Monster Phonics

Monster Phonics is an intervention program that is taught within school to support children with their knowledge of phonics. We use it specifically as a Reading intervention.

Monster Phonics includes stories, songs and activities which are carefully woven into the lessons which are highly engaging for the children. Colour-coded flashcards, word charts and PowerPoints make the teaching of the Commons Exception and High-Frequency Words far easier. Monster Phonics includes a colour-coded grapheme system which is unique to Monster Phonics; each coloured grapheme is paired with a monster character that makes the same sound to give audio-visual prompts that help children ‘see’ each sound within a word and pronounce it correctly. The monsters are really sound cues to help children remember how to read and pronounce graphemes.

It is taught on a daily basis for 20 minutes with carefully selected children who need additional reading support.

The links below help to describe what Monster Phonics is if you are unsure of any of the above.

Have No Fear Tricky Witch is Near

A Monster Phonics story to teach the ear grapheme. Monster Phonics is the most engaging phonics scheme for schools. It is easier to teach and easier to learn...

Monster Phonics Actions

This video teaches the actions for each of the long vowel sounds, the tricky letters, the silent letters and the phonetic letters.Free trial at https://monst...

Pronouncing the sounds

The following video is an excellent resource for parents to access as it helps to support the teaching of phonics at home. The video highlights exactly how the teachers and teaching assistants pronounce each of the sounds taught within the Monster Phonics programme.

Phonics: How to pronounce pure sounds | Oxford Owl

Learn how to pronounce all 44 phonics sounds, or phonemes, used in the English language with these helpful examples from Suzy Ditchburn and her daughter.Find...