Why do kindergarteners find it hard to blend sounds--and how can you support the process? Why is learning to read like a VIRUS taking over the brain? We reference the work of scientists Mark Seidenberg and Stanislas Dehaene and to understand the cognitive transformation necessary for cracking the alphabetic code.

Resources:

• Seidenberg, Language at the Speed of Sight

• Dehaene, How We Learn

• Video: How the Brain Learns to Read

• Seidenberg on blending

• Study on beatboxers and guitarists