| Do you remember the commercials for "Hooked | | | | superstar!" or if the answer is incorrect, the |
| on Phonics?" "I am hooked on phonics. I am | | | | character might say, "Almost got it, try again." |
| learning to read..." Those lines are probably etched | | | | Your child will love it when he gets the correct |
| in your memory. | | | | answer, and he will be challenged to keep trying if |
| "Hooked on Phonics" was the way thousands of | | | | his answer is incorrect. |
| parents helped their children learn to read in the | | | | Children love this approach, because there are no |
| 80s and 90s. Some still use it, but now your child | | | | "Xs" for incorrect answers--just encouragement |
| can be hooked on phonics online, because | | | | to continue moving along the positive phonics |
| homeschoolers are avid users of the internet for | | | | path. For correct answers, there are lots of bells |
| educational purposes. | | | | and whistles, and this serves as motivation for |
| Some homeschoolers use an online phonics | | | | your child to keep up the excellent work. |
| curriculum to help their children learn phonics, along | | | | There is no doubt that intensive phonics is needed |
| with workbooks, and of course, reading, reading, | | | | to teach a child to become a better reader. There |
| and more reading to them. There are children | | | | are sight words that do not fit into the phonics |
| who, as a result of online phonics, are in the 4th | | | | rules, and there are always exceptions to phonics |
| grade and reading at an 8th grade level or | | | | rules. But once your child learns phonics, she will |
| beyond. Children who are learning reading skills | | | | become a skilled reader. She will always "sound |
| think it is fun when an onscreen character | | | | out" new words, because that is what she has |
| pronounces a phonetic sound or a word; they find | | | | learned. |
| it even more exciting when they have the | | | | Your child will apply all the phonics rules and word |
| opportunity to mimic the sounds. | | | | sounds to words he has never seen before. |
| Another part of intensive phonics online your child | | | | Although he may not necessarily pronounce the |
| will like is clicking on the right answer. The | | | | new word correctly, when he applies what he has |
| program presents options among three or more | | | | learned, he will be closer to a correct pronunciation |
| answers, then your child will make his choice. If he | | | | than those who learned to read by the whole |
| gets the answer right, the online character may | | | | language method. |
| clap or say, "Great job, you're a phonics | | | | |