Phonics

Asystem of teaching reading that focuses on the links between phonemes and theirwritten symbols, sometimes also including the links between larger units, suchonsets or rimes, and their written forms.  ‘Onset’ refers to  thefirst consonant(s) of a syllable, occurring before the vowel (e.g.,  ‘st’in stop, or ‘p’ in pink.  Note that syllables have no initialconsonant(s) do not have an onset (e.g., ink.)  

See Orthographic reading skills, Phoneme, Phonological reading skills, Reading comprehension, Syllables, Rime