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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm new to MoCo, and my kid is still in daycare (4). Where should I be expressing my concern regarding the lack of phonics-based instruction?[/quote]

If you want phonics, teach your child yourself.  Actually, you should teach your child to read either way. Not all kids learn with phonics.  Some do better with phonics, some do better with sight reading so a multi-approach is best.  [/quote]

Actually, not true. “Sight reading” is not reading, and misunderstanding that fact is part of the problem. Ask me how I know — teachers telling me for years DC was a “sight reader” until we finally paid of out pocket for a private eval and discovered they had dyslexia.[/quote]

Your child had a reading disorder.  That's very different.  My child learned to read early and did it all through sight reading.  You cannot say no child can learn through sight reading because yours did not.  Kids learn different ways and that is why the one fit all approach doesn't work.  And, you should have known if your child was reading and gotten an evaluation/help earlier.[/quote]

The science of how children learn to read is well documented:

Reading scientists have known for decades that the hallmark of being a skilled reader is the ability to instantly and accurately recognize words.33 If you're a skilled reader, your brain has gotten so good at reading words that you process the word "chair" faster than you process a picture of a chair.34 You know tens of thousands of words instantly, on sight. How did you learn to do that?

It happens through a process called "orthographic mapping."35 This occurs when you pay attention to the details of a written word and link the word's pronunciation and meaning with its sequence of letters.36 A child knows the meaning and pronunciation of "pony." The word gets mapped to his memory when he links the sounds /p/ /o/ /n/ /y/ to the written word "pony."

That requires an awareness of the speech sounds in words and an understanding of how those sounds are represented by letters.37 In other words, you need phonics skills.

https://www.apmreports.org/episode/2019/08/22/whats-wrong-how-schools-teach-reading

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