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Letters & Sounds Phase 1

A collection of resources to help with the teaching of phase 1 of the DFES Letters and Sounds phonics teaching programme. Includes Varying Syllable Picture Cards, voice sound cards and teaching cards for words with 2 or 3 Phonemes. Please visit our phonics lesson plan section if you are looking for help planning lessons related to the letters and sounds programme.

The focus of phase one is to: “support linking sounds and letters in the order in which they occur in words, and naming and sounding the letters of the alphabet” (DFES Letters and Sounds Document).

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