The phonograms give the children a tool to use to sound out unfamiliar words. Best of all, this program teaches the children to be creative writers using descriptive words and phrases. The children learn how to connect all the sounds and letters they have learned into words. They learn to sound out words they run across that they are unfamiliar with. The approach seems to be one between the phonics approach and the whole language approach.
Creativity is enhanced and learning becomes fun.
The best of all, children are able to explore a whole new world of good quality literature. AZ It combines the phonetic approach to the teaching of reading with a direction into the general children's literature, a total language approach. It is so easy to teach Total Reading to your own child because of the immediate success he or she realizes from the first. And you can learn the decoding method as you teach the explanatory day by day lesson plans. A Homeschool Booklet accompanies the Primary Manual to put you right where you need to start.