FREE Dinosaurs: Phase 1 Phonics Sound Activity Mat | EYFS Printables

FREE Early Years: Phase 1 Phonics Sound Activity Mat | Teaching & Learning Prompt

🦖 Make phonics fun with our wonderful FREE Dinosaurs: Phase 1 Phonics Sound Activity Mat! This engaging printable resource is perfect for EYFS children, providing a fantastic way to develop listening skills, sound discrimination, and oral blending through a captivating dinosaur theme.

Ideal for Preschool, Nursery, School, or for Parents and Childminders at home, this mat is a brilliant tool for a science or history topic on dinosaurs, or to supplement your regular phonics teaching.

This fantastic FREE resource features:

• A 'Dinosaur Sounds' mat. The mat includes clear images of a variety of popular dinosaurs.

• A fun and playful approach to Phase 1 Phonics: Instead of focusing on letters, this mat is all about having fun making up and listening to different sounds, a core part of Phase 1.

• A variety of dinosaurs: The mat includes a tyrannosaurus rex, spinosaurus, ankylosaurus, triceratops, parasaurolophus, stegosaurus, pachycephalosaurus, and brachiosaurus.

(Note: Please use your own discretion and knowledge of your children to ensure appropriateness of each activity suggested on this page and safety concerning any materials given and activity undertaken.)

• 💡 How to use this resource in your classroom/setting

  Our FREE Dinosaurs: Phase 1 Phonics Sound Activity Mat is incredibly versatile and can be used in a multitude of ways across various early years environments:

  • Focused Phonics Activity:

    • Use the mat during a focused phonics session. Point to a dinosaur and encourage children to make up a sound for it. This helps them to tune into sounds and develop their auditory skills.

  • Communication and Language Development:

    • Use the mat as a stimulus for discussion. Talk about what a tyrannosaurus rex might sound like, or what sounds a brachiosaurus might make as it walks. This helps to build children's vocabulary and communication skills.

  • Role-Play and Movement:

    • Turn the activity into a movement game. As you point to a dinosaur, have children move around like that dinosaur and make its sound. This adds a fun, physical element to the learning.

  • Vocabulary Building:

    • The mat provides an opportunity to introduce the names of the different dinosaurs and talk about their characteristics.

  • Differentiated Learning:

    • For younger children, you might simply make the sounds yourself and have them copy you.

    • For older children, you can encourage them to think of descriptive words to go with the sounds, such as 'a loud stomp' or 'a quiet hiss'.

• 🎯 Learning objectives covered - 🐣 EYFS Framework

  This engaging resource supports key developmental areas within the EYFS framework:

  • Communication and Language (Speaking; Listening, Attention & Understanding): The mat is an excellent tool for developing listening skills and encouraging children to use their voices to make sounds and discuss their ideas.

  • Literacy (Pre-Phonics): This resource provides a foundation for phonics by helping children tune into sounds and listen for differences, which are crucial for later oral blending and segmenting.

  • Expressive Arts and Design: Children use their voices and bodies to create sounds and movements for the dinosaurs.

  • Understanding the World: Children learn about a different time in history and the animals that lived then.

Download our FREE Dinosaurs: Phase 1 Phonics Sound Activity Mat today and add a delightful, educational, and fun touch to your phonics learning! 🦕

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