Muddy Phonics – SEND Phonics Scheme (Phases 1-6)

🌿 Hands-on Phonics Learning in the Great Outdoors! 🌿 Launch off was £2500 now £1500

Give phonics a sensory-rich twist with Muddy Phonics, an engaging outdoor learning resource designed to support SEND children through Phases 1-6 of phonics. Perfect for forest schools, outdoor classrooms, or backyard learning, Muddy Phonics turns literacy into an active, multi-sensory experience that builds confidence, communication, and a love for words.

Why Choose Muddy Phonics?

✅ Inclusive & Accessible – Tailored for SEND learners with multi-sensory activities that support different learning styles.
✅ Active Learning – Encourages movement, exploration, and play to reinforce phonics skills.
✅ Nature-Based Engagement – Uses natural materials like mud, sticks, leaves, and stones to build letters, form words, and spark creativity.
✅ Phases 1-6 Coverage – Supports early listening skills, sound recognition, blending, segmenting, and fluency.
✅ Perfect for Outdoor Learning – Designed for schools, nurseries, and home educators who embrace outdoor education.

What’s Included?

🌱 Phase 1: Sound exploration through natural listening walks, rhythm games, and environmental sound hunts.
🌱 Phase 2-3: Letter formation using mud and sticks, phoneme matching, and simple CVC word-building activities.
🌱 Phase 4: Tricky word scavenger hunts, syllable stomping, and interactive blending challenges.
🌱 Phase 5-6: Digraph and trigraph discovery trails, outdoor sentence-building, and real vs. nonsense word challenges.

Who is it for?

• SEND learners who benefit from sensory and movement-based learning
• Outdoor educators looking to bring literacy into nature
• Forest school leaders & home educators who value play-based phonics
• Schools & nurseries wanting to integrate phonics into their outdoor curriculum

📢 Let’s get messy with Muddy Phonics! Because learning happens best when kids are moving, exploring, and having fun in nature.

💚 Learning through play, the natural way! 💚