Allie Beth Stuckey

Show them a bunch of words.

So in this program, the kids are encouraged just to use context clues and the overall meaning of a text or pictures.

There's even this example in this podcast of like a teacher would basically cover up all of the words on a book, show the picture.

and make the kids guess what the book says just based on the picture.

And then they would reveal the words, and that is how they would teach them how to read.

Proponents of this view often emphasize just overall comprehension of a text, that apparently that is more important.

And they believe that this facilitates a love of reading and stories.

And all of that sounds good.

It

the results speak for themselves.

It does not actually result in children being able to read well.

And then there's another method that has also led to a lot of problems that we are seeing today.

And it's really important for us to know this as parents, especially if your kids are in public school, just to watch out for how your kids are learning to read.

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