Funny Phonics with Miss Pam: Recent Episodes

Pamela Groves

Funny Phonics is wonky, wordplay fun geared to 2-5 years AND fun for ALL. Just 10 minutes a day builds a lifetime of learning.

IMPORTANT Parents and caregivers can help to grow readers from birth when they play with words and sounds in fun and engaging ways. Let's show little ones how much fun it is!

TIP: *Sometimes emphasize the s/ and a/ sounds that are in the episode and sometimes refrain from doing so and just have fun!

🌱 Resources: Sadie the Slimy Slug by Nancy Martin, Say Hello Like This by Mary Murphy

Definition: PHONICS: The understanding that there is a predictable relationship between phonemes (the sounds of the spoken language) and graphemes (the letters and spellings that represent those sounds in written language) - -Bonnie Armbruster. Put Reading First: The Research Building Blocks for Teaching Children to Read, National Institute of Literacy.

PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS: The ability to hear and play with the smaller sounds in words.

LETTER KNOWLEDGE: Knowing that each letter has different sounds and names.

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: /Cc/Kk/ and Nn *Show the letter. Say a sound.

IMPORTANT TO LISTENERS: Throughout the podcast, take a moment every so often, to put some emphasis on the sounds in a fun and playful way - "Coconut - I hear two C/K -coco..."

 Let's show little ones how much fun it is to play with words while teaching them important foundation of learning to read.

  • Hello k/c 
  • Here's a cup 
  • Lotsa cars beep beep beep 
  • 10 Little Candles 🎂
  • It was under the coconut tree
  • Hello n
  • N as in "No,no' 
  • Noisy night (Inspired by Handa’s Noisy Night by Eileen Browne)
  • Finger on your nose!
  • And More!
  • See you later Alligator!


PHONICS: The understanding that there is a predictable relationship between phonemes (the sounds of the spoken language) and graphemes (the letters and spellings that represent those sounds in written language) 

SOURCE - -Bonnie Armbruster. Put Reading First: The Research Building Blocks for Teaching Children to Read, National Institute of Literacy.

PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS: Is the ability to hear and play with the smaller sounds in words.

LETTER KNOWLEDGE: Knowing that each letter has different sounds and names.

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In this episode:

🌱 Tt/ * Hello T ten tiny toes * Touch game * I'm a little Teapot * Teddy Bear

🌱Ii/ * Itsy Bitsy /i/ * Iggy the iguana * Higglety pigglety pop

Let's show little ones how much fun it is to play with language!

IMPORTANT Parents and caregivers can help to grow readers from birth when they play with words and sounds in fun and engaging ways. in language and.

PHONICS: The understanding that there is a predictable relationship between phonemes (the sounds of the spoken language) and graphemes (the letters and spellings that represent those sounds in written language) - -Bonnie Armbruster. Put Reading First: The Research Building Blocks for Teaching Children to Read, National Institute of Literacy.

PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS: Is the ability to hear and play with the smaller sounds in words.

LETTER KNOWLEDGE: Knowing that each letter has different sounds and names.

Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/funny-phonics-with-miss-pam/donations

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In this episode:

🌱Ss/HAVE FUN with your little one and the many /s/ and /a/ sounds throughout. Focus on the sounds the letters make - not the letter names.

  • Snake is in the grass
  • Socks and shoes
  • 'Say Hello Like This' - Mary Murphy
  • Sadie the slimy slug - Nancy Martin

🌱Aa/* Ants go marching * Peek -a- Boo * Annady Mannady * What did you hear?

REMINDER: Make sure to demonstrate to your little one how to make each sound. Give LOTS of praise and encouragement when they attempt to communicate.

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