What Is This Situation? Ending blends are two consonants at the end of a word. ND and ST are common ending blends. ND is like in hand and wind. ST is ...
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What Is This Situation? Sometimes two consonants come together at the beginning of a word. They blend their sounds. BL and CL are two common blends. B ...
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What Is This Situation? The schwa sound is the most common vowel sound in English. It is the sound you make when you say "uh." It happens when a vowel ...
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What Is This Situation? Decodable books are books that use only the phonics skills a child has learned. They do not use tricky words. They do not use ...
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What Is This Situation? Magnetic letters are a simple, powerful tool. They stick to the fridge. They are easy to move. Children can hold them, sort th ...
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What Is This Situation? You do not need special toys to teach phonics. Your home is full of learning tools. Spoons become letters. Pillows become word ...
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What Is This Situation? Music makes learning stick. When children sing, they remember. The letter B has a simple sound. B says "buh." Songs about B he ...
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What Is This Situation? The S sound can be tricky. Tongue behind teeth. Air flows out. It takes practice. Tongue twisters make that practice fun. They ...
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What Is This Situation? A lisp is when a child says the "s" sound like "th." Sun sounds like thun. Snake sounds like thnake. This is common in young c ...
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What Is This Situation? Onset and rime are the two parts of a word. The onset is the first sound. The rime is the rest. In cat, the onset is c and the ...
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What Is This Situation? Words are made of parts called syllables. Cat has one part. Ap-ple has two. Ba-na-na has three. Clapping helps children hear t ...
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What Is This Situation? Alliteration is when words start with the same sound. "Silly snakes slither slowly." That is alliteration. It makes language p ...
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