Listen to the whole word first. Then type it, a chunk at a time.
When someone says a word for you to type, listen to the whole word first. Wait until the voice stops, then type.
Cut a long word into small chunks, like but, ter, fly. Stretch a short word, like lamp, to hear every sound: l, a, m, p.
Some words are not spelled the way they sound, like said. Picture the word in your head.
Read it back before you say you are done: does it look right and sound right? If you miss a word, ask to hear it again.
These are some of the questions on the sets. The printable sheets have more and an answer key.
After the whole word is said. Typing at the first sound means missing the end.
Cut it into chunks. But, ter, fly: one chunk at a time.
No. It sounds like sed, but it is spelled s, a, i, d.
Ask to hear it again. That is what clever agents do.
Open a blank page with a grown-up beside you, and they read one word at a time while you type it without seeing it. Ask to hear a word again if you need to, then read your words back and check them together.
Read your child one word at a time while they type it without seeing it, saying a long word in chunks if they ask; let them ask for it again, and read each word back together.
