Letter Sounds & Phonics
How to teach your kindergartener the sound each letter makes, beginning sounds, and ending sounds â the foundation of all reading and decoding.
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Your child is learning that letters represent **sounds**, and that spoken words are made up of these sounds blended together. Specifically, they are learning to: - Name the sound each letter makes (not just its letter name) - Identify the **beginning sound** of a word (the first sound they hear) - Identify the **ending sound** of a word (the last sound they hear) This is the foundation skill that lets a child eventually sound out ('decode') words for reading.
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