http://tbirdanni.blogsome.com/2007/06/19/slow-news-day/ The life and times of Anni, Duke and Aprilia Mon, 08 Sep 2008 05:05:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha http://tbirdanni.blogsome.com/2007/06/19/slow-news-day/#comment-491 Wed, 20 Jun 2007 23:19:13 +0100 http://tbirdanni.blogsome.com/2007/06/19/slow-news-day/#comment-491 aha! thanks t-bird. mind you, she doesn't seem to be using phonics at all any more, she starts sounding out if not sure, and jumps to a best guess fit. but it was excellent while we used it [half way through book 4] aha! thanks t-bird. mind you, she doesn’t seem to be using phonics at all any more, she starts sounding out if not sure, and jumps to a best guess fit. but it was excellent while we used it [half way through book 4]

]]> http://tbirdanni.blogsome.com/2007/06/19/slow-news-day/#comment-488 Wed, 20 Jun 2007 21:58:34 +0100 http://tbirdanni.blogsome.com/2007/06/19/slow-news-day/#comment-488 ExTC is definitely synthetic phonics Helen! It's just a posh way of saying that children are taught each seperate sound and how to mix them up to make words (as opposed to some other sort of phonics where they learn groups of letters like "ell" and then learn to put different sounds in front to make words.) ExTC is definitely synthetic phonics Helen! It’s just a posh way of saying that children are taught each seperate sound and how to mix them up to make words (as opposed to some other sort of phonics where they learn groups of letters like “ell” and then learn to put different sounds in front to make words.)

]]> http://tbirdanni.blogsome.com/2007/06/19/slow-news-day/#comment-487 Tue, 19 Jun 2007 19:59:14 +0100 http://tbirdanni.blogsome.com/2007/06/19/slow-news-day/#comment-487 rofl! well, we would say explode the code is the way to go, as that is what got SB going!! I am fairly sure that that is phonics. not entirely sure what the synthetic bit is all about though? rofl! well, we would say explode the code is the way to go, as that is what got SB going!! I am fairly sure that that is phonics. not entirely sure what the synthetic bit is all about though?

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