting finish mean they last and can be passed down.
- Each pack is supplied in a sturdy recycled keepsake box.
Included in each pack:
- Introduction, instruction, terminology and game cards
- 1 Sound Group Card
- 1 Pronunciation Card
- 1 Double sided Sound Blending Card
- 25 Phonic Cards – Single letter one side with animal friends doing sports and activities on the reverse
- 7 Digraph Phonic Cards – Double letter one side with animal friends doing sports and activities on the reverse
- Letters a-z (not the letter ‘q’ as ‘qu’ is used in phonics) as well ck, th, sh, ch, ng and nk.
