The results indicated the overwhelming superiority of the phonics-based approach. The National Institute of Child and Human Development has spent 30 years conducting credible, large-scale scientific reading research. The state education superintendent of the time, Mr. William Honig, stepped down from his position. Teach phonemic awareness explicitly. Although there are some children who have an implicit understanding of phonemic awareness, almost all children benefit greatly from explicit instruction.
Phonemic awareness is a prerequisite for successful subsequent phonics instruction.
Teach every letter-sound correspondence explicitly. Research supporting this idea is simply overwhelming. Children who have been trained explicitly to decode words are far more likely to read successfully than children who have had limited training or no training. Teach high frequency letter-sound relationships early. Successful curricula tend to involve students in activities in which they can experience immediate and ongoing success.