What is blending? Blending is the skill of combining individual speech sounds (phonemes) to form a word. Why is blending important? Blending is incredibly important because the ability to mentally combine speech sounds to create words helps students decode unfamiliar words using letter-sound patterns when reading. Difficulty with blending is a hallmark sign of a struggling reader. There are two types of blending: Chop blending and Smooth Blending. In this video, we will explore Chop Blending. In

3 Ways to Blend 🥰 Save & Share! Do your readers struggle with blending? You might need to try a different method. Follow @farmerlovesphonics for early literacy tips & tricks that promote fluent reading! 🎉Typical Blending: Segmenting to blend. Not the best option for beginning or struggling readers. Continuous Blending: No stopping between sounds. Stretch and blend slowly. Hard to do if sounds are not automatic. Successive Blending: Sound by sound…blend to the vowel first and then to the end. C