[Lizavetta]

Why learn something phonetically only to have to correct and relearn it.

Correct and relearn it? What does that mean?

I learned to read in the 1960s using phonics i.e. every letter has one or two sounds. I taught my children this way. No one had to correct or relearn anything. What are you talking about? Not being flip ...

[bk1000]

What I meant by “correct and relearn” is that my understanding of phonics is the kids are supposed to figure out how to spell a word by sounding it out. As goofy as English spelling is?

Perhaps my understanding of foniks is inkoreck?

Seriously, I am happy to be wrong here. I associated this with the method from a few years ago when they said the correct answer wasn’t as important as how you arrived there, and as long as you really tried, that was all that mattered. I do tend to be a bit cynical.

[UCANSEE2]

I learned to read in the 1960s using phonics i.e. every letter has one or two sounds.

So, using the word 'phonics', what two sounds does the letter 'p' have ?

What does 'phonics' say about -I before E except after C, except for certain words which you will have to look up and just memorize because they don't fit the rule ?