Letter & Sound Review
A Daily Phonics Drill
Build the Phonics Foundation
Before children can become confident readers, they need a strong phonics foundation. Whether your child is in kindergarten, first grade, or is an older struggling reader, this is where I would begin.
🎥 Watch Mrs. Bee demonstrate the Daily Phonics Routine.
Daily Phonics Practice
Spend just a few minutes each day reviewing letter names, letter sounds, and phonics patterns.
Children learn through consistent repetition. They don't have to master everything in one day. Little by little, those sounds become automatic. I started every single day with this drill… 185 days a year.
One of my tutoring students told me he was tired of saying our daily phonics drill because he already knew it and was saying it in his sleep. I said that’s awesome me too, Let’s keep doing it, you can lead it.
Whether your child says every sound aloud or simply listens and follows along, the routine is still strengthening the connections needed for reading. Make it a routine, something they simply do.. like brushing their teeth.
🎥 Watch the Daily Phonics Routine with students.
Phonic Chart Instruction & Practice
Phonics charts are one of the most useful tools you can use. Each chart teaches one sound or spelling pattern. Practice that chart, then add it to the stack you flip through every day.
Add one new chart at a time
After the sound drill, practice 3–5 old charts
Point to a chart again in reading and writing
Print 8.5 × 11, two holes at the top
If they skipped kindergarten with you, add those charts first
Follow the child, not the grade label
Red Words = common words that do not follow the usual pattern; more in Writing
You will find all the other phonic charts in Leann’s Library on the first floor right after the lobby.