Lately The Press Democrat, MAGA and President Trump have taken up the cause of phonics, calling for phonics to be mandated in public schools.
There are many ways to learn how to read, and most of them work with someone. People differ in how they learn.
Maybe how you learn to read should not be a political issue. But for MAGA it already is.
When our children were small, my wife did not know how the schools on Long Island taught reading. Rather than take a chance on bad methodology, she and I taught our children to read when they were between three and four. No problem. It took about five minutes a day for three months. When young, children absorb language.
After the first of our children entered kindergarten, reading on a third grade level, her teacher told us, "Yes, she can read, but you taught her the wrong way."
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