I said it makes a big difference so much stuff does like just going to a zoo As an anecdote — when she taught title 1 she was doing phonics with a kid. He had never seen a giraffe or been to zoo or had a zoo book read to him. when they got to G like giraffe it was like saying A is aneurism

Oldest is very much a phonics-reader. It would almost make me crazy when she was first reading because she would take a long time to learn a word by sight. But she could crack any word with phonics. Youngest is a memorizer who has had to work hard at learning phonics.

It’s part of the “Hooked on Phonics” generation.

Need me someone to teach me a language Hooked On Phonics style through sex 😤

"Yet, students receiving this extensive phonics instruction scored no better on tests of reading comprehension than did students in schools providing more conventional instruction."

"Teachers were carefully trained to deliver “scientific” reading instruction that included a numbing 1.5 to 3 hours of phonics instruction each day." (Just like we’re about to do).

Phonics nerds unite!

I knew that sooner or later my studies in #linguistics#phonics workshop at my son's school, and they told me to talk to him about phonemes and graphemes. The nerd in me is bursting with joy.

The idea that not being able to read is a ‘super-power’ is misleading. Children will have more, not less, of these abilities if they master reading. We answer questions on 'dyslexia', phonics, training for secondary teachers & reading recovery in this blog: wp.me/p4hKgx-121#EduSky

I was lucky to be a phonics kid but then I kinda knew how to read by then, because my folks read to me when I was tiny. It's stunning how small facts like this potentially have such life-changing effects