| The newest buzz in early education is synthetic | | | | down approach makes the overall process less |
| phonics. The reality is that this method of teaching | | | | intimidating to children that have had slow |
| has had an enduring history of success. Now | | | | progress with other methods of learning to read. |
| however, more instructors and parents are taking | | | | It is also an awesome way to introduce reading |
| advantage of learning materials that incorporate | | | | and reading concepts to young children at or |
| this method early on. | | | | before the pre-school level. By introducing letter |
| This method of early reader instruction teaches | | | | sounds on a small scale, parents can create early |
| children that are learning to read to take the | | | | readers. They can also integrate learning more |
| focus off of pronouncing the word in whole. | | | | easily with daily activities as many opportunities to |
| Instead, the child is taught to focus on the letter | | | | identify letter sounds present themselves through |
| sounds. These are learned and then used to build | | | | the day. |
| or break down larger words. Once the child has a | | | | An alternative method of introducing early readers |
| fully functional knowledge of letter sounds he or | | | | to reading concepts is analytic phonics. This deals |
| she can begin to read and write large words using | | | | primarily with the breakdown of larger sounds and |
| these phonetic building blocks. | | | | word patterns. By learning to blend different |
| This method of teaching has proven to be | | | | sounds together readers can obtain a more |
| especially effective in cases where the child needs | | | | developed ability to read. This means that |
| intervention. If there is a learning difficulty or | | | | synthetic phonics operates as a phenomenal tool |
| dyslexia present, this learning tool can teach | | | | for getting early readers on track, while analytic |
| strategies that will enable the child to overcome | | | | phonics provides the tools that can help that |
| the difficulty and frustration in reading. The break | | | | reader accelerate to a higher reading level. |