Should we show Nursery children the grapheme cards or just the picture cards?

Just the picture cards please!

That way the focus stays on the sounds children hear in words, not the letters. By focusing on sounds, talking, singing and reading aloud, you will set your children up in the best possible way for Reception!

There is plenty of time once they start in Reception to learn the grapheme-phoneme correspondences. (Read more on this topic in our blog.)