Teach Blending after Learning 5 Letters

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The second step in learning to read is blending, this is why our methodology works - putting letters together and sounding them out as words. According to a report cited by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

"After children have learned two or three sound-spelling correspondences, begin teaching them how to blend the sounds into words."

Phonics uses a unique method to introduce blending that produces immediate results. Children begin with common letters and sounds - M, A, P, S, T, and so on. After teaching your child the first five letters, you’ll start sounding out words together using only these letters.

Blending is critical for learning to read. You and your child will practice and perfect it through the entire set of lessons. Best of all, you’ll have fun as you work together for just 15 minutes, three times a week, with these proven techniques.

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Why Children Succeed or Fail at Reading: Research from NICHD's Program in Learning Disabilities
Prepared for the NICHD Extramural Program in Learning Disabilities by Robert Bock, Public Information and Communications Branch, NICHD.

A Synthesis of Research on Reading from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Written by Bonita Grossen, University of Oregon, November, 1997.

Research Regarding Phonics
Summary by the I Can Read program, Chicago, Illinois.