English has 44 different sounds that fall into the following categories: consonants, digraphs, diphthongs, vowels and r-controlled vowels. Just to clarify some terms: a digraph is a sound that ...

BETH: Hmmm. Well dog starts with a ’d’ sound. That must means it starts with the letter ’D’. BETH'S DAD: Very good Beth. BETH: Hmm, well not ’cat’. It starts with a ’ceh’ sound ...

Now, with Meet the Letter Sounds, children will learn the different sounds that each letter makes. Meet the Letter Sounds also introduces children to basic phonics rules, such as "r-controlled ...

While learning letter sounds, students can pose their bodies ... Narrator] You can try spelling different words together, like simple words, their name or a friend's name.

New research has shown that extra practice in blending printed letter sounds can help struggling beginner readers (age 4-5) learn to read. The use of synthetic phonics to teach reading to children ...