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So the public schools are finally catching up to the homeschoolers.
This isn't a fancy new method. It's just phonics.
I learned both phonics and whole language when I went through my teacher training. I only taught phonics in all the schools where I worked and taught first grade.
Ironically, Caroline is one of the kids the teacher mentioned who actually learns to read without phonics. Phonics was like a foreign language to her when she was little and I gave up. She basically taught herself to read from us reading to her and turning on the closed captioning on TV shows like Curious George, Little Einsteins, Little Bear, etc.
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I wrote here about why whole language works for some kids like my Caroline. (But I absolutely believe phonics should be the standard in education.)
https://sallieborrink.com/child-hates-phonics/
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