It is IMO always OK to teach as much as they want to learn. She'll probably learn phonics later when she takes up spelling. Only from what I've read (I don't know) I think teachers nowadays prefer to teach reading by the whole word method but to teach spelling by the "sound it out" rather than memorize that way they can see which phenomes the kids are hearing.

Last edited by La Texican; 03/30/12 08:49 PM. Reason: Just guessing.
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