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Can’t blend, won’t blend
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Can’t blend, won’t blend

May 24, 2017February 12, 2022 John5 Comments

Blending is the ability to push sounds together to make recognisable words and, in young children learning to read and spell from the beginning of their schooling and in children who have fallen behind, performance is often variable. That is to say that what they can do one day, they may not be able to… Continue reading Can’t blend, won’t blend

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