Synthetic phonics is a method that is used for teaching reading, Children are taught the correspondences between sounds and letters. They identify and synthesize different letter sounds and letter combinations together to form a word. For example, vocalizing each sound in the word ‘FLAG’: /FL/-/a/-/g/ and then blending those sounds together to produce the word. By doing this, children take the first vital steps in learning to read. They can also use this knowledge to begin to spell new words that they hear.
