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Wondering how to ensure your phonics time is effective? Here’s a quick look at what solid phonics instruction looks like, plus a little lesson in how our brain reads words.

FIRST, WHAT IS PHONICS?: * Phonics is the connection between sounds of spoken words and the individual letters or groups of letters that make up that word. * Solid phonics instruction is so important because it is a key contributor to future reading success. * This process is nuanced and complex as it happens in our brains

WHERE CAN I FIND RESOURCES TO HELP ME? * Phonics Reading Roadmap: phonics instruction with the science of reading in mind. Learn how to teach systematic and explicit phonics instruction. * Kindergarten Roadmap: focus on letter sounds and phonemic awareness, and be equipped with tools you’ll use in your small group lessons that will encourage phonics and decoding * Phonics Lessons & Activities MEGA Bundle: includes a scope and sequence, blank templates, phonemic awareness warm-ups, drill cards, sentence pyramids, and so, so much more. * Blog Posts: + 5 Engaging Phonics Activities + What Is Phonics? + Does Phonemic Awareness Belong in Your Phonics Lesson? + Phonics Routines That Work