When beginning readers sound out words, they slowly say each sound in a word (c-a-t), and then say the sounds quickly together to “read” the word (cat). In reading, teachers call this blending because sounds are being blended together. Blending (combining sounds) and segmenting (separating sounds) are skills that are necessary for learning to read.
Segmentation is the ability to break words down into individual sounds. For example, the learner breaks the word run into its component sounds – ch, o and p (chop).
Please click on the link below to support your child with blending and segmenting.