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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Great article on the disaster of reading instruction in our country.
https://www.apmreports.org/story/2019/08/22/whats-wrong-how-schools-teach-reading[/quote]

Thanks for the article, it was an interesting read. It briefly mentioned this, but [b]I remember reading before I knew the alphabet. I was reading before I had formal education[/b], which started in kindergarten for me. I remember our teacher going through A-Z, and I was thinking, oh I have to read the letters (learn their names) whereas before I only knew the sounds associated with their shapes.[/quote]

This actually happens a lot when children are read to a lot from a young age.

Phonics is fine but it should not be the[i] way [/i] children are taught to learn how to read because, honestly, it is so tedious when taken out of context.  The very best way to begin reading is by being read to.  Phonics can be very helpful when children begin learning to spell if they are using the Word Study method.

And your comment about sounds associated with the shapes is spot on.  That's all "reading" really is.  Associating sound and meaning with shapes.[/quote]

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