• linking sounds to letters

    Sounds With Two or More Letters

    When children know a few letter sounds, they are encouraged to blend them together to read and spell words. For example, fl says /fl/ as in flag and st says /st/ as in stop. If your child knows that s says /s/ and t says /t/, then they blend, or put together, those two sounds, /st/.

    flag
    stop

    Sometimes, there are two letters that make one sound. For example, ch says /ch/ as in cheese and sh says /sh/ as in shop. Th has two different sounds. In the word that, th says /th/ where your vocal cords vibrate, and the sound is said out loud. In the word thin, th is whispered and your vocal cords do not vibrate.

    cheese
    shop
    that
    thin

     

    Letter–Sound Practice and Building Words

     
    Key Points About the Video
    • Mom focuses on helping her son blend individual sounds together to spell and read the words.
    • fl is a constant blend. It has two sounds, /f/ and /l/. This child knows each of these letter sounds, so is able to blend them together to spell the word flag.
    • br is a constant blend. It has two sounds, /b/ and /r/. This child knows each of these letter sounds, so is able to blend them together to spell the word brag.
    • Mom talked about the meanings of the words to help build vocabulary.

     Letter–Sound Practice Building Words