What Are the Benefits of Teaching Phonics?
colourful letters image by forca from Fotolia.com jQuery(document).ready(function(){ jQuery(‘#jsArticleStep1 span.image a:first’).attr(‘href’,’http://i.ehow.co.uk/images/a06/c3/as/benefits-teaching-phonics_-1.1-800X800.jpg’); }); Phonics teaches children to combine and manipulate letter sounds. Phonics is the practice of teaching specific letter-sound relationships through direct instruction. Because the English language has inconsistencies of pronunciation, specialized, systematic teaching of different letter sounds has been endorsed by educational groups such as the National Reading Panel. Phonics fell into disfavor in the 1990’s during a “whole language” trend, which focused on a more incidental approach, but phonics is once again gaining favor among teachers at the early elementary level. Decoding Facility “Sound it out,” runs the time-honored phrase by parents and teachers, demanding that small children identify the sounds in a new word and cluster them together successfully. Phon
