Read this clear, well written blogpost by Web of Substance. http://websofsubstance.wordpress.com/2014/03/08/phonics-skepticism/#comments
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John Walker responds to Andrew Davis’s article in Guardian
Read John Walkers response to Andrew Davis’s article on synthetic phonics: http://literacyblog.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/andrew-daviss-philosophical-phonics.html
Read More"There are no unphonetic words" – John Walker explains the English writing system
Read John Walker’s blog on the Literacy Blog about the English writing system. He elegantly unravels the repeatedly declared notion that the English Writing System is ‘unphonetic’. http://literacyblog.blogspot.co.uk/
Read MoreRead John Walker’s reply to ‘Phonics is abuse’ claim
Read John Walker’s reply to an ill-informed journalist: http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/debate/columnists/catherine-scott-sounding-out-arguments-over-learning-to-read-1-6405996
Read MoreAnd now imposing phonics is ‘abuse’ – WHAT?
Andrew Davis calls the imposition of synthetic phonics a form of ‘abuse’ of children. http://news.tes.co.uk/b/news/2014/01/27/synthetic-phonics-imposition-is-39-almost-abuse-39-says-academic.aspx I hereby invite Andrew Davis to visit the Bloomfield Learning Centre where we pick up the broken pieces of ‘whole language’ and ‘mixed methods’ teaching of reading.
Read MorePhonics in the new national curriculum
Read John Walker and Debbie Hepplewhite’s answers to the assertion that children who have failed to learn to read with phonics should be offered something else…. http://londoncentreforpedagogy.net/2014/01/20/phonics-in-the-new-national-curriculum-for-english-pavlovs-dogs-or-pavlovs-cats/#comments
Read MoreWhat is Synthetic Phonics?
Here is our free tutorial on Synthetic Phonics. This can be used for training teachers, TAs and parents. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IG24BoekBGY
Read MoreAdvice to parents: the three most important factors that help develop literacy
Read this excellent post by Debbie Hepplewhite on MYBABA website. Near the end, she lists 3 important factors that help children grow up a good readers and spellers. http://www.mybaba.com/chatter-books-and-phonics-by-debbie-hepplewhite/ Thanks to Susan Godsland of www.dyslexics.org.uk for flagging this up.
Read MorePhonic denialists arguments debunked with step-by-step logic
Happy New Year all! Here is our first post for the year – a link from Andrew Old’s blog ‘Teaching Battleground’: a logical step-by-step debunking of phonic ‘denialists’ arguments. Enjoy! http://teachingbattleground.wordpress.com/2014/01/03/phonics-denialism-and-rational-debate/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
Read MorePhonics plus literature enrichment = launches child into the world of reading
“My initial doubts about the decoding method, which caused Charlotte to individually spell out words every time she read, have disappeared now her rate of recognition / repetition has gained momentum, and she reads quite naturally.” … read more from ‘readitdaddy’ blog. http://readitdaddy.blogspot.co.uk/
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