An interactive site which asks what the first sound is of various objects which can be selected first by teachers or parents.

The site demonstrates letter formation of all the letters of the alphabet. Listen to their names and the sounds they make. Each letter is illustrated with a picture which begins with the sound.

This game involves ordering the letters of the alphabet. It is best in full-screen view. As it is an American site it has the American pronunication of Z.

This site can help children to learn the names, sounds and formation of letters of the alphabet. Being an American site it has the American pronunication of Z

A game involving matching capital and small letters by dragging each mouse into its correct mouse hole. The game uses a few letters at a time which is helpful if children are struggling to learn the names of the letters and capital equivalents.

A sorting game aimed at helping p, b, d confusion.

A game where children match pictures with sounds. It focuses on initial sounds.

Children have a choice of nine pictures. They need to identify which one begins with each of the letter sounds.

This phonics resource supports the learning and teaching of blending and segmenting for spelling new alternative phoneme - grapheme correspondences in cvc words.

A good learning to read site. There are good quality games and animated stories which children can interact with. The children can click on words to see what they say. Excellent for learning the sounds the letters make.

Sorting cvc words according to their endings. Best in full-screen view.

A phonics teaching tool. Select the sets of phonemes which you need and create CVC, CVCC and CCVC words.

A phonics teaching tool linked to Phase 3 of 'Letters and Sounds'. Blend phonemes to create words. Spin the rainbow to see different graphemes.

The Learning Zone from the BBC provides short videos on phonemes and alphabet. Depending on your equipment you may like to try in full-screen mode in Windows Media Player.

An activity which demonstrates alliterative sentences based round a single phoneme. Choose a letter to see an animation and hear a silly sentence.

Fill up the rocket with fuel by choosing the words that have 'sh', 'ch' or 'th' in them.