Tsutsie Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 I was wondering/hoping that AAS might be sufficient as a phonics program for a child that already reads well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom@shiloh Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 I typically see phonics as a means to an end. In other words, I teach phonics to teach reading. When a child is reading well, there's no more need to teach phonics. Then the shift is to teaching how to translate reading into good writing and that includes spelling. I would say that AAS would be sufficient to help teach any more phonics rules that a child would need at that point to help them spell well. Does that answer your question? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest renickse Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 I did a phonics book (Horizon Phonics K) with my son as he was beginning to read. After a while, I realized we needed something more. I selected AAS as our next step precisely because it has such strong foundational instruction in the same things we were learning in our phonics material. Hope that helps. I think it is a wonderful program! One of my best curriculum finds ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerryAtHope Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 Yes, AAS is a complete phonics program. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyhappyjoyjoy Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 Not only is it indeed sufficient for phonics, it is a very well done and thorough phonics program. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnMomof7 Posted March 19, 2011 Share Posted March 19, 2011 Decoding and encoding are separate skills, and sometimes need to be taught in two different ways. We have used a separate phonics program, and use AAS for review and spelling instruction. The reason we chose a separate phonics program is that my daughter has been learning to read at a much faster pace than she learns to encode at. She can do 1-3 phonograms a day, and our AAS progress is much slower than that :). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siloam Posted March 19, 2011 Share Posted March 19, 2011 I was wondering/hoping that AAS might be sufficient as a phonics program for a child that already reads well? Yes, it will reinforce phonograms, rules (which also apply in sounding out new words) and help with breaking down multi-syllable words. Heather Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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