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Phonics and the Research 1. Begin Teaching at an Early Age 2. Teach each sound-spelling explicitly. 3. Teach frequent, highly regular sound-spelling relationships systematically. 4. Show children exactly how to sound out words. 5. Use connected, decodable text as they learn. 6. Use interesting stories to develop language comprehension. 7. Balance, but don't mix. Read the full research How to Teach Children to Read There has been considerable argument about the best way to teach a child to read. Back in the 19050's and 1960's, "Phonics" was primarily used, but was replaced by the "Whole Language" model in the 1980's. It is argued that the replacement of Phonics with Whole Language has caused a decline in literacy standards. To unravel the claims and counter claims, there have been significant research efforts which, finally, have concluded that Phonics should be the PRIMARY technique, but that Whole Language should be used where a word cannot be easily or sensibly decoded using Phonics. In this regard, its suggested that slightly more than 97% of the English language can be decoded. Not All Phonics is Good Phonics When you look at the phonics books of the '50s and '60s, you can see that some were poorly conceived, which is one reason why the Whole Language movement was started. But there are now fundamental "rules" of what a Phonics Reader should achieve. Regrettably, when we look over the Internet, there seems to be an astounding amount of poor quality phonics material. So what should good phonics achieve? First it should be enjoyable for the parent, teacher and child. Unless it actually tells a story, unless there's a reward from the effort, children will not return to the task. And its utterly boring for the parents. Second, it should be gently graded, leading the child from one "success" to the next, without hopping around and becoming disoriented. Third, it should be based on scientific principles, meaning that you can test the results, and there is a definite principle. Otherwise they are simply stories with no particular benefit. Teach the World to Read has licensed the "Early Reading" and "Fantastic Phonics" program. These programs are in widespread use through Schools and Universities. To date there are in excess of 1 million children reported to have been helped with this program, in 78 countries.

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