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What Are Diphthongs? Ideas and Free Resources for Teaching Phonics

This blog post will explore what diphthongs are and provide some practical suggestions for teaching them to your students.

Apr 4, 20244 min read

R-controlled vowels, also known as "rhotic vowels," are a subset of vowel sounds in English that undergo a distinct transformation in the...

Oct 5, 20234 min read

Vowel teams, also known as vowel digraphs, are two or more vowels that are used together to represent a single sound. In English, there...

Aug 25, 20233 min read

Long vowel sounds are an important part of English language learning and understanding them is essential for reading and writing. Here’s...

Jul 21, 20233 min read

Consonant blends are groups of two or more consonant letters that are pronounced together but maintain their individual sounds. In...

Jun 25, 20232 min read

Consonant digraphs are two consonant letters that together represent a single sound. In English, there are several consonant digraphs...

May 15, 20233 min read

CVC words are a fundamental part of English language learning and understanding them is essential for young children as they learn to...

Apr 20, 20232 min read

One of the reasons English is a challenging language to learn to read is that one letter can represent more than one sound. While most...

Mar 20, 20233 min read