Useful websites

Interactive games linked to each phase and a useful section on information for parents:

http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/

Games and resources linked to each phase of Letters and Sounds:

http://www.letters-and-sounds.com/

BBC CBeebies series of animated programmes featuring the Alphablocks characters – great for practising sounds and blending words:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/shows/alphablocks

A website set up by a Year 1 teacher who started making phonics videos for his class.  He has since became very popular and has now created his own phonics apps:

http://mrthorne.com/

More interactive games to support phonics skills.  Try Phonic Fighter for initial sounds in words.

http://www.ictgames.com/literacy.html

A collection of further games and resources can be found on the Letters and Sounds section of this website:

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Interactive.aspx?cat=40

The BBC Schools website has a number of phonics activities such as:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/longvow/poems/fpoem.shtml