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Wondering how to ensure your phonics time is effective? Here's a quick look at what solid phonics instruction looks like, plus a little lesson in how our brain reads words.

FIRST, WHAT IS PHONICS?:

• Phonics is the connection between sounds of spoken words and the individual letters or groups of letters that make up that word.

• Solid phonics instruction is so important because it is a key contributor to future reading success.

• This process is nuanced and complex as it happens in our brains

WHERE CAN I FIND RESOURCES TO HELP ME?

• Phonics Reading Roadmap: phonics instruction with the science of reading in mind. Learn how to teach systematic and explicit phonics instruction.

• Kindergarten Roadmap: focus on letter sounds and phonemic awareness, and be equipped with tools you'll use in your small group lessons that will encourage phonics and decoding

• Phonics Lessons & Activities MEGA Bundle: includes a scope and sequence, blank templates, phonemic awareness warm-ups, drill cards, sentence pyramids, and so, so much more.

• Blog Posts:

• 5 Engaging Phonics Activities

• What Is Phonics?

• Does Phonemic Awareness Belong in Your Phonics Lesson?

• Phonics Routines That Work