Description: This book will help you establish sound instructional practices that value phonics as an important tool for understanding and using written language. Strickland sets forth the issues that focus on phonics and the controversy they inevitably arouse; demonstrates how reading and phonics instruction have changed in recent years; and provides suggestions for helping children learn to use phonics as a key component of their overall reading development. You’ll also find suggestions for curriculum development and for articulating the phonics program to parents and the community.
