How can I help families to support their children with phonics at home?

Organise family workshops

• Little Wandle has created presentations and handouts for each stage of children’s phonics learning. 

• Ensure a high uptake of attendees at your workshop by inviting families to watch a phonics lesson first. Then you will have a captive audience to speak to afterwards! Some schools have opened a Reading Café with tea, coffee and treats to create a safe place for families to come and hear these crucial messages.es. 

Resources to send home

Send home the right resources to further secure phonics learning. These might include:

• recently taught grapheme cards or stickers with graphemes
• Letter formation practice sheets
• recently taught tricky words
• weekly spelling lists for Year 1.

Use any opportunity to communicate with families about how to best support their children at home.