#phonics

Weary Wulfwearywulf
2026-01-08

[P] Hm. Those who see phonics as a right-wing plot are an ignorant sort who'll have no idea who Marion Joseph was. The problems which have occurred in phonics—ehich do lean toward a right-wing, authoritarian means of thinking—are not with phonics itself, but with systematic instruction. As aystematic instruction can be a one-size-fits-all which ignores race, class, ability, neurodivergence, and other factors. It hurts all forms of education.

2026-01-04

Read, Write, and Type is an exceptional game. I need to get it running and see if it still holds up today, but I have little doubt that it does.

It's an educational game that goes beyond the usual typing game fare of "memorize the keys, then type them quickly." It's also a *phonics* game. When you learn each key, you're also learning that letter, and the sounds that letter can make. The name is accurate: you're not just typing, you're also reading and writing *words.*

Also probably the first and last game I've played with magic hands as major characters. Lefty and Rightway are pair of giant talking hands, and they crack jokes in between demonstrating good typing posture to the player.

There's a fourth-wall breaking joke in the game's introduction about how "But Lefty, we can't type on a real keyboard, we're just animations!" "Oh! Okay, you'll just have to watch us and do what we do, okay?"

It's so corny and I love it

youtube.com/watch?v=ED5TLtIh89A

#review #videogames #education #edugame #readwriteandtype #talkingfingers #win9x #phonics #typing

California Politics HuddleCA_Politics_Huddle
2025-10-22

CPH Daily Bulletin 10/20/2025

Expect more lessons in under law Newsom signed

calmatters.org/education/k-12-

2025-10-14

#reading #education #mississippi

#phonics
Mississippi vastly improved learning scores by dropping Whole word learning. Requiring 2 years reading education training for K-4 teachers. And having a hard reading test in 3rd grade required for advancement to the next grade.

She does spend lots of time dissing "progressive" educators, so warning for that, but it just gets me that Phonic vs Whole word has been a battle since the 1950s at least!
youtube.com/watch?v=TTJlpBIbDuI

2025-05-20

Please boost, this is for a kid! (Potentially long post)

I am teaching a well spoken 10 year old kid on how to read and write, he's been struggling with it for a while now evidently.

The kid knows his phonics in a way that he would be able to recall the letter in requirement in response to being given a sound but struggles to come up with the letter for the spelling of words by himself.

He eventually gets the spellings for the words correct after lots of guidance, but it takes more help than is available in the real world. He would regularly spell a completely different word if given a word to spell out, for eg: he loves to spell out "t h a t" when given "t h e y" or "t h e r e" (when given the whole world and not its phonic explosion. He would also give me letters for a spelling for which no sound has been uttered by me (which would suggest that he needs to work on his phonics but when he pays attention it shows that he has his phonics right to the core when asked questions such as "what letter makes the ***given*** sound?"))

I've completed the various sounds that the alphabets make by themselves and when used with "h", for example how "phone" starts with the sound of "f" because of the use of "h" with "p". And that has certainly helped him attempt to come up with the spellings. I've been working on sight words as of right now and am hoping to start dictating whole sentences for him to write (he does this already with his parents and I've done so atleast once with him).

There is some signs of attention deficiency in his evaluations but nothing as concrete as to diagnose him with ADD or ADHD has come up yet. In short he hasn't yet been diagnosed with anything so far.

I'm wondering what proactive steps i could take to help this kid as a first time tutor, feel free to ask me any questions about him.

Tags: #edutooters @edutooters #education #literacy #boost #reading #writing #phonics #phonetics #psychology #specialneeds

earthlingappassionato
2025-02-04
The Conversation U.S.TheConversationUS@newsie.social
2024-11-19

Philadelphia schools are adopting a new K-8 literacy curriculum, Expeditionary Learning, focused on the "science of reading." It combines structured phonics with nonfiction texts to build both word knowledge and world knowledge. buff.ly/3CIHV5r
#literacy #learning #education #science #scienceofreading #phonics

2024-11-17

A phonics chart for learning welded sounds with updated, high-interest graphics I made (find the political one); it’s in my classroom

Un gráfico de fonética para aprender sonidos soldados, con gráficos actualizados y de alto interés que hice (encuentra el político); está en mi aula. #education #reading #educación #aiart #teaching #phonics

Marquise de What 🇨🇦marquisedewhat@ohai.social
2024-11-04

I just want to say that today I was able to work the word “pauldron” appropriately into a conversation on social media in a non LARP context.
Keep going, #lexophiles! Your command of #phonics and #syllable matters!

2024-11-03

Materiales para enseñar a leer suelen estar dirigidos a los primeros grados de primaria, ¿pero dónde están los apoyos de alto interés para adolescentes? He empezado a crear los míos, como este cartel de fonética con gráficos actualizados que funciona tanto como herramienta de instrucción como una parodia de los programas de la instrucción de alfabetización.

Materials for teaching reading often target lower elementary grades, but where are the high-interest supports for adolescents? I’ve started making my own, like this phonics poster with updated graphics that functions as both an instructional tool and a parody of rules-based learning programs. #phonics #teaching #WRS #reading #aiart #parody #Educación #ingles #aprendizaje

2024-10-22

A is for Boat, P is for Balloon, K is for Football — and so is B…

…and W is for Jelly, wobbly or otherwise.

I’m assured by my beloved — who has the measure of such things — that this is the worst introduction to Phonics she has ever seen:

https://alecmuffett.com/article/110498

#nofeed #parenting #phonics

Mark Wyner Won’t Comply :vm:markwyner@mas.to
2024-10-17

This made me laugh. The English language is absurd. People capable of learning it as a second language are highly intelligent.

Credit: Bobby Finn.

#English #Language #Phonics #Funny #ESL

NikWordNikWord
2024-09-01

Up until 5 years ago, Ingrid Connors was still working out her award-winning Monster Phonics reading scheme on her kitchen table.

With magnetic modesty, Ingrid is keen to emphasise that it is her team who are the key to success...

nikkiwordsmith.com/ingrid-conn

2024-09-01

Up until 5 years ago, Ingrid Connors was still working out her award-winning Monster Phonics reading scheme on her kitchen table.

With magnetic modesty, Ingrid is keen to emphasise that it is her team, now numbering 12, – and the merits of the reading programme itself – that have done all the hard work.

Ingrid Connors says proudly, one of the many X-factors that Monster Phonics has, is its inclusivity of all children learning to spell, read and write.

And when Ingrid says ‘all’ she means all.

https://nikkiwordsmith.com/ingrid-connors-monster-phonics-early-years-learn-to-read/

WMH ReadingWMHReading
2024-08-23

Check out our review of Pete! Get in Bed! 🐷 This fun and engaging phonics reader is perfect for kids aged 4 to 7, helping them master both long and short vowel words. With its adorable main character, Pete the pig, your little ones will want to read and reread this delightful beginner's book. Don't miss out on this charming read! 📚✨

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