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Phonemes and syllables: How to teach a child to segment and blend words, when nothing seems to work.

Dr Marion Long

Published on: 15/03/2024

When a child can't yet hear where one sound ends and the next begins. A playful two-finger game that opens the way into phonics, with a free word list.

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How rhythm defines

phonemic awareness

“It’s only an hour that they have with you over the time that you come in over the six weeks and for it to be able to make, for a lot of them, up to a year’s difference in their reading ability is quite amazing really.” Year 3 teacher

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