What mischief will Bluey and Bingo get up to with the magic xylophone?

At this stage, every letter has one sound. To help your child, it’s a good idea to get to know the exact letter sounds as they are pronounced in modern phonics.

Letters to the Editor: Phonics gets kids over an early reading hump. What happens after that? A teacher works with sixth- and seventh-graders on a phonics lesson in Poway, Calif., in January 2020.

"The process of decoding involves phonics and letter-sound relationships," says Carly Shuler, co-founder and CEO of Hoot Reading, an online reading program. "Decoding is learning how letters sound ...