Mastering English reading and spelling involves understanding blends and digraphs. Explore our comprehensive guide to teaching these crucial patterns effectively. From phonological awareness to real-world application, we provide strategies and resources for seamless learning.

Phonological awareness is a key foundation for building early reading skills.

It's an umbrella term that essentially refers to the ability to break words into individual sounds, blend sounds to create words (sounding it out), and the ability to manipulate sounds in our language through tasks like rhyming, changing the ending sounds of words or the order of words (like in Pig Latin).