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A-Z starting sounds

m - mat, man, map

short ‘a’ & ‘i’ - pat, pad, pan, pin, tap, din

short ‘a’ - sat, pat, tap, taps

short ‘i’ nip, nit, tin, tip, pin, in, pit

short ‘o’ - pot, pod, pop, dog, dig

c, k, ck - sock, sack, kit, kid, kick, cat

short ‘e’ - net, ten, get, pet, peg, pen

short ‘u’ - gum, dug, mug, sum, mud

short ‘a’ - pan, can, tan, pat, cap, tap, nap, cap

short ‘o’ - top, doc, cod, pod, cot, dot, pot, cop

r - rug, rod, rag, dig, red

h - hop, hum, hen, men, hug

f - fen, fun, fin, fan

l - ted, nap, log, lips, cot, hug, bed, lid

b - big, bun, bus, bug, bin

a, e, i, o, u - to, top, bug, bog, bag, beg, big

ll, ss, ff - ill, hill, doll, bell, mess, kiss, miss, off

v, j - van, jog, jig, jug, vet, jet

ig - dig, pig, fig, big, jig, rig, wig

og - dog, fog, log, jog, bog, cog, hog

ug - dug, jug, rug, bug, hug, mug, tug

w, x - wet, web, six, box, ox

ap - cap, rap, yap, tap, nap, zap

Alphablocks is a BBC series that invites you and your child to play with phonics. It is aimed at three-to six-year-olds and its simple purpose is to entertain and show that wordplay can be a lot of fun. It is based on best-practice phonics teaching, helping young children to develop confidence and encouraging engagement with reading and making words.Series three is livelier and more fun than ever, filling Alphaland with snowmen, funfairs, flying words, a talking book and a frog on a dog on a hog on a log.

This series consolidates the learning in series 2 (letters and their sounds) and follows on, showing young readers how letters combine to make digraphs (such as OO) and clusters (such as ST).

The Alphablocks and their world behave according to the natural forces of phonics:

Every letter makes a sound – and so does every Alphablock. A makes a short /a/ sound (as in apple) when an apple falls on her head. B plays the bass: b-b-b-b-b… and so on.

When Alphablocks hold hands, they do word magic – if they make a real word, it will come to life in a shower of magic stars.

Just like learner readers, they sound out their letter sounds (c-a-t) then blend them together to say the whole word (CAT!). Sounding out and blending are important natural strategies for reading words.

Alphablocks can split in two to make more of the same letter (which is handy if you want to make a BANANA).

They can also fuse to make brand new sounds, such as OO, SH and AR. Your child’s teacher will call these ‘digraphs’. Alphablocks will sound out MOON as "m-oo-n MOON!"

Some letters can make more than one sound on their own too - compare A in LA and PAT, I in PIG and ICE, C in CAT and ICE, and so on.

Every episode is available to watch on the Alphablocks website whenever they want. The first episode is a great place to start, as the Alphablocks showcase every letter’s sound and personality. Repeat viewing is encouraged, as it helps children recognise words and understand how to put them together and as your child begins to grow confident with building words through phonics, they can advance to the later episodes.

Any episode can be selected by using the arrows to scroll through the pictures and clicking on the one you want to watch. They have been arranged in order of difficulty, with pink designating the beginner episodes, and green the more advanced. The early episodes introduce the letters and their sounds and simple three-letter words. Later episodes introduce first digraphs (such as OO, SH and AR) and longer words. Finally, new digraphs and vowel sounds are added to the mix.

short ’u’ & ’o’ - rub, run, stop, pots, dots, cans, dot

CVC & ll, ck, x, - cat, dog, mill, pick, ten, cut, dig, hot, mix, pig

alphabet - dot

short ’u’ & ’o’ - rub, run, stop, pots, dots, cans, dot

short ’u’ & ’o’ - rub, run, stop, pots, dots, cans, dot

sh, ch - shop, chip, ship

ai - sail, snail, nail, hail, pail, wail, pain

ng - sing, song, ting, ring, king, ping, dong, pong, ding, bang

th - thing, this, that, thick, thin, them

at, ap, ar - rat, tap, trap, art, rap, tar, pat

ee - red, sneeze, bee, beekeeper, three, tree, bed

A-Z race - dig, cab, jet, moo, zoom, run

oo, zz - zoom, nap, zoo, boom, snooze, fizz, zip, zap

b_nd - bend, bind, bond, band

magic ‘e’ - all long vowels - cap, cape, tap, tape, din, dine, slop, slope, mop, mope, hug, huge, bit, bite, kit, kite, can, cane, plan, plane, shake, these, ice, nose, cute, rule

u, s, t, p, o - bus, sub, pots, post, stop, spot, tops

ck - lock, cage, sock, sick, key, lick, sack, rock

all the letters - the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

long ‘o’ & final ‘s’ - not, note, notes, ten, tens, net, nets, lots, one

y as long ’i’ - hug, win, pot, pet, pat, yellow, yo-yo, yacht, fly, try, shy, cry, fly, sky

o, u, ow - off, on, fun, glow, sun

x - sag, sat, saw, say, sad, sax, fix, mix, flex, ox, fox, exit

short ‘a’ & ‘ar’ - fast, map, raps, rats, lamp, rams, raft

long ‘e’ & short ‘o’ - team, seat, sat, tea, set, eat, sea, rod, pod, drop, prod, droop, door

j - joy, jar, jam, job, jab, jaw, jay

long ‘a’ – a_e space, escape, spade, cap, pea, sea, ape

‘r’ controlled vowels - far, oar, ear, fur, fair, four

qu - qu, quit, quack, squawk, it, squeak, quiet

ab - cab, jab, gab, lab, fab, din

long ‘i’ & ‘e’ - hide, eek, seek, wide, ride, peek

at - cat, hat, mat, vat, rat, bat

sh, ch - sash, mash, bash, rash, dash, cash

‘oo’ - long ‘u’ - moon, foot, hoot, fool, tool, hoof, boot

an - ban, fan, pan, van, can, man,tan

ed - red, ted, bed, wed, led, fed

qu, ck - quiz, quit, quack, quick

in - bin, fin, pin, win, din, tin

y, z - zap, yak, yap, yell, jazz, zigzag

short ‘o’ - off, on

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How to ‘sound out’ or decode words: When encountering an unknown word, ask your child to point at it. Ask what the first letter is. 子女遇到生字，先請他們留意第一個英文字母 2. Ask your child what sound the letter makes and have them repeat it. 然後使他們嘗試重複拼出該字母的 發音 3. Break the word up into syllables (分音節) and ask your child to ‘sound out’ and clap each part. (e.g. cro-co-dile). Each syllable has a vowel (a, e, i, o, u) 把生字分為不同音節，隨着拍手方式把不同音 節讀出。4. Ask them to put the sounds together and say the new word out loud. 重複朗讀生字。