The purpose of this professional learning is for teachers to view and reflect on an example of how one teacher engages in phonics games in kindergarten.
The resources include:
- Engaging in phonics games in kindergarten (PDF, 351 kB)
- Engaging in phonics games in kindergarten video.
Video transcript
Claire Carter -Jones | The Crocodile game is a phonics-based game. I like to do phonics- based games playing with sounds. This is a bit of a silly game that the children really like where the crocodile’s learning to talk, but he gets all his initial sounds wrong. So it requires the children to, one, recognise the mistake. Also, I aim to segment that initial sound, and also to think of the right sound that needs to be put in its place in order for the crocodile to learn. And the children adore it because it puts them in the teaching situation, and they find it very funny. |
Excerpt from class session | |
Claire | So these are the box of objects with all of these sounds in them. And I brought another friend for us today. This is Croc. Want to say hello? |
| Children | Hello, Croc. Hello |
| Claire | Now, Croc is just learning how to talk. He’s not very good, and he would need your help. So he’s learning lots of new words. Ryan, would you like to pick something from our basket and see if he can tell us what it’s called? |
Croc | It’s a brambulance. |
Claire | Is that right? |
Children | No. |
Ryan | It’s an ambulance. |
Claire | What is it? |
Children | Ambulance. |
Claire | Can you tell him how to say it properly? What does it begin with? |
Children | A, A, A, A … |
Claire | Ambulance. Shall we see if he can say it properly? Ready? |
Croc | Ambulance. |
Claire | Was that good? |
Children | Yeah. |
Claire | Well done, Croc. We’ll put that one down. Katie, would you like to pick something out? Let’s see what Katie’s going to pick. Do you know what this is, Croc? |
Croc | It’s a squenguin. |
Children | Penguin. |
Child | It starts with a K. |
Claire | It starts with … What sound does it start with? |
Children | P. |
Claire | What sound does that make? |
Child | Penguin. |
Claire | Can you tell him that first sound? |
Children | P, P, P, P ... |
Claire | Let’s see if he can get right. |
Child | Penguin. |
Croc | Penguin. |
Claire | Did he do it? |
Children | Yeah. |
Claire | Yeah, you’re very good teachers. |
See also
- Last updated:
- 30 November 2023
