>>> I started my children reading by phonics before they ever started
 >>> school. They first learned the sounds of the letters and sounded
 >     For some kids, it really, really dosn't work.
"Some" is the key word, tho. Statistics available show that 75-80% of kids do 
learn to read through phonics. The other 20-25% will learn to read by 
look-say. Since phonics is the most successful method, it makes you wonder 
why it is no longer taught. Who are we serving, the 75% who can, or the 25% 
who cannot, learn by Phonics? The 25% who can't learn by phonics will pick up 
reading by the looksay method.
Most of the literacy advocate groups in the country with tutoring programs 
start with a phonics based approach, and take it from there.
                                 -donna
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