Phonics teaching children the sounds made by individual letter or letter groups for example the letter c makes a k sound and teaching children how to merge separate sounds together to make it one word for example blending the sounds k a t makes cat. Once the code of reading has been cracked through phonics children will then have the ability to explore the length and breadth of literacy as a whole.

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It runs alongside other teaching methods such as guided reading and shared reading to help children develop all the other vital reading skills and hopefully give them a real love of reading.