Sound Anchor: Phonics Blending

Sound Anchor teaches exactly one thing well: blending individual letter sounds into whole words. It is the building-block skill at the heart of synthetic phonics, and the one children practise every day in Reception and Year 1. It is a short, calm daily drill, not a reading curriculum. If your child already knows some letter sounds and is learning to push them together (s, a, t… sat), this is the practice they need, and nothing else. HOW IT WORKS • Today's sound ladder: a fixed set of 5 to 10 words at your child's current step. Finish it and you're done. • Tap each sound: every letter tile says its sound in a clear recorded voice. • Blend them: hear the sounds joined smoothly into the word. • Pick the picture: match the word to one of three pictures. A miss simply replays the sounds. There are no wrong answers, no timers, no lives, no sad faces. • Meet Echo: a friendly whale who listens…