| Putting It All Together... If this seems long-winded and contrary to the way you were taught to read, read on ... Any synthetic phonics approach introduces sounds and blends in a similar way so that children learn by following a natural and gradual progression. At the same time, they are building their vocabulary and developing an understanding of language. Whilst learning the simple sounds (also referred to as speedy sounds), children also learn sight words: These include many of our 150 keywords - the most commonly used words in our language: the, she, high, out, come, with, girl, here, was ... etc Sight words are words that can not be sounded out using the basic pure sounds until the more complex sounds have been mastered, sounds such as: ai, oo, ng, ou, qu, sh, er, ph, ck, igh, oa ... etc Initially words are restricted to c-v-c (consonant-vowel-consonant) words: sit, pan, men, cot, win, hop, bat, cup, net ... etc Then, the other blends are introduced so children can form longer words: grin, shop, flag, that, hand, slip, plan, trick, sing, rain, tent, ... etc Your child's school should be able to offer you guidance on which scheme they are using so that you can work with them in successfully teaching your child. SUCCESS !!! Following a synthetic phonics based scheme like this, your child will soon be blending sounds together, enabling them to read (and write) with CONFIDENCE! |
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