Phonics instructors heatedly dispute the idea that learning phonemes is dull. Nancy Ichinaga, the principal of an elementary school in the Los Angeles area that uses a phonics-based reading ...

Phonemes are the building blocks of language. Represented by letters of the alphabet, they are the component sounds of spoken words. Most people automatically hear, for example, that the word ...

Phonemes are the building blocks of language ... Check out the Alphablocks guide to phonics for a breakdown of all the different letter sounds. Spotting the sounds in words and pointing out ...