Phonics Alive! 2 The Sound Blender Phonics Alive! 2 The Sound Blender is a new and innovative Australian made program teaching students the essential skills and phonological knowledge of sound blending. All forms of digraphs, diphthongs, silent letters and suffixes are explored and explained, including ch, sh, een, kn, ar, aw, au, ith, wr, et and many more. The Sound Blender introduces and consolidates advanced decoding skills to assist students to recognize and decode previously unknown words.