Phonics

Exactly Esspee! Thank you.

Surely that type of pronunciation is a speech impediment.
I know of no one who adds an r in words as on the school worksheet. The parents need to get in touch with the school to point out this error as the children could find themselves ridiculed in the future.
I could also see it affecting their job prospects.

I can accept rarft and plarnt but not plarstic and Doncarster!

M0nica

Why do you not want your children speaking like that? It is standard pronounciation across nearly half of England.

Really?
As I say, 'arfter' and 'arfternoon' I can accept, but 'rarft' and 'plarnt' just sound plain 'darft'!

My daughter perfected a Geordie accent after only a few weeks living in Newcastle, she was 4.
I collected her from school and asked her if she wanted a snack when we got home.
“ Why aye mammy “ was the reply.
She soon dropped it when we moved sarf.
Children are chameleons they will adapt.

Why do you not want your children speaking like that? It is standard pronounciation across nearly half of England.

In answer to your question about resources, yes regional accents are recognised and respected in phonics teaching.
My DGS changes his accent depending on who he’s talking to ... he goes in the Barth with daddy/Grandma who are from Essex, but goes in the bath with mummy/Grammy who are from Lincolnshire. (He’s only just 3)

Oh, I see, you meant your GC. Well, it’s really not up to you how your GC speak. If they live in the south, they probably will have that accent, that’s to be expected, surely?

Lisagran

^I really don't want my DC speaking like that!^
I think the confusion was this - did you mean to say DGC%?

Ah yes, of course I meant DGC. Thanks Lisagran!

I say barth, parth, and all that jazz. Or jarzz.

Don’t know where the % came from !

I really don't want my DC speaking like that!
I think the confusion was this - did you mean to say DGC%?

Not sure what you mean SueDonim. My DH and I have northern accents as does my son. My Dil has a Southern accent which the children also have as they are growing up in the SE, which is obviously fine.
What I was querying is whether anyone, even in the SE says 'rarft' and 'darft' and whether they should be taught that this is correct. Also whether worksheets are differentiated regionally.

Surely if you have grandchildren your own children have already formed their own accent. Why would adults be affected by a work sheet?