How to Blend Phonics Sounds (1-on-1 Lesson)

[@aapex1]

This man shows the difference between a Teacher and an EDUCATOR. What a gift!

[@raquelvm812]

The constant positive reinforcement while correcting in a clear and straightforward manner is incredible. Thank you for this.

[@toddlerscanread]

I appreciate it!

[@sahnandehghe]

Wow

[@annettetuck9272]

My grandson’s school teaches that your voice is like a motor. When blending sounds you need to “keep your motor running.” Keep saying the first sound until you start making the next sound. They use a little car to run across the letters to blend them.

[@Shanpage22]

This is a GREAT tip! I’ve heard it described as singing too. So ask the kid to elongate or make the letter meet up with the other one.

[@luzfrias2349]

Coming from a K teacher this video provided me with a tremendous amount of tips to help me progress with my struggling readers. Blending is a key skill that needs explicit teaching! You nailed it. Your content has me super engaged. Best PD yet!

[@toddlerscanread]

Thank you! 🙂

[@Renewed85]

We're at about 12 minutes and my daughter says, "it's like the more you sound it out, the more you get it " EXAAAACTLY 👏👏👏👏

[@elizahong9808]

Watching this as a K-teacher, WOW! He made quite a BIG progress in one sitting. And the best part was how his interest in the activity changed. In the beginning, he looked so stressed, but bonding with you made him enjoyed learning so much! It's awesome to watch how proud of himself he was at the end of the class.

[@DreamaBradly]

You are totally amazing even though I'm 60. I have a learning disability. And it is going to dramatically changed if I keep listening to you. This is something you definitely need to get into. Which you already are❤❤❤❤❤

[@lisafeck1537]

Spontaneous smile formed on.my face listening, seeing him really show the boy his success at the 1st (ak) blend. Almost a tear forming, so so special how that reinforcement can boost, change everything for the child. No matter how long it takes, patient, kind, calm, no distractions. It works!

[@teresamontana1481]

Me toooo!! 😊

[@SuperLindaP]

Love this longer content! Really helps bring this to life - thanks for sharing!

[@toddlerscanread]

You're welcome! I'm glad you're enjoying it 🙂

[@icanrelate]

Same!!

[@KBreezy1984]

Thank you for clarifying the sounds. Never really thought about how we usually add the uh sound to the end of the sounds could be messing up the reading process.

[@TheSpottedArtist]

The correcting of improperly taught phonics “tuh” instead of “t” is so much more difficult than the teaching of correct phonics in the first place. Nice job reteaching!

[@bjones8698]

It took me over three months to figure out what my child's real issue was. The school was of no help. As soon as I figured out he was having a blending issue, I started looking for resources. These videos are worth more than a lot of expensive programs. And...I must add .... Sight words were required at our school and memorizing them took precious time away from learning how to READ. I'm so glad I decided to focus more on other things to assist my child.

[@katinajenkins9233]

@bjones8698 exactly learning the sounds and how to blend them together is so much more helpful than site words

[@amsandlin]

very encouraging! I need to be as patient and relaxed as you are.

[@killuaxkillua2384]

I’m a homeschooling mom and this is my 5 year old to a T. Very helpful!

[@jenellethomas5895]

I’m in the same boat!

[@jlewii519]

Me to same exact boat hoping this helps

[@OmarCalina]

🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation: 05:57 🗣️ Challenges in blending sounds, - Three challenges in blending sounds were identified: pronunciation improvement, recognizing sounds quickly, and avoiding interference from pictures associated with sounds. 09:10 🎯 Focusing on the core blending concept, - The primary focus is on teaching the child to blend two sounds smoothly and effectively, with the goal of gradually adding more sounds in the future. 16:19 📝 Summary of progress and future steps, - Progress has been made during the session, and the plan for future lessons involves working with dots, blending, and targeting areas where the child needs improvement to gradually progress to three, four, and five-sound blending. Made with HARPA AIrea

[@morganramos1609]

My son has been adding the, “uh” at the end. Watching 1:1 helps to see how you interact with the child. Thank you!

[@adgurl01]

I am an ESL teacher here in China and I teach kindergarten. When I heard the little boy in your video add an extra sound at the end, I always thought it was a Chinese thing, but it’s actually a kid thing. They all do it! 😅 (by the way, I never taught in until I came to China so this teaching thing is new to me here in China)

[@MARYAMABDULGANIYU-e5x]

In most cases, children don't add an ending sound to the actual sounds unless they were taught like that. I had repeatedly corrected my mum who teaches in kindergarten

[@luludubase]

I also thought it was a Chinese thing. Teaching blending really requires a lot of patience.

[@NAOMILOREN]

You are gifted!!!! Literally gotten so much progress from just watch your videos

[@toddlerscanread]

I’m glad they’ve helped!

[@shanicesmith2008]

This was awesome! I was even cheering him on.

[@Lookandlive12]

You're a such an amazing teacher.

[@michelleclark2339]

I taught my oldest daughter how to blend using a car and told her to drive the sounds together by rolling the car under the letters

[@esraaalaa7455]

Could you please explain more about the way that u followed with your daughter

[@flownez1111]

Does it works?

[@ArikannaBallou]

​@@flownez1111Yws, it helps the child to see the letters and stretch the sound.

[@ohheyykristina]

I really appreciate you taking the time to do these videos for KZbin. I am raising my nephew and he’s 5 now but we decided to delay starting Kindergarten this year due behavioral issues that he struggled with last year in PreK. He’s finally been stable in one place now for 18 months and his behavior has almost done a 180 but I didn’t want him to fall behind between now and next 2025. He’s already had a head start bc we’ve been practicing letter sounds and working towards reading sounds since last year and he’s doing amazing. Despite his behavior being the worst in his PreK last year, he was one of the only 4yos who knew all of his letters and sounds. We’re working on blending now and he’s has struggled with it. His biggest issue is pretty much not saying each sound and bypassing all the letters and guessing the word. For instance - S A T he’ll say the letters but when it’s time to blend he’ll try to start the word with the last letter. It’s almost like his memory can’t recall the letters in order so as we blend them he’ll say S-A-T…TOES! Or TAT Or variation that he pulls out of thing air. Or he’ll say B-A-D….DOOR or DID or BIRD! So I’m not sure if I’m doing something wrong or if I’ve taught him wrong? I’m not sure what to do bc he has a VERY short attention span and he gets discouraged once he gets it wrong. Since he can only focus in short increments and i don’t want to force it, it makes it a challenge. I came to your channel to specifically look for help with blending and you had a video for it. I am hoping this helps a bit with the actual blending part bc he’s struggling with that a little bit but I see where I needed to correct some of my pronunciations crisper so if you have any videos or any advice on any other issues with blending I would love it if you shared. Thank you so much

[@toddlerscanread]

Hey there, great job on the sounds! Blending can be a tough stage, which is why I made an online course explaining everything about blending. Here's the link if you're interested: www.toddlersread.com/products/blending-words-course

[@alishapotts6423]

Love your content! I recommend it to all my friends because we are homeschooling our kiddos.

[@toddlerscanread]

Thank you! I appreciate it!

[@stephanierobinson9724]

loved this. Thank you. Excited to work on this with my son. I've noticed shortening the letter sounds has really helped shorten the learning curve.

[@una2000]

14:25 i literally clapped my hands when the child slowly progresses..Yayyyyyy....May i know what age is he? I noticed that this little boy got to know how to blend the two words when he actually points at the dot and blend it using his little finger. What a progress!

[@ddfelder2]

Working with my toddler… This is right on time! Definitely subscribing!

[@nargisparakram7407]

❤Excellent job....I learn a lot from your experience dear Stay blessed

[@amberjojola5007]

Thank you so much! This video helped out a lot when trying to teach my son to read. We watched your video together and did the same exercises you did in the video and it made a huge difference. 🎉🎉🎉

[@abdullahaliyuw]

How I wish you could share with us how to teach kids how to write. Good job, brother!

[@xavthomas]

What do you mean?

[@EstherAndLife]

Best video so far. Love seeing the teaching in action!

[@toddlerscanread]

So glad you enjoyed it!

[@WillayG]

Great work! I love how you used the swords to teach the final voiceless 't' sound. I usually use the example of a cymbal or a clap sound, but it looks like I'm gonna have to have to myself some swords.

[@MARYAMABDULGANIYU-e5x]

I was already thinking of to get mine too

[@MellanyHargrove]

This is wholesome! I’m so excited to use your materials on my 2yo!! 🎉

[@tiannastith9291]

This was so helpful in bridging the gap between letter sounds and beginner blending ! Also as a fellow Houstonian would definitely consider seeing if you offer tutoring services in the future as my child progresses with reading

[@kathywestermeyer]

Thanks for the demo! Very helpful!! Note: Since ck is almost always together after a short vowel, I wouldn’t use just k in the short vowel blending.

[@MicaelaMatias-il4to]

This little boy reminds me of my little brother and he sometimes plays with his hands whenever he's not understanding anything and sometimes I get frustrated whenever he's not getting them right even after I repeated them but this showed me that not everyone learns fast bc I've seen kids learn faster then him but thank you 🫶I'll try better whenever I'm teaching him ♥️

[@Matt-cp9wh]

thank you so much for this content. very helpful

[@josiemai9643]

YOU ARE AMAZING!!!!

[@blackgirlmathclub4108]

I just found this. You are amazing!!!

[@jd3422]

You have a kind and authoritative manner in working with Mateo - a really gentle and welcoming presence that I think will continue to work well for you. It seemed like he was very comfortable with you. When you were going through the vertical list of vowels, getting him to say the short vowel sounds, ăt, ĕt, ĭt, ŏt, ŭt, it sounded to me like when he got to ĕt, he was saying ĭt. So, instead of saying ăt, ĕt, ĭt, ŏt, ŭt, what I heard was ăt, ĭt, ĭt, ŏt, ŭt. On the one hand, I certainly see that when children are learning how to blend letters, they need to be able to make the sounds. I wonder, though, about the value of making sounds that are void of meaning. So, for example, ŭt doesn't mean anything by itself. But there are several letters you could put in front of it to give it meaning, like cut, but, hut, nut, etc. Wishing you the best in your work with these young people.

[@monicawilson8075]

I think it helps to isolate ans hone in on the skill before moving on to the three letter words. I actually avoided this way at first but it help to hone in on this skill and makes it easier to blend later on with the 3 letter words for ex.

[@nataree7933]

The value of the sounds that on their own are void of meaning is very important. In the English's language they appear in many words of all sizes and eventually the child will recognize the sound in the word and will be able to join them all together to read. We usually start with two letter sounds, then 3, then four with additions of other sounds like "ch, sh, th".

[@cloverblossom9801]

I am bilingual, started to learn English in 1997 when I was 23. A lot of it was memorizing words and sentences. The rules for spelling are inconsistent. The best way worked and still works for me if I see the spelling of the word and hear the way it sounds. There are some sounds I should admit I still cannot tell apart but it doesn’t stop me from communicating clearly. Lol, it took 10 years for me to learn how to say correctly “sheet of paper” and not to sound “shit”. So to avoid making mistakes I was saying “a piece of paper”. Can you imagine if I said to a coworker “give me that shit”?😅 Another pair of words is “snickers and sneakers”. Again for people to understand me I would always add another word like “sneakers shoes”. It is easier to learn today because I can Google every word I don’t know how to pronounce, click on the voice button and hear it. Where I am going with this? I guess people can learn in different ways, some people may skip some steps in learning to achieve the main goal. When my son was 4 years old he was mainly using colored markers. And I was impressed that at such young age all his drawn movie characters were recognizable. When he was 5 y.o., he was given a #2 pencil during his graduation test from preschool. His teacher was so impressed but to me his drawing looked blah. I told his teacher “ This is nothing, you should see what he can do with color”. Next day I brought my son’s drawings and she was blown away. In conclusion, my son skipped the step of using a #2 pencil, at home he never used it. He used color to draw color.

[@Sincerelyprisca]

This was so helpful. Thank you😊

[@toddlerscanread]

I'm so glad!

[@diondrabrown7]

Thank you soooo much for this!! Its just what I needed it!!❤

[@nadiasebastian4378]

Thank you. Needed this for my son.

[@mrsgwatt]

Your videos make. Me. Cry happy tears 🥹

[@JaemiiMusadi]

Hey, I teach in Kinshasa and I have been watching your video's. They really help improve my technique

[@PaulaK-zo3gw]

I need this for myself! I am 21 but very dyslexic. I have learned to read in my mother tongue (German) but the letters make different sounds in Germany. That makes it soo hard for me to read and write in English. I feel like starting at this basic level would really help me to get better at it. The German "i" sounds like an English "e" and the "a" sounds like a "i" it is honestly so confusing.

[@theresarez]

Stretching out the sound of the short vowel looks promising. Thank you sir!

[@inhaledexhaled5460]

i way i found that helps is continuing the break down alone and building it into a little game. like i-i-i-i-i t-t-t-t-t i-i-i-i-i t-t-t-t-t i (hold the sound) t (finish it). I get them to say it with me a few times so they can hear how it needs to be said and then they join in when they realise. It has helped them pronounce yellow correctly and shush etc. nail the letter sound, theeeenn combine. For yellow, my niece would say lellow, i would say to her, "can you say yeah" shell repeat. I'll say, "now say low" and she'll repeat. we continue that until we hold the sounds and pronounce it as one word together. then ill get her to say it to me 5 times correctly. it becomes a game of her telling me the word shes learned to correctly pronounce every chance she gets. a high suffices for reward. it's helped in many areas, and soon to be in her ability to read.

[@gtsgp]

This is great! My son is fine blending but he has difficulty segmenting certain sounds ie if we say spell hen, he will say h-en sometimes. He also sometimes will guess ending sounds especially if he is losing attention.

[@toddlerscanread]

Segmenting can definitely be tricky! Sounds like he has an awesome start though!

[@zainamohamed725]

Ur amazing teacher I like teaching kids I wnaa be like you onday😊

[@Watergardengirl]

Oh the patience required lol ❤

[@deneanetucker374]

U r good at this 👊🏽

[@TheWilliamsVillage.]

I'm so ready to try your suggested technique with my students. I'm teaching VPK and want to to make sure they're prepared to read before entering kindergarten. Please write wish me luck ☺️

[@toddlerscanread]

Good luck! Thanks for the work you do!

[@reina3347]

Thank u very much . So helpful ! Love from Vietnam...

[@toddlerscanread]

You're welcome from Texas! : )

[@alyramzan5955]

Its very helpful for my children.thanks alot

[@simplyjen334]

This was a wonderful session

[@tzm777]

Thank you for your videos! I will begin using your methods tomorrow. My challenge is that I have groups - up to 11 2-5 year-olds. Only one of the children (of 34) can read. Do you have any videos on how to adapt these one-on-one lessons to group settings? Games for the entire class? Ways to keep all children engaged while learning sounds?

[@salahalodiny6074]

Your way is so great for kids. I love it. The question is ..... Are kids going to be able to read any kind of words they might face? I just was wondering.

[@plumbdan12]

You are awesome mentor to me 😊

[@obaloba234]

Honestly you are amazing.. I wish I can reach you for my son..

[@toddlerscanread]

My courses are made for parents so you can teach your son at home! Go here for more info: www.toddlersread.com/pages/free-workshop

[@pjpj6767]

Deloris Hiske teaches blending 2 sounds first, online look inside book and scroll down to last pages to see how she teaches blending 2 sounds. Book is out of print, but can still order new and used ones on line. This method works.

[@Victoria-x1b]

this is amazing thanks

[@sljayanilife7418]

Thank you for your guidance

[@kmenglish1]

Thank you so much! You really helped me with your videos sir💛

[@jackelynbjackson]

Wonderful!

[@kulokolakevin]

Am teaching my little sister and bro to read ....it's really not easy😅 thank you for the video ...

[@dv_interval42]

Ah, this seems like the parent might have messed up by teaching the vowelled "t" instead of the sharp quick sounding sound. EDIT: You already addressed it!

[@dreambig36999]

A big fan if urs sir,from India🎉

[@saritamarie83]

Great video; thanks for sharing!

[@toddlerscanread]

You're welcome!

[@JJ6DPHOTOS]

Thank for sharing this video! Aw man I missed the open call, my 4 year old would probably be all over the place though 😩. I did let her watch some of this video and she started reading random words at the house, I was shocked.

[@toddlerscanread]

If you're in Houston and you bought the course then send me an email!

[@ahlamabdulhai6237]

Thank you ❤

[@toddlerscanread]

You're welcome! :)

[@sameerahkadhim3538]

Nice thanks lot

[@gothtomboysingerchic]

Hi my child knows all the sounds but blending is difficult. I'm wondering if part of it is because in school they teach the sound and the kids repeat the sound twice. So if i ask what sound the letter makes the response is the sound repeated twice. HELP!! I'm going to try some of these methods and see if that helps.

[@toddlerscanread]

Please let me know if you try anything and if it helps! I also have a free training for parents linked in the description if that seems like something you're interested in!

[@gulaganm3184]

Thank you teachar am kurdsh I live in kurdtan

[@veechikwem1196]

You are doing great job

[@dcle9434]

Do you ever come to Austin area?

[@derickkibiwott8161]

I know this sounds weird but this guy is goving me my dentist's vibes😅😅😅

[@TrudyTalee]

I had the same issue with my one year old with the image and letters so I completely scrap the index cards with images. However she knows the sound now but when I say what letter is this , she gives me the sound. How can I correct this?

[@RH-iq3wz]

I'm 8 mins after buying your bundle last night, and thinking 'hmm I'm certain the flashcards i just bought off you have pictures of apples etc on' haha?

[@nickuvarov1]

Interestingly that male tutoring is less emotional and boring than female. I'd have added playfulness and motions. This helps to connect emotions to sounds. And we remember only emotions throughout the life.

[@julianskinner3697]

No depends on the person really

[@amyfrick3056]

I’ve noticed my daughter recognizes capital letters more than lowercase. Our sound cards have both, should I blend with capital letter or focus on lowercase recognition first?

[@toddlerscanread]

Yeah if you've recognized they pick up on one case more than the other, then switch to practicing the sounds with just the other case. For most kids, it will only happen with a few letters though. And in terms of blending: I'd do lowercase since that's what they're going to see the most often. And any letter sounds that they don't recognize lowercase- you can just blend those ones out loud.

[@rryannnnn]

dude.. thank you so much.. idk what to say..

[@DreamaBradly]

That is how we were taught to read in the 60s. And it does not work for me. But the way that you're putting it out there. It seems like it's going to click board me❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@dharchanreang1536]

Hi I'm from India tripura I'm also learning from your how to produce pronunciation and how to bland each of latter

[@zenocrissy10]

Are you sill in houston?

[@michellemeretsky3284]

My son is 3.5 and knows all his sounds strongly. Is he ready for bLends or is he to young still???!

[@nayrabudhani897]

How old this child ?

[@DreamaBradly]

Oh my god that's me that would be me❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@Alein2-sh6qx]

How should I start to read my three yrs old kid

[@toddlerscanread]

Check out my free beginning reading workshop! www.toddlersread.com/free-workshop

[@umamheswari85]

Hi, first time watching this video after getting frustrated with teaching phonics for my kid. He know individual sounds but unable to blend. He just says some random words at the end of reading the word. He is not really following the sounds himself, but when I utter the phonics he predicts the word correctly. Not sure how to handle this. Any help or idea would be appreciated.

[@toddlerscanread]

It helps to start by blending sounds out loud. I have a full course on Blending that teaches parents how to help their child starting with 2 sound words and working up. I also have more examples in my free training if you want to check it out: www.toddlersread.com/free-workshop

[@umamheswari85]

That's wonderful. I'll definitely check out. Thanks for responding!

[@amybartley9213]

How would you work with a K child who also speaks Japanese at home?

[@bebrave1622]

The schwa. Drives me crazy when I see parents helping their children read and they add the schwa.

[@carissamendoza4178]

My son has the same issues… he gets frustrated and wants the lesson to end… what should I do to encourage him without giving him the answer every time?

[@butterflytiffany]

My son was like this. I had to remind him that mistakes were ok. We are going to get some things wrong but lets practice and learn the correct way and make it fun and light so they don't feel so much pressure. He has a really good way of getting right to the point without making it feel heavy for the kid and when i learned that my kid learned more eagerly

[@MdAyaan07]

❤

[@joedi]

The e and I sound the same to me

[@mariamomo1096]

Help! My child is 3 and isn’t talking, just mumbling and when he dose want to speak he walks away and says a few words, he doesn’t want to repeat words! I’m doing circle time with him with flash cards, just picking them out and looking at them Any recommendations??

[@rashanagriffith4805]

Lord help me. I’m going to try this with my son. He is blending well but the four letter and five letter sounds he says he can’t and gives up and honestly I get so frustrated. I really hope to be like you in terms of patience and cheering him on. When my son gets on the tablet and he has to come off he gets so upset. This is going to be a challenge.

[@candidleap1992]

Epic.

[@nayyabkhan7539]

Great video thnks Alot for sharing this is very helpful for me from pakistsn

[@rosestrauser5702]

We made the mistake of using pictures, now my granddaughters says A as in apple when asked what does the A sound like; She just says apple We have been trying to break her of it since. She is getting better but not there yet.