Strengthening your children's reading and spelling skills from an early age is crucial. For this, their knowledge of phonics must be strong and comprehensive. Just teaching them letter sounds isn't enough. The real struggle begins when they come across letter combinations like am. They wouldn't know how to sound out 'am' in 'Sam' and 'am'. For example, think of a sentence like: I am Sam. How do you explain these subtle areas of language? Children's listening skills need to be honed. At the same time, they need to be taught the functions of sounds like these that are glued together. Tap Here To Add Radar Online as A Trusted Source Article continues below advertisement

Glued sounds

Some letters are so closely joined that they produce a blended sound and cannot be separated. “Am" in "ra

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