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| | '''[[Phyllis Schlafly]] wrote ''[[First Reader]]'' to use phonics to teach children how to read, who could then become literate adults'''. Learning how to read is essential to being able to read the [[Bible]] and understand [[politics]]. In merely 20 minutes a day, a child can be taught to become a superb reader based on phonics in a few months. ''First Reader'', for example, is only 165 pages long and several pages can be completed each day in less than a half hour. | | '''[[Phyllis Schlafly]] wrote ''[[First Reader]]'' to use phonics to teach children how to read, who could then become literate adults'''. Learning how to read is essential to being able to read the [[Bible]] and understand [[politics]]. In merely 20 minutes a day, a child can be taught to become a superb reader based on phonics in a few months. ''First Reader'', for example, is only 165 pages long and several pages can be completed each day in less than a half hour. |
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| | "Kids struggle to read when schools leave phonics out," one in-depth independent study concluded. "Schools too often leave out a key piece of the reading puzzle because teachers aren’t trained to teach phonics. ... But without explicit and systematic phonics instruction, many children won’t ever learn to read very well."<ref>https://hechingerreport.org/kids-struggle-to-read-when-schools-leave-phonics-out/</ref> | | "Kids struggle to read when schools leave phonics out," one in-depth independent study concluded. "Schools too often leave out a key piece of the reading puzzle because teachers aren’t trained to teach phonics. ... But without explicit and systematic phonics instruction, many children won’t ever learn to read very well."<ref>https://hechingerreport.org/kids-struggle-to-read-when-schools-leave-phonics-out/</ref> |
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| − | "Right now, there’s a huge push to improve phonics instruction, and I’m obviously a big supporter," stated one educator in an article published on Jan. 25, 2023.<ref>https://www.edutopia.org/article/to-improve-literacy-focus-on-broad-range-of-skills</ref> | + | Once a basic reading proficiency is attained, reading a slightly edited [[phonics and Gospel of Mark|Gospel of Mark]] in 45 days is a terrific goal for a young reader (or an adult learner). |
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| | + | Under phonics, once a child learns the basic and simple phonetic building blocks, the child can read any word and any book. [[Public schools]] have typically taught a "look and say" or word recognition approach to reading<ref>"Whole language reading instruction (also known as "look-say" or "sight" reading) is the most widely used method of teaching reading in the U.S. and many other countries." [http://www.halcyon.org/wholelan.html''Whole Language vs. Phonics'']</ref><ref>"The education establishment prefers whole language, while most parents and some teachers prefer a phonetic approach." [http://www.home-school.com/Articles/WholeLanguage.html ''Whole-Language Boondoggle'']</ref> which limits the child to reading only words that the child has previously seen. "Right now, there’s a huge push to improve phonics instruction, and I’m obviously a big supporter," stated one educator in an article published on Jan. 25, 2023.<ref>https://www.edutopia.org/article/to-improve-literacy-focus-on-broad-range-of-skills</ref> |
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| − | Under phonics, once a child learns the basic and simple phonetic building blocks, the child can read any word and any book. [[Public schools]] have typically taught a "look and say" or word recognition approach to reading<ref>"Whole language reading instruction (also known as "look-say" or "sight" reading) is the most widely used method of teaching reading in the U.S. and many other countries." [http://www.halcyon.org/wholelan.html''Whole Language vs. Phonics'']</ref><ref>"The education establishment prefers whole language, while most parents and some teachers prefer a phonetic approach." [http://www.home-school.com/Articles/WholeLanguage.html ''Whole-Language Boondoggle'']</ref> which limits the child to reading only words that the child has previously seen.
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| | One reason [[homeschoolers]] perform better than [[public school]] students on tests<ref>http://www.hslda.org/docs/nche/000010/200410250.asp</ref> is that homeschoolers learn how to read with phonics in higher percentages than [[public school]] students do.<ref>Most homeschool curricula are phonics-based. See, e.g., [http://www.pmschoolhouse.com/homeschool-curriculum/Saxon_Math.htm Saxon]</ref> In the [[United Kingdom]] it is sometimes described as a "back to basics" approach, which "despite being sneered at by the [[liberal]] tinkerers whose modern theories of teaching have caused so much damage to almost two generations, is turning the tide of illiteracy in some of the nation's most underprivileged areas."<ref>''Dispatches: Why Our Children Can't Read''. Channel 4 television. First aired 27 October 2007.</ref> | | One reason [[homeschoolers]] perform better than [[public school]] students on tests<ref>http://www.hslda.org/docs/nche/000010/200410250.asp</ref> is that homeschoolers learn how to read with phonics in higher percentages than [[public school]] students do.<ref>Most homeschool curricula are phonics-based. See, e.g., [http://www.pmschoolhouse.com/homeschool-curriculum/Saxon_Math.htm Saxon]</ref> In the [[United Kingdom]] it is sometimes described as a "back to basics" approach, which "despite being sneered at by the [[liberal]] tinkerers whose modern theories of teaching have caused so much damage to almost two generations, is turning the tide of illiteracy in some of the nation's most underprivileged areas."<ref>''Dispatches: Why Our Children Can't Read''. Channel 4 television. First aired 27 October 2007.</ref> |