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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]  I disagree, the English language has few words that are truly phonetic. Phonics being the best approach to reading and spelling is one of the biggest lies hoisted upon the American Education system, but it is also a huge business. Phonics confuses children most words can not be sounded out for proper spelling, and teaching children multiple rules for reading with phonics because English is not a phonetic language. 
  As for you saying phonics is the best approach for all children including dyslexic children, shows you know very little about dyslexic children and overall have very little grasp on the English language as a whole.
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If the importance of phonics instruction is a lie, what is the truth? No snark at all.[/quote]

I do not think there is a "one size" fits all for reading but I do think phonics is terrible for dyslexic children as they have very little phonics awareness, even if you exclude dyslexics from phonics it's still terrible I work in education and more kids struggle to read and spell as they spell with the way a word sounds due to phonics instruction but only about twenty percent of English is phonetic. Ph makes an ",f" sound ect. I believe currently the best way is go back to memorization reading and learning root latin words. For dyslexic children you need a visual component, I met a man from Germany at a conference in Germany they had him come up with visuals for words like "and" "if" for reading.  My daughter as I stated before had a teacher who taught her latin root words this helped her reading immensely so I am obviously bias towards that. [/quote]
 Just wanted to add also for anyone looking for more information to help a young child with dyslexia for reading there is also dyslexic text "friendly" books out there the font used helps the letters/words not float and move around as much for a dyslexic , and no I have never ran across a school that has these, I did find a few at my local library though, so for parents out there with young dyslexic children I do recommend these, I actually forgot about them until recently thinking of ways public schools could help dyslexics. [/quote]

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