What is phonics?

Phonics is a method of teaching children to read by linking sounds (phonemes) and the symbols that represent them (graphemes, or letter groups). Phonics is the learning-to-read method used in primary schools in the UK today. 

What is a phoneme?

A phoneme is the smallest unit of sound. The phonemes used when speaking English are:

PHONICS LEARNING STEPS

 Step 1: Decoding 

 Step 2: Blending

 Step 3: decoding CVC words

 Step 4: decoding consonant clusters in CCVC and CVCC words

 Step 5: vowel digraphs

Step 6: consonant digraphs