Blend Phonics the easiest and most powerful phonics-first method available anywhere for any price. With this simple 26 page pamphlet, YOU can teach first-graders to read in four short months. In fact, it is perfect for anyone who needs to learn to read better at any age. Reading Made Easy with Blend Phonics for First Grade was published in 1980 by Mrs. Hazel Loring.

     The purpose of this Blend Phonics web site is to provide every first grade teacher in America with a copy of Loring's 26 page pamphlet so they can have the opportunity to make sure that every beginning reader gets the full benefit of phonics-first. 

     The secret of Blend Phonics is "directional guidance." Students learn to blend the words as the teacher writes them on the board. Blending begins with a consonant to which is added a vowel: b + a = ba. The students first reads the blend ba and then adds the last letter: ba + t = bat. As soon as the word is read, the students are asked to use it in a sentence. Teach the letter name and letter sound at the same time. Start oral spelling immediately. The blend phonics technique is also called single-letter phonics (an older term contrasting it with word-family phonics), successive blending, and cumulative blending. The technical term for this view of syllable structure is called body-coda (ba-t) contrasted with onset-rime (b-at).