At this point, it’s also a good idea to learn the letter names, which you can do with an alphabet song (and the ABC episode of Alphablocks). Letter teams (digraphs) – yellow ...

In short, synthetic phonics means children learn the sounds of letters and of combinations of letters and use them to decode words. A seven-year study based on schools in Clackmannanshire, carried out ...

Today, children are taught to read using phonics, which is all about the sounds that make up words. Children start by learning the letters and the sounds they make, and how to put them together to ...