The letters: b, c, d, f, g, h, j, k, l, m, n, p, q, r, s, t, v, w, x, y, and z.

A blend is when you take two letters and place them together (side-by-side) in a word, and you perceive both sounds. A few examples include: bl, gr, st, or nd.

Vowel combinations that can make more than one sound, such as the oo in book and moon OR sounds that can be signified by more than one vowel mixture, like the sound of /ah/ in tall, caught, or cost.

The large parts of a word.

A part of phonological awareness. Two words that start differently, but have a similar sound at the end.

The capacity to perceive sounds within a word.

The capacity to hear the small sounds (or phonemes) in a word.

The capacity to take a word and break it into separate phonemes (or little sounds).

The capacity to “play” with sounds in a word by blending, isolating, and segmenting them.

The capacity to isolate a specific sound in a word.