A Martian Lands

Gear up for the year 1 phonics screening, with the Martian Lands card game. Introduce the concept of nonsense words through our friendly Martian Zog, in our free e-book, which will be out in the coming weeks. Next, have children play a variety of games or activities designed to familarise children with reading nonsense, or non-words, during free flow or guided reading sessions. Get them ready to tackle any word they meet in the Year 1 phonics screening!

A little muddled to why we use non-words to check phonics skills read more here.

A Martian Lands can be used alongside any synthetic phonics programme, and covers the phonemes:

s/a/t/p/i/n/m/d/g/o/c/k/ck/e/u/r/h/b/f/ff/l/ll/ss/j/v/w/x/y/z/zz/qu/sh/ch/th/ng 

Included in the Martian Lands card game is:

• 40 cards per level – including 30 martian word cards and 10 human word cards
• 10 activity and games instructions
•  ‘unseen’ assessment cards

Ensure your class flies through the phonics screening with lots of practice using A Martian Lands!