Catherine Birt – författare

A songbook to support the first steps in phonics through songs, chants and games, ideal for use alongside Letters and Sounds, the new Primary National Strategy phonics programme for 3-7 year olds.Singing Phonics is a song collection for 3-5 year olds, specially designed to support the earliest steps in phonics teaching and enrich young children's experience of language in a fun and interactive way. Includes a range of songs, chants and games, all designed to increase phonics awareness.Each song comes with activities (including photocopiable resources) and ideas for further development.Ideal for use with the new phonics programme, Letters and Sounds, published by the Primary National Strategy, but will also be a highly useful addition to any phonics scheme.Many of the songs are familiar tunes, making it a highly user-friendly resource.Sample performances of all the songs can be downloaded here: collins.co.uk/pages/music-singing-subjects-downloads

A songbook to support the teaching of phonics through songs, chants and games, ideal for use alongside Letters and Sounds phases 2 and 3. It continues the work of Singing Phonics, which covered Phase 1: first steps in teaching phonics.Singing Phonics 2 is a song collection designed to support phonics teaching and enrich young children'sexperience of language in a fun and interactive way. It follows Singing Phonics. Ideal for use with phase 2 and 3 of the phonics programme, Letters and Sounds, published by the Primary National Strategy, but will also be a highly useful addition to any phonics scheme.Each song or chant is accompanied by a set of activities (including photocopiable resources) and ideas for further development.The pack includes a CD with sample performances. Many songs have familiar tunes, making Singing Phonics 2 a highly user-friendly resource with no music reading required.