which phonics program am I thinking of???

[ktgrok]

I can't for the life of me remember. I've looked at a million recently I think. This one had a sample that showed the kids how to put two words together to make a compound word. So "sail" and "boat" become sailboat. That was done prior to learning that "c" and "at" make "cat". I really liked this. Anyone know what on earth I'm talking about?

[kirstenhill]

Logic of English Foundations has some exercises like that in Level A.

[lorisuewho]

What you are referring to is "phonemic awareness." It is the child's ability to segment words into syllables or individual sounds. I'm sure many programs start with phonemic awareness activities. Logic of English Foundations does for certain.

[Aloha2U]

Spell to Write and Read suggests playing oral games such as "Guess the Word," "Unglue the Word," and "Count the Syllables" to investigate phonemic awareness. (Pages 20-21 in SWR)

[blondeviolin]

It's in quite a few approaches. I know it's 100 Easy Lessons and they call it "say it fast."

[Chelli]

I immediately thought of Logic of English Foundations as well. In fact, I think sailboat is one of the compound words used in that exercise.

 

BTW, we are Beta testers for the program and dd5 really, really enjoys it. It has made learning to read seamless for her.