Hearing Middle Sounds

Consonant-vowel-consonant or CVC words include examples such as paw, cow and pop. Identifying these words and understanding the sound that they make is crucial to building reading fluency. This guided lesson provides practise with CVC words by focusing on their intial, medial and ending sounds. You can boost learning with our supplemental worksheets that offer more practise with CVC words.

Being able to recognise the short I sound, as in dig, fin and kid, is one of the foundations of year one phonics. This guided lesson teaches kids all about the short I, and offers lots of practise to encourage retention. You can get even more practise with this phonics skill by checking out the printables that work in partership with this lesson.

Vowels make more than one sound! Recognizing letters is a crucial skill for early readers. Recognizing the sounds they make is the next step. Help your child become a fluent reader and speaker with this short E lesson.

This guided lesson focuses on short U, as in jump, sun, and duck. Kids learn how to recognise and read this sound, then practise with short U words. Breaking up lessons based on vowel sounds helps kids chunk concepts together, easing retention and boosting phonics skills. Once you are through with the lesson, consider downloading some of the accompanying short U printables for extended learning.