Phonics Fun for Four-Year-Olds: Happy Mapping, Silly Rhyme Time

(A Very Serious Look at Why Kids Learn Best When They're Laughing)

Avery is four. He loves funny words, silly songs, and rude rhymes. So imagine his joy when he discovered that he could type the sentence “I did a poo” into MySpeekie®, using Phonemies (Speech Sound Monsters), and it actually showed the sentence and voiced it aloud back to him.

He could see the Monster Sounds and their matching Sound Pics® (graphemes), brought together with Check Mapping. No guessing. No memorising. Just instant understanding.

The Power of Discovery Phonics (Even for Poopoo Heads)

MyWordz® isn’t a boring drill tool. It brings Discovery Phonics to life. Children don’t have to wait for an adult to teach a word. If they can say it, they can type the sounds and see how it’s written.

The Monster Sounds (Phonemies®) guide them through the structure of each word. Children can build it, hear it, and explore it - at their pace, in their voice.

There are no lists to follow. No “you can’t write that yet” rules. No gatekeeping of knowledge

Just speech to print, and print to speech. Anytime. Any word. Yes, even poop!

Why Silly Sentences and Rude Rhymes Matter

Funny Phonics and Smiley Spelling is a nod to what children actually care about. They love rude rhymes and silly ditties. They remember weird words and repeat them all day.

Instead of shutting that down, MyWordz® harnesses it. This is the kind of language that gets remembered. This is where curiosity meets code.

So let them type: My bum bum went boom The kangaroo had a poo in the zoo

Let them laugh. Let them explore. Let them map what matters to them

Real Learning Without Waiting

Avery didn’t need to memorise spellings. He didn’t need someone to correct him. He followed the Monster Sounds, saw the code, and learned because he was engaged.

That is what phonics discovery learning looks like.

Funny Phonics isn’t about lowering the tone just for laughs. It’s about raising engagement. It’s about meeting children where they are, embracing the words that matter to them, and the language that tickles their curiosity.

And that is the real magic of Word Mapping Mastery®.