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| Anyone here hear of the "Happily Ever After" program to learn phonics?
Anyone have any feedback regarding phonics in general, as a curriculum for teaching reading, as opposed to other reading curriculums? (kindergarten level) |
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- Posted by sheilajoyce (My Page) on Wed, Aug 14, 02 at 1:17
| Everyone seems to love the Open Court series, especially the older, experienced teachers. |
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| I'm less nervous than I was. When I heard 'phonics', I thought of the way they taught reading to some children when I was in school years ago. But apparently, this is now called the "Whole Language" method. The thinking now is that Whole Language leads to average readers and terrible spellers. So I think I have found all the info I need to understand what they will be teaching here at the new school. |
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- Posted by Momma_Bird_OH (My Page) on Wed, Aug 14, 02 at 9:47
| TREKaren, Is this a phonics package, or a cirriculum? If it's a package, like Hooked on Phonics or The Phonics Game, you could probably check it out from your local library. I got both of the ones I mentioned from my library, and WAS NOT impressed. They were too complicated and my kids thought they were boring. My oldest son had a TERRIBLE time learning to read. I took him to a reading tutor who used the Reading Reflex/Auto-Graphics method and it really "clicked". This method is how we were taught to read in the 60s before "phonics" was the hot method. I can't remember the URL but if you do a search for Reading Reflex you'll find their website. Good luck! |
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- Posted by sheilajoyce (My Page) on Fri, Aug 16, 02 at 21:47
| Whole language is not researched based. Alone, it is not enough. |
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