In the U.S. culture, the first rite of passage in learning to read is learning the alphabet. We start with “A” and build until we get to “Z.” However, most other cultures begin with letter sounds! Research indicates that good readers quickly learn to crack the alphabetic code–transforming spellings to sounds (or graphemes to phonemes). Visit readingsimplified.com/alphabetic-principle-science-shorts-2 to learn more. #Readingsimplified #Scienceofreading #Literacy #LiteracyMatters #Phonics #Dyslexi

What is the first insight one must have in order to begin "de-coding" more and more words? The Alphabetic principle. How do you teach it? 👇🏽 readingsimplified.com/paving-the-way-for-the-alphabetic-principle | Reading Simplified

The alphabetic principle is the concept that our written language is a code for sounds.  The first step to reading is recognizing that a code exists to help us read and that this code is a code of sound-symbol associations. Visit readingsimplified.com/paving-the-way-for-the-alphabetic-principle/ for more. | Reading Simplified | Facebook