Teaching Phonics

Teaching phonics to young children is the first educational step on the road to reading. Phonics is learning to comprehend how letters and sounds come together to create words. Young children generally begin to learn phonics as toddlers. This means that teaching phonics usually begins in the home and the learning is continued in... more »

Phonics are the sound patterns created by arranging the letters of the alphabet into common sequences and associating the letters with their correct pronunciation.. Phonics is the most common method used in public and private schools today for teaching young children to read. The National Academy of Education in 1984 produced a report... more »

The "whole/part/whole approach" is a typical method for teaching phonics. It starts by examining words within a text that contain a phonics standard, practicing how this standard works, and reading more text for further development. A phonics standard refers to the common sounds associated with alphabet letters. more »

Do you want to teach your preschooler how to read? A good way to start is through phonics. In phonics, you teach letter sounds a few letters at a time and as the child learns those letters, you add the sounds of more letters to the mix. Before you know it, you child can sound out whole sentences and is well on his way to reading. This... more »

Adults with poor literacy skills face many challenges in their everyday lives. Teachers who deal with adult literacy also face a unique challenge, because adults have different learning needs than younger students. In contrast to younger students who are required to attend school, adult students are usually voluntary learners.... more »