Fred Talk Games
Please use your 'Fred Frog' puppet to play some of these games;
Speaking like Fred helps children to understand that words are made up of sounds.
Use Fred Talk throughout the day to help children practise blending sounds together.
Fred Talk follows a consistent routine:
- Say the word in sounds as Fred e.g. c-a-t. Ask children to repeat. Pause to allow children to ‘jump-in’ with the whole word.
- Say the word in sounds followed by the whole word e.g. c-a-t, cat. Ask children to repeat.
Use Fred Talk for single syllabic words at the end of sentences throughout the day e.g. it is time for l-u-n-ch…lunch, come and sit on the f-l-oor…floor.
There are three games you can play using Fred.
Fred Talk words at the end of the sentence and keep the words short and simple.
Words below are spelt in a way to help you say them in Fred Talk.
Animal Fred
Put out a few toy animals.
1. Say: c-ow. Ask children to repeat. Pause to allow children to ‘jump-in’ with the whole word cow.
2. Say: c-ow, cow. Ask children to repeat, and then find the cow.
Repeat with: sh-ee-p, h-e-n, d-o-g, h-or-s, h-e-n, c-a-t
Fred says…
1. Say: Fred says put your hands on your h-e-d. Ask children to repeat. Pause to allow children to jump in with the whole word and do the action.
2. Say: h-e-d, hed. Ask children to repeat.
Repeat with: b-a-k, t-u-m, l-e-g, h-a-n-d, f-u-t, n-ee, r-u-n, s-k-i-p, h-o-p, s-t-o-p
Fred I spy
1. Say: Fred says ‘I spy something r-e-d’. Ask children to repeat. Pause to allow children to ‘jump-in’ with the whole word and point to something red.
2. Say: r-e-d, red. Ask children to repeat.
Repeat with: b-l-oo, g-r-ee-n, b-l-a-k, b-r-ow-n
Farmer Fred
“Farmer Fred he has a farm, E I E I O, and on that farm he has a p – i – g “
Repeat with the different animals – you say the sounds to make that word, child has to try and say the word)
Fred’s Fridge
- In Fred’s Fridge he has got some m-i-l-k. Children to jump in with word.
- Repeat with other words – j-a-m, h-a-m, j-oo-s, f-r-oo-t etc.
Fred’s bag
As Fred’s Fridge but fill a bag with different objects.