Originally Posted by Ruf
Phonics is a useful tool later, but teaching smart children to read with phonics is very confusing to most of them and sometimes slows them down.


FWIW, I think this statement is a bit of an over-generalization. She made a lot of good points in that post, but I'm not convinced about this one as a general statement. For instance, she doesn't offer any evidence past her own book to support her conclusion, and the book is heavy on anecdotes.

I expect that HG+ kids can learn in a variety of ways.

Val

Last edited by Val; 07/11/09 01:14 PM.