Today’s episode offers a comprehensive guide on integrating phonics instruction for gestalt language processors (GLPs), advocating for its use as a supportive tool rather than a rigid requirement. It emphasises the crucial importance of child-led readiness, suggesting phonics should only be introduced when the child actively demonstrates curiosity and a stable grasp of language at Stage 4. The author of the source article, Dr. Jaime Hoerricks, outlines specific guardrails for this approach, prioritising meaning, chunking over atomisation, and preserving prosody, whilst also detailing procedural examples and clear instances of when phonics should be avoided to prevent harm. Ultimately, Dr. Hoerricks calls for a collaborative, interdisciplinary practice that centres the child's joy, coherence, and sovereignty in language development, moving beyond isolated professional silos.

Here’s the link to the source article: https://open.substack.com/pub/autside/p/phonics-if-you-must-a-glp-procedural

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