Over the next couple of days, I will detail my favorite three phonics programs\u2014one that is out of print, but available used; one that uses computer cd-roms and works well for dyslexics and older students as well (and has no teacher work\/prep AT ALL); and one that is more laborious but contains a reader for each sound and is more kid-friendly. Each of them uses a strong word family approach with sight words included as appropriate.<\/p>\n
Play \u2018n Talk<\/p>\n
a. Two routes to go:<\/p>\n
(1) digitized (parts of it): https:\/\/www.play-n-talk.com\/index.htm<\/p>\n
(2) Used: will probably have to put a \u201cwanted\u201d out up on a used site to find one<\/p>\n
b. Created by a true visionary who loved to help children and families; a very godly woman; many, many years ago (thirty to forty years ago); not necessarily \u201creligious\u201d in content though<\/p>\n
c. Contains cd\u2019s with accompanying books <\/p>\n
d. Contains other practice tools, including \u201cSlide and Sound,\u201d an exceptional yet simple little cardstock kit in which students practice word families with various beginning sounds<\/p>\n
e. Contains daily lesson plans that tell you exactly what to do (which cd to listen to, which book to use, which practice tools to use, etc.)<\/p>\n
f. Fairly easy to use: without creating \u201cextra\u201d tools it suggests like \u201cegg carton wells to place word cards into,\u201d you could literally sit down and go (not all of the practice suggestions are necessary; I often forfeited the homemade ones (not wanting to add to my work load) and used real reading more<\/p>\n
g. You do not need to know anything about teaching or have experience in teaching a child to read\u2014it is truly all laid out as it was created for parents to use with their children, not for a school<\/p>\n
h. One of the most comprehensive phonics programs available\u2014does not end after a child is reading two syllable words\u2014goes into compounds, prefixes, suffixes, and much more<\/p>\n
i. Outstanding foundation for learning to spell later<\/p>\n
j. Downfalls:<\/p>\n
(1) It is only available used (except for digital portions online), so might be hard to find<\/p>\n
(2) It does not contain readers\u2014follow me the next few days as I describe readers for different levels; you will want to add readers to P\u2019nT<\/p>\n
(3) It is old fashioned looking and sounding (not \u201cAmish old fashioned\u201d but think early cartoons\/cartoon drawings and music old fashioned\u2014I didn\u2019t mind this, but some might)<\/p>\n
(4) Was not sold in pieces, so it was expensive to purchase the entire program\u2014and if you only needed or wanted part of it, you could not get it that way; will likely only be sold as the entire set, even if you do not want all of the extras<\/p>\n
(5) Parts are available digitized\u2014but it looked confusing to me, and I understand the program!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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