Blending and segmenting activities are crucial for child language development as they learn to decode and encode words while building their literacy skills. Blending involves combining individual sounds (phonemes) to form a word while segmenting involves breaking a word into its individual sounds.
These activities promote key phonological awareness skills that help children develop their reading and spelling abilities.
Warm-up: have learners match the letter cards with the picture cards that have the same initial letter. For teaching techniques, refer to the parental guide.
Language play: switch around consonants and vowels between words to create funny sounds. Enjoy making silly names.