Phonics and Sound

Phonics and Sound
photo by: Grace Wong
Phonics, the connection between individual letters and its sound, are the building blocks to reading. Early readers sound out and decode words to make meaning. Read about the debate between teaching phonics and whole language learning, phonics instruction, and how to nurture your child’s phonemic awareness.

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