6. Put sounds together to begin to read and write simple words.
This starts when letter names and sounds begin to feel familiar. This can happen during writing time.
Help me spell man…what sound do you hear first? (Let’s write it)
I need a vowel, what vowel says aa (Let’s write it)
What sound to you hear at the end of mannnn?
This can also happen with the vowel phonic charts.
Add these charts on at a time to your other phonic charts.
Start with the short a chart.
Short-a words are often the easiest first win: cat, sat, fat, man.
There are 2 charts for extra practice
Stay here as long as your child needs. Once short a is solid, the other short vowels usually come faster. You are teaching how to sound out a word, not how quickly you can leave letter A.
Confidence in the process matters more than finishing each the vowels.
Do not have your child memorize the list. Have them say each sound, then the word.
A simple way to practice
If your child is ready ..you might introduce Blends. Blends are two consonants blended together to make one sound. like dr, fl, fr .
Sound out. Don’t memorize. Stay on short a until it feels easy.
