Funics Home Education sessions are fun, practical literacy classes designed to help children develop their phonics, reading and writing skills with support from experienced Early Years and Primary teachers.

Our sessions build on the foundations of early phonics, helping children become more confident with sounds, letter formation, blending, reading and writing – without relying on just lots of worksheets or sitting at a table for the whole session.

Children recap and build confidence with individual letter sounds and correct letter formation before progressing onto digraphs (sounds represented by two letters, such as *sh* and *ai*) and trigraphs (sounds represented by three letters, such as *igh*).

As children progress, we also work on blending sounds to read words, segmenting words for spelling, tricky words and sentence structure, helping children understand how their phonics knowledge fits together and can be used in their reading and writing.

Just like our preschool sessions, learning is active, practical and fun. We use games, movement, stories, sensory activities, hands-on resources and practical challenges to help children learn, practise and remember new skills.

Our teachers are there to guide each child and their grown-up, explain what we are teaching and show you how you can continue supporting learning at home. You’ll leave each session knowing what your child is working on, why it matters and simple ways to practise it between sessions.

We recognise that children learn at different rates, particularly within home education, so activities can be adapted to support different ages, stages and levels of confidence.

Funics Home Education is about building confident readers and writers through practical, purposeful learning – while keeping it enjoyable.