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The child first perceives the individual letters in a word, e.g., rat. He or she then “sounds out” this word by saying its three speech sounds, /r/-/a/-/t/. As childrens skills grow in phonics application, they can quickly recognize frequently occurring letter clusters such as at (as in fat, cat, mat, etc.).
