Phase 5 - Homographs Puzzles

Product Code: 708-LI00445

Help children understand homographs: words that look alike but differ in meaning and pronunciation.

Self-Checking Design: Each of the ten two-piece puzzles is designed so only the correct pairs fit together, promoting independent learning and self-correction.
Enhances Phonics Skills: Each puzzle is carefully designed to reinforce phonics education by encouraging children to identify and match graphemes and phonemes, adhering to phonic principles.
Supports Reading Accuracy: The puzzles support phonics education, allowing children to practice blending sounds and recognising grapheme-to-phoneme links, instrumental in reading unfamiliar words.
Develops Word Recognition: Aimed at enhancing literacy, these puzzles engage children in identifying and decoding common exception words, focusing on their unique spelling and sound correspondences.
Curriculum Aligned: Aligned with the Year 1 phonics curriculum, these puzzles help children practice blending sounds with taught graphemes, solidifying foundational reading skills.

Help children understand homographs: words that look alike but differ in meaning and pronunciation.

These puzzles serve as an effective resource for teaching different pronunciations and meanings of homographs. This hands-on tool enhances comprehension skills, crucial for mastering the English language from an early age.

The puzzles specifically support the phonics curriculum in Year 1 and Year 2, focusing on skills such as blending sounds and recognising different phonemes in a fun, engaging way. By working with these materials, children learn to read more complex words and develop robust decoding skills. These experiences are hands-on and adhere to educational guidelines.
Additionally, these puzzles cater directly to objectives of the Year 1 and Year 2 English curriculum, reinforcing the link between phonemes and graphemes, essential for reading proficiency. This strategic alignment with curriculum goals ensures effective literacy skill development.

English, Year 1, Phonics

Apply phonic knowledge and skills as the route to decode words.

English, Year 1, Phonics

Respond speedily with the correct sound to graphemes for all 40+ phonemes, including, where applicable, alternative sounds for graphemes.

English, Year 1, Phonics

Read accurately by blending sounds in unfamiliar words containing GPC's that have been taught.