Learn to Read by Learning the Vowel Sounds

​Reading failure is sweeping across the United States.  Research has proven that memorizing word lists will never teach children to read.  Yet, many schools continue to use that method.  Unfortunately, unless you can memorize an entire dictionary, memorization is doomed to fail.  Old-style phonics is also being resurrected by some schools.  Phonics rules fail because there are too many exceptions to the rules.  One of the cutest vowel rules says:  "When two vowels go walking the first one does the talking."  It's cute.  The children love it; unfortunately, the rule doesn't work.  Look at these words:  heart, break, height.  These are just a few examples.  Children become confused when they memorize phonics rules that do not consistently work. 
 
The answer is phonemic awareness--no memorization and no rules.  Phonemic awareness teaches children to break a word down into letter sounds, and then to put those sounds back together to form a word.  Phonemic awareness works with even the most at-risk readers.  If you need help, contact me at clantonharpine@hotmail.com.