As educators, we hold the key to unlocking our students' literary futures.

Yet how do we ensure every child is able to decode with confidence in early years instruction?

The answer lies in students being taught to master blending and segmenting skills from the beginning.

Research from the National Reading Panel highlights the importance of systematic phonics instruction, including blending and segmenting, in early literacy development (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 2000).

Visit the webpage below and then scroll to the bottom of the page to download an example of a synthetic phonics lesson that highlights blending and segmenting skills.

phoneme-fusion-with-blending-and-segmenting.html Speechlanguage-Resources will continue to provide support to assist parents, teachers and teaching practice more generally with the latest information on the science and art of literacy and oral language instruction.

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David

The speechlanguage-resources team