What is blending for reading?
Almost the opposite of Segmenting for Spelling!
When we’re looking at how to read, we want to identify the individual sounds in a word before we bring them together to decide what the word might be.
Almost the opposite of Segmenting for Spelling!
When we’re looking at how to read, we want to identify the individual sounds in a word before we bring them together to decide what the word might be.
There are six different phases when it comes to teaching phonics. Each stage is progressive and works on top of the previous phase to gradually introduce new sounds and patterns to children who are learning.
Phonics can be a key early building block in a child’s reading journey. Here we look at how they take those steps towards recognising words and consider ideas for how we might help children practise their reading.
Pure sounds in phonics are like the basic noises that letters make when we say them. For example, the letter “a” has the pure sound of “ah” and the letter “s” has a pure sound of “ssss”. These sounds help us read and say words correctly.
Phonic Zoom encourages the learning of phonemes and graphemes through play and supports the development of independent reading for children in a fun and exciting way.