Children apply phonics rules to gain the approximate pronunciations of written words.
After this, they usually can infer the normal pronunciations. The child first perceives the individual letters in a word, e.g., rat . In a direct, systematic, and intensive fashion. Here both teacher and pupil know precisely what are the instructional goals, the skills to be learned are arranged into a hierarchy of difficulty, and adequate practice for learning to mastery is provided. Teaching for these children should concentrate on these matters.