Read with an adult. Take your time. You can say, point, draw or write your answer.
1 Let's look together
Listen to our poem: 'A little snail / Slides past a pail. / A tiny bee / Flies by a tree.'
Snail and pail rhyme: their ending sounds match. Bee and tree rhyme too. Join in when your adult reads again.
snail ↔ pailbee ↔ tree
Look, point and talk with your adult.
2 Watch how I do it
My adult pauses after 'a tiny bee'. I remember the last line and join in: 'Flies by a tree.' We listen to the matching sounds.
3 Your turn
Which word rhymes with cat: hat or sun?
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Let's check together
Hat. Cat and hat have matching ending sounds.
4 Try it away from the page
Learn two lines of the poem. Say them with actions. Share a favourite word and explain why you like it.
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Adult notes · prerequisites, safety and coverage
Original shared poem, not a decodable text claim. Include wider rhymes and poems from licensed/classroom books and time to learn some by heart.
Read instructions aloud. Word-reading practice must match the child's taught sounds. The phonics pages support, but do not replace, the school's systematic synthetic phonics programme. Shared stories are adult-read unless the child can decode them. Re-read and practise daily.
Enjoy, discuss and retell stories, poems and non-fiction read aloud.
Listen, take turns, ask questions and explain ideas aloud.