Odd. I taught my children whole wood in Homeschool because I recognized that phonics is a sham, and as adults now, they are doing fine.
“Odd. I taught my children whole wood in Homeschool because I recognized that phonics is a sham, and as adults now, they are doing fine.”
That’s not accurate.
Wrong——Explicit phonics is a tool to decode.
Whole words is limited in the words that are ever seen by a kid—plus memory is limited-—so it will prevent them from decoding new words—always. Your kids must be very shallow readers or picked up some phonics in the classroom.
My kids (5) learned phonics at 4 and could read any book by 7-—even the encyclopedias. They could not only read fast-—they could understand what it was they were reading because the habitual pronunciation of only 26 letters and blends allows them total concentration on text and meanings.