Prepping Parents | Literacy Support for Families10 Jun 2025

S1, Ep 8: What is a blend?

If you’re new here, welcome! We suggest you start with ⁠⁠Episode 1⁠⁠ to upskill and build your phonics knowledge. In this episode of Prepping Parents, Danielle discusses the importance of phonics in reading, focusing on blends and digraphs. She explains how blends differ from digraphs, emphasizing the cognitive demands of blending sounds. The conversation also covers decoding and encoding words, providing practical strategies for parents to help their children with spelling and reading. Danielle highlights the significance of phonological awareness and offers engaging activities to reinforce these skills, while also addressing the concept of heart words and their role in early literacy. Takeaways Blends are different from digraphs; both are important in phonics. Phonological awareness is crucial for reading success. Decoding involves breaking down words into sounds. Encoding is about building words from sounds. Oral spelling strategies improve reading fluency. Heart words have unique spellings that don't follow phonetic rules. Celebrate progress in learning, not just perfection. Engaging activities can make learning phonics fun. Repetition is key to mastering blends and digraphs. Understanding blends helps children unlock the code of reading. A little reminder: This podcast is for informational and general discussion purposes only. We are not trained speech or literacy pathologists, and this isn’t educational advice for your child. We’re just parents sharing what’s worked for us. Always consult your child’s teacher or specialist for tailored guidance and advice.

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Episoder(46)

S1, Ep 46: The many ways to write down the “u” sound

In this episode of Prepping Parents, Danielle and Jess discuss the different ways to write down the long u sound. The girls discuss how it is a tricky sound to spell as there are two sound “you” and “...

2 Des 202513min

S1, Ep 45: What do the words boat, home and toe have in common?

In this episode of Prepping Parents, Danielle and Jess discuss the different ways to write down the long o sound… think oh go home etc. They discuss games and engaging ways to revise school taught con...

25 Nov 202513min

S1, Ep 44: What do like, bright and pie have in common?

In this episode of Prepping Parents, Danielle and Jess discuss the different ways to write down the long i sound… think biiiike, brighhhht etc. They discuss games and engaging ways to revise school ta...

20 Nov 202512min

S1, Ep 43: What is MSL?

In this episode of Prepping Parents, Jess is flying solo and uses the opportunity to share a bit more about MSL - Multi-Sensory Structured Language. She discusses what it is, who it can benefit and wh...

11 Nov 202511min

S1, Ep 42: How can we write down the sound 'e', think tree and tea!

In this episode of Prepping Parents, Danielle continues the latest 'mini-series' exploring how we can write down the same sound in multiple ways depending on the word. In this episode, we focus on the...

4 Nov 202510min

S1, Ep 41: Why is one 'sound' spelt so many ways? Think the 'a' sound in cake, rain and play!!

In this episode of Prepping Parents, Danielle starts a new 'mini series' exploring how we can spell one 'sound' multiple different ways depending on the word's history, origins and families. She uses ...

28 Okt 202512min

S1, Ep 40: Why isn't biscuit spelt biskit?

In this episode, Danielle shows how to apply the phonetic code Prepping Parents have covered to date by 'decoding' the words 'table', 'biscuit' and 'vacuum'. She explains the history of the words and ...

21 Okt 202514min

S1, Ep 39: Do the FLOSZ

In this episode of Prepping Parents, Danielle discusses the FLOSZ rule, also known as the one, one, one rule, which is crucial for spelling. She explains how this rule applies to one-syllable words wi...

14 Okt 20259min