PhonicsYears 0–2Phonics Application

Sound buttons & sound bars

Mark sounds in words using sound buttons (dots under single phonemes) and sound bars (lines under digraphs/trigraphs) to support accurate decoding and encoding

What you'll learn

  1. 1

    Imagine a word like 'cat'. 🐱 Each sound is a button you can press!

  2. 2

    How many sound buttons does 'dog' have? 🐕

  3. 3

    Tap the sound buttons for 'sun' ☀️ – one tap for each sound.

  4. 4

    Let's do 'pig' together 🐷

  5. 5

    How many sounds in 'bed'? 🛏️

  6. 6

    Now try 'fish' 🐟 – tap the sound buttons for each sound.

  7. 7

    How many sounds in 'mop'? 🧹

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