At what stage do children begin to grasp recurring letter patterns?

During the Consolidated Alphabetic stage, children begin to understand and recognize recurring letter patterns within words. At this stage, they are able to see how certain letters and combinations of letters consistently appear together, which aids in their word recognition and phonetic decoding abilities. This recognition of patterns not only helps them read more fluently but also enhances their spelling skills.

In the earlier stages, such as the Pre-Alphabetic stage, children focus more on memorizing words as whole units without understanding individual letters or sounds, which limits their recognition of patterns. In the Partial Alphabetic stage, they start to recognize some letters and sounds but are still not fully grasping the broader patterns present in words. The Full Alphabetic stage follows the Consolidated Alphabetic stage, where children have a solid understanding of all letter-sound relationships and can decode new words effectively, but it is within the Consolidated stage that the grasp of recurring patterns first develops significantly.