A Guide to Teaching Phonics

The Guide to Teaching Phonics is based upon procedures used successfully for many years in remedial work with children and older students who have specific language disabilities. The techniques were developed in association with Dr. Samuel T. Orton, who is widely recognized for bringing a neurological approach to the identification and education of children with specific learning disabilities.

Designed to be used with the Orton Phonics Cards and includes specific instructions on how to use the cards.

Dr. Samuel Orton and Anna Gillingham were pioneers in the field of dyslexia. Their groundbreaking Orton-Gillingham approach, sometimes referred to as OG, has been regarded as the most crucial and significant reading intervention designed specifically for children and adults with dyslexia.

Product Features

• Presents a structured approach to the study of phonics, teaching the sounds as separate units and teaching the process of blending them into syllables and words for recognition in reading and recall in writing
• Uses an integrated, multisensory language approach, with each unit and sequence established through seeing, hearing, speaking, and writing
• Auditory, visual, and kinesthetic patterns reinforce each other in a circular process and provide for individual differences among students
• Systematic approach proceeds from the simple to the more complex in an upward spiral of language development