![]() ![]() When they were older, I taught phonics in conjunction with spelling. I started with the first book, when they knew all the words, we moved on to the next level. I taught all my kids to read at age 2 using Dick and Jane. However, phonics is a great way to approach a new word and very useful in spelling. Phonics is also not recommended for teaching people with dyslexia. You can sound out and read a word without knowing it’s meaning. It has the added benefit of teaching comprehension. Teaching by sight was the preferred method up to about 30-40 years ago. In reality, the best method is the one that works. There are many studies that highlight the benefits of both methods, and people are quick to praise their favorite one. In truth, most people read by sight words, very few sound things out. But if you already recognize half of the words from your sight word practice as a 5 year old, it is less work overall and you get the immediate reward of recognizing a word rather than having to decode it. A sentence might become exhausting if EVERY word in it needs to be sounded out. So I was pretty vigilant about sight words because it lowers the work of reading. Everything else essentially becomes a sight word to us. We sound out difficult, unfamiliar words. However you and I do not sound out every word. Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons. When we learn to read, we learn to sound out words. And as a 3th grader he read at a high school level. He was reading Harry Potter before 2nd grade. And when he was 4 and 5 we did weekly sight words. To teach silent E, I used the Montessori Silent E cubes. When things got a little harder, we only did 1/2 a lesson every day. We didn't always compete a whole lesson every day. I'm a huge fan of Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons. I like Explode the Code for teaching spelling using phonics. After that I will introduce CVCC spelling and continue from there. We will play around with CVC words soon via letter tiles (not writing well yet), and each time he learns a sight word we spell it together so that he doesn't see it as some single unit "shape" but as a collection of letters. As his teacher I need to work with that enthusiasm. He has been picking up sight words (and even longer words that are not considered "sight words") naturally from reading together and loves it. It's not all or nothing up front-they will be wrestling with phonics for several years in one way or another.Įdited: For example right now with mine that's learning to read we are learning sight words with little Scholastic sight word readers AND he is learning the sounds of the letters. Once the kids are reading well be do spelling, and that's when I go back and make sure they know the ins and outs of the phonics. The kids like learning sight words so that they can begin to read quickly, but we pair it with phonics. I wouldn't try to teach it without doing some study, but I think you'll find it really fun for your own sake as well as getting proficient for students. It would have changed their academic lives.Įdit 2: For anyone starting out with this, they have tons of free and low cost classes on the website. I always make sure to tell people about it because as a previous teacher of reading to struggling readers I'm pained that I didn't have it for them. It's a process getting into the rhythm, for the teacher as well, but once you do, it's like magic because you have this solid foundation of sound groups memorized during movement play and games. I find the presentation to be quite brilliant in that it exposes learners to all the potential sounds of a phonogram from the outset. It's orton-gillingham based, multi-sensory, multi-modal phonics presented in a very logical way with tons of games and fun activities. It's a wonderful investment in your child's future in reading and you can feel confident you've basically got the whole package. It's on the expensive side but worth every single penny. I learned SO much about English myself, as a very proficient adult reader. ![]() I didn't have it when we started, but switched over and actually basically started over because it was so rich with knowledge and skill building from the very first book. I agree with what others have said about sight words being a perfectly valid part of a larger reading curriculum, but it's a solid phonics program that creates the foundation. ![]()
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