I am always interested how it actually worked for other parents. Thanks to Krista, the creator of MonkiSee DVD teaching to read sets for sharing this:
I can relate my personal experience. I took a few books and made lists of all the words in the books so I could teach my child. I never made couplets and phrases for each book I wanted my child to
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Don’t you wish you could have the best of the both worlds – the best of Doman, the best of phonics, all in one method? Actually, that can be done as well! Thanks to A Proud Papa for sharing his method of successfully teaching his own son to read:
Download A.P.P. flashcards with phonetically grouped words and their illustrations
Step by step directions for using these cards
Flesch’s Instructions [how to teach children to read using phonics]
Amazing Power point presentations on every possible subject by A.P.P.!
Some notes from the producer of these cards
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The argument on the advantages of whole word method over phonics, or whole language processing over both other methods of reading, is constantly the subject of a heated discussion. So, the New York University study, by professor of psychology and neural science Denis Pelli and research scientist Katharine Tillman, performed an assessment which of the methods people use in their daily attempt to speed up the reading process.
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As far as I remember, American Academy of Pediatrics recommends the parents to avoid showing TV to their kids until two years old. As for educational videos, there are a lot more videos that just claim to be educational, like Baby Einsteins: Baby Einstein videos harmful for kids?
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Hi, my name is Elizabeth and I’m new to this site. I would like to share some scientific findings and shed some light onto the “phonics versus whole word” debate. Hopefully this will help parents in making an informed decision about how they want to approach reading instruction with their child. If whole word reading is going to damage their brain, then certainly we should run away from it as fast as possible.
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