They are b-a-t. Phonemes are the building blocks of language and are an essential part of learning to read and write. Using these short sounds rather than the letters in the alphabet really helps ...

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 ...

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 ...