While it may seem like a fancy educational term – and some parents ... first they work through the individual sounds of the letters C-A-T," Woodward says. "As they blend the sounds together ...

In this level you will begin by learning to touch type the keys on the home row as well as letters e, i, r and u. Stage 1: f d s a j k l ; g h ... b, n, c and the comma.

2016 update: You can read the fancy ... Polish letters are impostors. For example: C – unless followed by the letter ‘i’, is pronounced ‘ts’ (as in ‘tsunami’) – never ‘k’ like in the word ‘cat’.