This is a rarer letter combination -- there are only a few words that use it. But still, we need to teach it! These little rules are part of mastering

We might as well be honest: there are a number of ways to say A's name (the long-A sound). Of course, A can say its own name. But also, we have

While the ck sound seems simple to adults, it can trip up some of our students. Like many other occasions, we can introduce this sound using a logical

This is another rule that tends to intimidate young children, and yet they love the words they are able to read once they come to know it. All

The digraph gn can look like a scary sound to some children, so I usually head this off by saying something like, "This new sound is going to look

Aw, look! It's Baby's First Digraph. Or something. The Bob Books series first introduces this sound in Book 12 of Set 1. Oo says