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Build the word
Listen to the word spoken by the monster. Click or tap on the boxes to hear the sounds inside. Select the correct initial sound for that word by using its illuminated green button. Then proceed in the same way to select the second, third - and in the case of Phase 4/adjacent consonant settings - fourth sounds.
Use 'Blending and segmenting settings' to choose the sound bank. With 'Prioritise latest GPC' turned on, the most recently taught phoneme will be given more weight. With this setting turned off, content up to that point will come up in any order.
N.B. The games in this section require cumulative content meaning they are tied to the phonics programmes Letters and Sounds or Jolly Phonics. Choose which programme to use under 'Setup's phonics settings'.
Teaching tips:
Try ‘Feed the monster’ to practise oral blending or follow with ‘Lost letters’ to move onto seeing written words segmented into phonemes.
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