We're going on a bear hunt - simple sentences matching to pictures

These resources were created to aid comprehension within my class. The simple sentences have sound buttons on each word that is decodable. They also have simple ‘tricky words’ within this sentence. The idea is for the child to read the sentence so they understand what it says and then they use a peg and place it on the correct picture that matches what they have just read.

The idea with the pegs is to aid fine motor skills and therefore aid their development where writing is concerned.

These resources have proven very popular with the children who are able to read within the class, especially when coupled with a reward for reading 3 or more.

Teaching through book talk is the best way to help children learn new vocabulary and aid their development in learning the spoken word.

We use a lot of books in our setting to help children. One thing I did notice though, is that there are not many phonic resources you can buy that will help children. There is a lot of basic things of course but they are all limited.

Is it me, or is one of the hardest things to do when teaching children to learn, is to find sentences they can access to read on a given topic. And of course, if they can read them, they can start to write them soon after too. So I hope this resource helps you as it did my class.