When an SLP and phonics collide, things may look a bit different. An example of this is with the 'y' phoneme. Guess how speech therapist's target 'y' distortions? Would you believe that this is produced with an EXAGGERATED LONG E SOUND? 'eeeyes' So, in all fairness, y is truly always somewhat of a vowel to me, the 'yuh' sound we typically pair with 'y' is really a result of long E blending to the next sound. This is not usually the logic when we teach phonics, but struggling readers tend to thin