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Phonics

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I believe that the Best and easiest way for a child to learn how to read is using phonics. Phonics focus on the letters and the sound that goes with that letter. Once a child picks up the sound for a letter and it all falls into place, they will be able to read any word (to a point. Once a word can be read, the next step is to concentrate on what the word means.

By trying to teach a child the whole language all at once, I feel you are trying to put too much information into the brain at once. This may be OK for some children but for the majority, it would be too much information to decipher at once.

I was taught the phonic way and I can remember when everything fell into place and it used to excite me to be able to read out loud from a newspaper even though I didn't know what the words meant(some of them). It felt good to be able to show off what I had learned to do; I was about 5 years old when I learned how to read fluently.

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