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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:

  1. 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.
  2. 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

  1. In Fred’s Fridge he has got some m-i-l-k. Children to jump in with word.
  2. 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.