“That is how it happens. Repetitive memorization and always phonics.”
but the accomplishment of the 2 1/2 year old son of my nephew was - then - pure memorization, and no phonics
he could not read independent words or even say what sounds belonged to each letter
he had simply memorized the tale that is spoken for each picture-page of each story, from listening to his older brother read it for him
even so, his ability for that precise detail of trained memorization was impressive
That, is what I am saying.
We did phonics and memorization with out daughter. Heck, we
read Dr. Sues when I was pregnant.
If a 2 year old can read back from memorization, it is
quite a feet.
I think that we forget exactly what is going on at that time.
I bring up phonics because that is what I learned to read
with. My husband too. So naturally as we read to our
child, we stressed and exaggerated sounds, over and over.
We read just specific Dr. Seuss books. “Cat in the Hat’
and “Mr Brown Can Moo, Can You”?
She learned the sounds from phonics but she memorized the
books.
The most important part is to help them sound out the words
and then to recognize them.