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Show V i r!VS& ' Scene 77 PAUL HARVEY WEEK'S TV GUIDE MAY THURSDAY, 1977 5, oil V "V A Case I r . I r v. t . j- - Phonetics Phonic reading is slower at first than other methods because the children must take as much time as they need to think, blend and hook their sounds into words. As time progresses these skills become automatic and develop into a rapidly advancing fluency, which becomes a constant delight to all. Discovery of what the word says all by himself is the hallmark of success in phonic reading. Time has changed reading JOYCE TUCKER takes the individual learners on a literary journey at the unique center. methods and today's pri- mary approach is the memorization of whole- words. The look-sa- y or sight method - Once upon a time, long,-lonago, all Americans were taught to read the phonetic way. They were instructed in all sounds, blends, combinations and spellings of the and when they had red that simple list, ere ready for the big task of reading.- Such is the pleasant work of Butler School's Phonetic Reading Program for pre . school youngsters. The school is owned and operated by Mrs. Linda Butler of North Garland. Besides the regular curiculum of the primary school, Mrs. Butler has added phonetic reading instruction for children demonstrating readiness and has enlisted the services of Mrs. Joyce Tucker, a phonetically trained professional teacher. Mrs. Tucker has designed home program which teaches beginning phonic a reading to the young child using cassette tapes and materials which the parent directs at home. Mrs. Butler has added continuous sound presentation to her daily preschool activities, which is insuring early readiness for the reading program. was instituted nearly 150 years ago to teach deaf children. Since then, particularly within the last 50 years, it has caught on in America as a fast method of reading and has been almost universally substituted since the 1930s for the phonics of a bygone era. Publishers have added some phonics back into their books during the last dozen years or so due to demand. Instead of reestablishing phonic reading, however (reading by linking sounds to one another ) publishers have sprinkled phonics "along the way with see and say." taught to read by memorization and phonic rules are offered as a complement to language skills development, not as the basic structure underlying word recognition. In the pure phonic approach, children have to apply every phonic rule to the decoding process or they cannot read. In sight reading, although he knows some phonic rules, he does not have to use them to read because he is learning his words by memorizing them. "Therefore," explains Mrs. Tucker, "although he may memorize a store of words he will always hesitate or stumble on new ones and may lose out entirely in ' " - learn "' to put their heads together reading and spelling if his memory processes fail him, as is evident with the 50 per cent population in our country today." Teachers are not to blame for this failure, she says. The instructor can only teach what he has learned from his certification institution and most of them have been sold non-readi- the publishing house con- cepts of sight reading, which needs infinitely more books mi on this puzzle project test the hypothesis that early childhood research is suggesting: the learning curve from ages three through six is at its highest peak and that reading can best be taught when his neurological development is ready for it. Children are closely observed at school in order to recognize their best time to begin the reading program. Reading, spelling and writare emphasized together as a unit rather than as separate subjects. and materials than the ing phonetic method. Kiddie College chose to 4 - ifc P TWO YOUNGSTERS "W ' Ifc Children are still being at the school. Parent involvement is the key to the success of the home program in phonic reading at Kiddie College. As the responsible adult works to achieve success with his child, he often discovers that he lacks the same skills and they learn together. Now in its second year of operation, the phonetic reading program for the home is being expanded to include formal school sessions at the preschool this summer and fall. I? HLPBlKal Ikinerb j CiiVrLra lL3 fl?ATTRES$ 11 Factory to You Free Delivery Now's Your Chance to Buy an Extra Firm Mattress at These Incredibly Low Prices arid Then Buy the Box Spring at HALF PRICE . . . Sold in Sets Only. X-FIR- CONSTRUCTION . . . 10 YR. 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