> I'm waiting to hear from you about what you mean by
 > phonics - with examples please - I'll probably get your reply before
 > you get this. :)
Maybe you call it something else. Phonics, to me, is sounding out 
words....decoding is another word for it. For instance, a child with phonics 
skills would look at the word CAT and think (or even say)
 kuh-aaaaaaa-t. Cat.
The word "Phonics" would be sounded out by a former 2nd grader as:
ffff-ah-nnnnnn-ih-k-ssssss. (The child has been taught that "p-h" says "f" 
like in "phone".)
                                 -donna
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