Young children learn best when they are having fun and the Rhyming games are an enjoyable way to learn to develop listening skills, hearing and matching sound patterns as well as starting to recognise the different letters, to know which sounds they represent. They can then begin to use them to sound out rhyming words. All of the games and activities suggested in this Flashcard set can be played with an adult or older child together with one or two younger children. The 72 cards contain: BL 68 picture and word cards with the word on one side andthe picture on the other. BL pairs of CVC words (eg h-a-t/c-a-t); BL pairs of CCVC words (eg pl-u-m/dr-u-m); BL pairs of CVCC words (eg f-i-sh/d-i-sh) BL 3x 2-sided instruction cards - games to support early phonics knowledge and rhyme awareness: Find the rhyme, Make a Rhyme, Memory, Snap, Lotto and I Spy. All the games can be played at 2 levels of difficulty. BL 1 x 2-sided card with practical advice for parents on how to use the Phonic Flashcards: Alphabet Games CVC = consonant vowel consonant CCVC = consonant + consonant + vowel + consonant CVCC = consonant + vowel + consonant + consonant

 

This book is part of a book series called Read At Home .

. This book is part of a reading scheme, meaning that it is a book aimed at children who are learning to read.

This book was published 2006 by Oxford University Press .

Annemarie Young is an experienced editor and author of children's books, with a particular emphasis on writing stories to help children learn to read. Alex Brychta collaborated with Roderick Hunt on a series of children books for the Oxford Reading Tree which had an animated spin-off, The Magic Key series. In addition to Oxford Reading Tree, Brychta is also the illustrator of Read with Biff, Chip and Kipper (formerly Read at Home), the Wolf Hill series of books and the Time Chronicles series. He has also written and illustrated several children's books for J M Dent, Franklin Watts, and Oxford University Press. Roderick and Alex won the prestigious Outstanding Achievement Award at the Education Resources Awards 2009. Alex was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2012 New Year Honours for services to children's literature. He now lives in Surrey with wife Dina whom he has two children with, Kelly Brychta and Dylan Brychta. Kate Ruttle is a SENCO and Key Practitioner for Inclusion & Literacy in Suffolk. She has written many standardised tests for Hodder.