[wardaddy]

I used phonics in the early 60s

[mewzilla]

I was reading before I went to kindergarten.

Was learning to spell, too.

Then in first grade I had ITA.

What a mess. Screwed up my spelling for years.

And it wasn’t just me...

https://theliteracyblog.com/2015/05/14/i-t-a-a-great-idea-but-a-dismal-failure/

[Stanwood_Dave]

"I used phonics in the early 60s"

I grew up on / in the town of Brentwood, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York during the 1960's. I was never taught a thing about "phonics!" If I remember correctly, I may have been 40 year's old, before I first heard the word phonics, via my kids homework, (Washington State) via my late wife who also came from Long Island. I remember asking, do you brush your teeth or comb your hair with a phonic[s.] Talk about being out of touch, guilty as charged.

We were taught "Whole-Word-Sight-Reading." grade school to High School. It sucked, big time. Not until my mid-to late 30's did I improve my reading skill's (self-taught) reading two to three different newspaper's, thinking I was reading the truth. Didn't take long to realize, Houston we've got a problem, those communist loving snooze-papers were peddling a lot of Bull-Droppings.