Children are incredible learners; even before arriving at school, they deftly absorb and interconnect the symbols and sounds of their world. In Phonics, Naturally, teacher-researcher Robin Campbell explores how K-1 teachers can extend this innate ability to interrelate phonic components to help all students develop literacy knowledge through purposeful, context-based lessons.
Campbell emphasizes how immersion in a highly literate classroom filled with print and language stimuli allows kids to intuitively build accurate letter-sound relationships, and he offers a framework for teaching phonics in the course of your normal literacy instruction via proven instructional strategies like:
Take Robin Campbell's advice, connect your classroom to your students' own amazing ability to relate letters and sounds, and see them learn phonics, naturally.