WEEK-9 LEVEL-1 PHONICS- PEOPLE WHO HELP US-DOCTORS

This Weekly Plan Pack focuses on the thematic unit “People Who Help Us – Hospital Helpers”, highlighting the roles and sounds found in a hospital setting. Designed for early years and preschool educators, this pack offers 8 engaging sessions (4 large group and 4 small group), each aimed at developing children’s phonemic awareness, listening skills, auditory discrimination, rhyming ability, and sound recognition.

Children participate in meaningful, play-based activities such as:

SMALL GROUP LESSONS INCLUDE:

• Pass the Sound – Hospital Voices (Rhyming Words)
  Identify and match rhyming words in a hospital-themed game to strengthen phonological awareness.
  (Aspect: Rhythm and Rhyme)

• Hospital Sounds – Listening & Identifying
  Recognise and describe environmental sounds commonly heard in a hospital, enhancing listening and recall skills.
  (Aspect: Environmental Sounds)

• Hospital People – Listening to Beginning Sounds
  Notice and articulate words starting with the same sound, joining in with matching actions.
  (Aspect: Alliteration)

• Pass the Sound – Hospital Voices (Voice Sounds)
  Explore and imitate voice sounds heard in a hospital, improving sound discrimination and listening focus.
  (Aspect: Voice Sounds)

LARGE GROUP LESSONS INCLUDE:

• Hoppy Poppy’s Plaster Hunt
  Hear and say rhyming words while building memory skills and encouraging group participation.
  (Aspect: Rhythm and Rhyme)

• Keeping the Beat with Miss Polly
  Clap to a steady beat while reciting rhymes, developing rhythm, listening, and coordination.
  (Aspect: Body Percussion)

• Sana’s Children’s Ward – Initial Sound Matching
  Identify and match objects by initial sound through role-play in a hospital setting.
  (Aspect: Alliteration)

• Ambulance Arrivals – Guess the Patient’s Problem
  Recognise and copy voice sounds in imaginative role-play, promoting creativity and active listening.
  (Aspect: Voice Sounds)