This week in nursery we are learning the sound ‘d’, to say the sound you put your tongue to the top and front of your mouth and make a quick d sound d d d. Our items for What’s in the box this week are dog, door, dinosaur and duck,  please practise saying these words with your child and see what other items you can find around the house with the initial sound d.

This week in nursery we are recapping the sound i as we found it a little tricky the week before Christmas. You make the i sound by pulling your lips back and making the i sound at the back of your mouth i i i. Our items for what’s in the box are insect, invitation, igloo and iguana, please practice these words with your child at home, the i sound is a little difficult and the children are finding these items tricky to say.

This week in nursery we are learning the ‘p’ sound. You can make the sound by bringing your lips together then pushing them open to say p p p. Our items in what’s in the box this week are pencil, pizza, peg and penguin. Please practise this sound with your child and say the items shown below, you could help them look around your house to see if you can find anything else beginning with this sound.

This week we are learning the sound ‘t’, we make the sound by opening our lips then putting the tip of our tongue behind our teeth and pressing to make the t t t sound. The items we have in our what’s in the box game are teddy, toast, tiger and teeth. Please encourage your child to make the ‘t’ sound at home and to talk about items beginning with the ‘t’ sound.

This week in letters and sounds we are learning the letter ‘a’. We say the sound by opening our mouths wide and making the a sound at the back of our mouths a a a. Our items in ‘what’s in the box?’ are ant, apple, arrow and astronaut. Please practise the sound with your child at home and see what you can find around the house beginning with the ‘a’ sound, we would love you to add any home learning your child does to their Tapestry account so we can celebrate together!

Last week we learned the sound ‘s’ we made the sound by showing our teeth and letting the s hiss out sssss sssss. The items we focused on when playing ‘What’s in the box’ were been a sock, sun, star and snake, we all made a brilliant effort to say the sound and the item names! Please practise this sound with your child and see if they can find anything in your home with the ‘s’ initial sound.