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Synthetic phonics approach

A synthetic phonics approach: first teaches children the individual

sounds represented by letters and letter combinations and how to

blend those sounds to pronounce words. Then, the relationships or

phonics generalizations that apply are identified.

For example, after the child learns the sounds of the letters /b/,

short /a/, and /t/, they can be asked to blend the sounds /b/, /a/,

and /t/ to produce the word bat.