{"id":8432,"date":"2017-04-26T11:00:22","date_gmt":"2017-04-26T11:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dyslexiadaily.com\/blog\/?p=8432"},"modified":"2026-04-27T06:08:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T06:08:51","slug":"teach-child-read-using-phonics-phonemic-awareness-also-known-synthetic-phonics-blending-sounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dyslexiadaily.com\/blog\/teach-child-read-using-phonics-phonemic-awareness-also-known-synthetic-phonics-blending-sounds\/","title":{"rendered":"How to teach your child to read using phonics and phonemic awareness, also known as synthetic phonics, and blending sounds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dyslexiadaily.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/blog-6-thumb.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 140%; font-family: Trebuchet MS; color: #31849b;\">Hi everyone It\u2019s Liz Dunoon here<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 140%; font-family: Trebuchet MS; color: #31849b;\">Does your child know that different letters represent different sounds in words? If so, they are well on their way to grasping a major step in the learn to read and spell process. If not keep watching or reading.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 140%; font-family: Trebuchet MS; color: #31849b;\">Today I\u2019m going to show you how to teach your child to read from home using phonics and phonemic awareness also known as synthetic phonics, and blending sounds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 130%;\">When my three children were in primary school they all experienced learning difficulties and I helped them to catch up at school and have great success. As a qualified teacher who specialises in learning difficulties and literacy, I have since helped 100\u2019s of children to learn to read and spell from home.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><center><strong><span style=\"font-size: 130%;\">Watch the video here<\/span><\/strong><\/center><center><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NgAkk5I705s?rel=0\" width=\"782\" height=\"440\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><span style=\"font-size: 130%;\">So here is a great way to help your child to practise their phonemic awareness skills. Let\u2019s start with simple, two letter <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">word parts<\/span><\/strong> with a single vowel letter first and then a consonant.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 130%;\">\u2018<strong>ap<\/strong>\u2019 has \u201c<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">a-<\/span>\u201c and \u201c<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">puh<\/span>\u201d. That is two phonemes or sounds. Ask your child if they can hear two sounds. Get them to put a dot above the \u201c<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">a-<\/span>\u201d and a dot above the \u201c<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">puh<\/span>\u201d. To show the two sounds they can hear. Then get them to say them one after the other \u201c<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">a-<\/span>\u201c \u201d<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">puh<\/span>\u201d, \u201c<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">a-<\/span>\u201c \u201d<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">puh<\/span>\u201d, \u201c<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">a<\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">p<\/span>\u201d. Blending the two sounds together, is what makes two single sounds become a word part. Like in the words; &#8216;<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">m<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">a<\/span>p&#8217;<\/span>, &#8216;<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">c<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">a<\/span>p&#8217;<\/span> and &#8216;<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">s<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">a<\/span>p&#8217;<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 130%;\">Let\u2019s try that with \u2018<strong>em<\/strong>\u2019. \u2018<strong>em<\/strong>\u2019 has \u201c<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">e-<\/span>\u201c and \u201c<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">mmm<\/span>\u201d. That is two sounds. Ask your child if they can hear two sounds. Get them to put a dot above each sound they can hear. Then get them to say each sound one after the other until they blend them to make the word part \u201c<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">e-<\/span>\u201c \u201c<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">mmm&#8221;<\/span>. Blending these two phonemes makes them into a word part in words like; &#8216;<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">h<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">e<\/span>m<\/span>\u2019, \u2018<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #03542b;\">th<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">e<\/span>m&#8217;<\/span>\u00a0and more complex words like \u2018<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">f<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">e<\/span>m<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">i<\/span>n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">i<\/span>n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">e<\/span><\/span>\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 130%;\">You can do this with lots of word parts. This is training your child\u2019s ears and their brains to hear all the different sounds, because the English language is a code, a sound-symbol code, and that is what phonics is. It is a tool to break the sound symbol code of reading and spelling English words.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 130%;\">Here is a list you can explore with your child or student<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-8477\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dyslexiadaily.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/table-1.png\" alt=\"table 1\" width=\"550\" height=\"248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dyslexiadaily.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/table-1.png 1287w, https:\/\/www.dyslexiadaily.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/table-1-300x135.png 300w, https:\/\/www.dyslexiadaily.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/table-1-1024x460.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.dyslexiadaily.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/table-1-150x67.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 130%;\">The next logical step is putting a single consonant on to the beginning of these word parts to make simple, 3 letter; consonant \u2013 vowel \u2013 consonant words\u2019 also known as \u2018CVC\u2019 words. Very soon, you will have a child who is decoding and reading these simple words. Make sure they indicate how many sounds they can hear each time by putting a dot at the top of each letter or sound&#8230; or another fun way is showing you the number of sounds on their fingers or showing you the right number of blocks to indicate how many sounds they can hear. For these examples, it will be 3 each time. Remember we are learning to blend the single sounds together to make simple CVC words.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 130%;\">\u201c<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">mmm<\/span>\u201d \u201c<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">a-<\/span>\u201c \u201c<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">puh<\/span>\u201d. Remind the learner that they have to hold each sound, or keep each sound going, until they get to the next one. \u201c<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">rrr<\/span>\u201d \u201c<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">e-<\/span>\u201c \u201c<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">puh<\/span>\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 130%;\">Here is a list of simple CVC words which you can explore with your child or student<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-8478\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dyslexiadaily.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/table-2.png\" alt=\"table 2\" width=\"550\" height=\"248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dyslexiadaily.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/table-2.png 1287w, https:\/\/www.dyslexiadaily.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/table-2-300x135.png 300w, https:\/\/www.dyslexiadaily.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/table-2-1024x461.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.dyslexiadaily.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/table-2-150x68.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 130%;\">If you want more information on how to teach your child to read and spell and find how out to access posters and many more educational resources\u2026 Join me on my <strong>free webinar<\/strong> by clicking the link below.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dyslexiadaily.com\/webinar\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dyslexiadaily.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/banner-dark.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" \/><\/a><\/center><center><span style=\"font-size: 130%; line-height: 1.5 !important;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dyslexiadaily.com\/webinar\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #fe0000;\"><strong>Click here to register for the FREE webinar<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/center><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 130%;\">Did you learn phonics when you went to school? If so comment below\u2026 What tools did your teacher use?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 130%;\">I\u2019ll see you next time in video 7, which is called: <strong>How to teach your child to read from home using sight words.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 130%;\">To watch more videos on how to teach your child to read and spell from home join my <strong>Youtube<\/strong> channel here:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC5OEgpDyHGRYn34aB5ii17A\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dyslexiadaily.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/17761321_120300002931073370_764033946_o.png\" alt=\"17761321_120300002931073370_764033946_o\" width=\"1000\" \/><\/a><\/center><center><strong><span style=\"font-size: 130%; line-height: 1.5 !important;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC5OEgpDyHGRYn34aB5ii17A\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #fe0000;\">Click here to subscribe to my YouTube channel<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/center><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 130%;\">Kind Regards,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 130%;\">Liz Dunoon<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi everyone It\u2019s Liz Dunoon here Does your child know that different letters represent different sounds in words? 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