Phonics is a kind of instruction that focuses on the different sounds letters make. There are more than 44 different sounds in the English language and more than 1200 ways to spell them. It is taught by teaching students all these different sounds and spellings and then showing them how to blend them together to guess the pronunciation of words they do not know.
Right now, phonics instruction is really popular with Programs like Hooked on Phonics and Fast Forward. However phonics instruction is still a controversial topic. Many students find it frustrating and ineffective. In my opinion, struggling readers and really anyone who is learning to read, needs to learn phonemic awareness first.
Phonemic awareness is the ability to hear all the different sounds in a word. If a reader can not hear the different sounds they will be unable to tell a long vowel from a short one or consonant blends or digraphs apart. Some programs teach phonemic awareness before phonics which allows students to build these basic auditory processing skills before trying to make sense of the 44 different sounds and the letters that go with them. My favorite all-encompassing reading program is Sound Reading Solutions (www.SoundReading.com). It comes in three levels that target different ages and abilities and is the best program I have found that teaches all the foundational skills essential to reading. They have a great page on their website that explains this in even more detail - http://soundreading.com/On-Phonics.html
Phonics
phonics is very easy
There are quite a few resources online that offer phonics worksheets. Two excellent websites for phonics worksheets are tampareads.com/phonics/phonicsindex.htm and free-phonics-worksheets.com.
Hooked on Phonics was created in 1987.
Your son does not need to struggle because there are some great online sources for phonics worksheets. The best website for phonics worksheets is free-phonics-worksheets.com.
The phonics of "bounce" are /b/ /aʊ/ /n/ /s/.
When I was in first grade we were learning phonics.
Phonics worksheets are assignments for students that focus on learning and practicing reading. You can find them online for free at www.education.com/worksheets and www.free-phonics-worksheets.com
Learning phonics helps children break down words into sounds, improving their reading and spelling skills.
You can purchase the Hooked on Phonics learning programs directly from the Hooked on Phonics company. Ebay Amazon and iTunes also has this program available for sale or download.
Yes, fridge Phonics is a wonderful educational toy created by Leap Frog. Fridge Phonics has been a personal favorite in our home. Both of my children began learning letter recognition and sounds by playing with Fridge Phonics.
The goal of phonics is to enable beginning readers to sound out new words.