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

Phonemes and syllables: How to teach a child to segment and blend words, when nothing seems to work.By: Dr Marion Long Published on: 15/03/2024

Phonemic awareness and the ‘alphabetic principle’ need to be explicitly taught until they become automatic. And yet, for some children this 'bottom up' approach does not support progress in early reading.

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

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