What Steps do you Follow to Teach your Child Systematic, Explicit Phonics Instruction? The majority of American school children are not taught to read with systematic, explicit phonics instruction.  Little Billy was a typical example of a little boy with all the talent and brains in the world, but he was never taught systematic phonics.  By the [...]

Free Phonics Resources are not the only thing you’ll find at our site.  At Candy 4WAY Phonics , we believe that the purpose for an AFFORDABLE – just $7.97 – Preschool Phonics Program should be to build into children all the skills necessary for them to be sounding out and authentically reading three-letter words by the time they begin kindergarten.    We do NOT believe that [...]

Although our website offers free rhyming phonics flashcards and phonics charts, we also make available TOTALLY affordable products such as a COMPLETE systematic phonics program with daily step-by-step lessons, story readers and charts etc. for just $9.97 .   However, did you know we also offer 65 LARGE Colored Multisensory Phonics Flashcards / Wall Cards with multisensory pictures, catchy phrases, fun words [...]

  Genuine Sight Words are those few words that break phonics rules , and yet, some sight words are necessary in order for children to read sentences at a beginning-reader level.   So that children can begin to read simple sentences, sight words first appear along with short-vowel words that consist of just three or four letters.  The question, then, is not :  Should we [...]

  What is Reading Fluency?   Many parents have been told that their child needs to read with more fluency.  However, most parents aren’t quite sure what fluency is.  FLUENCY is the ability to read words quickly and accurately.  Fluency builds a bridge between reading the words on the page and understanding the meaning of the words on the [...]

candy4wayphonics wrote a new blog post: How does the Candy 4WAY Phonics Program Build Reading Fluency?

One of the main ideas for teaching children to read has always been about building reading fluency, the ability to read quickly, accurately, and with expression.    
The first fluency obstacle children need to overcome is their fear of sounding out a word, the whole word, from left to right. The Candy 4WAY Phonics [...]

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candy4wayphonics wrote a new blog post: My Older Child Cannot Read. Are There Different Techniques to Use to Teach an Older Child Phonics?

  
When I was eight years old, my mother decided that I needed to take piano lessons.  She signed me up, and I took lessons and played in recitals for seven years.  I had an excellent teacher, and I learned a great deal.
 
However, when I reached age 15, I decided that I really wanted to [...]

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candy4wayphonics wrote a new blog post: DOES YOUR OLDER CHILD STRUGGLE TO READ?

 
DOES   YOUR   OLDER   CHILD   STRUGGLE   TO   READ?  
Very soon, before the end of this school year, thousands of American parents will discover that their little third, fourth, or fifth grader is struggling to read his school textbooks.
 
Moms, Dads, your older child does not have to join the ranks of the illiterate.  [...]

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candy4wayphonics wrote a new blog post: Choosing the Right Reading Program – 100 Daily Systematic Phonics Lessons – Affordable Phonics – Read Fluently

 
Does your child moan and groan when it’s time to read? 
I’m only asking because according to the National Adult Literacy Survey:
42 million adult Americans can’t read.
50 million can recognize so few printed words they are limited to a 4th or 5th grade reading level.
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candy4wayphonics wrote a new blog post: Your Child Can Struggle in Reading, but that Does Not Mean He Has a Learning Disability, or a Speech Problem, or Dyslexia, or ADHD or ADD!

 
Your Child Can Struggle in Reading, but that Does Not Mean He Has a Learning Disability, or a Speech Problem, or Dyslexia, or ADHD or ADD!
This is because so many American reading problems are a direct result of teachers using the wrong reading method to teach reading!
For example, here are [...]

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candy4wayphonics wrote a new blog post: The Teacher Says My Child is Getting Phonics.

 
HOW DO YOU KNOW IF YOUR CHILD IS GETTING PHONICS?  
If you’re talking about explicit, systematic phonics, your child is NOT getting it if he attends an American public school.
You see, American public school teachers do not receive explicit, systematic phonics training in any of their college classes.
Even [...]

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  A NOTHER TRUE STORY FROM CANDY 4WAY PHONICS!   Mrs. Woods was a skilled music teacher and, fortunately, she taught elementary music appreciation during a segment of American history when public schools could still afford to teach the subject of music.   Traveling from class to class, Mrs. Woods toted music scores, recordings, and lecture notes to each classroom [...]

candy4wayphonics wrote a new blog post: Learning to Sound Out Words is like Learning The Nutcracker Sweet!

 
ANOTHER TRUE STORY FROM CANDY 4WAY PHONICS!
 
Mrs. Woods was a skilled music teacher and, fortunately, she taught elementary music appreciation during a segment of American history when public schools could still afford to teach the [...]

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candy4wayphonics wrote a new blog post: Teaching Preschoolers to Read is Sooooooooooooooo Possible!!!

 
QUESTION:  Isn’t it customary that during the preschool years children should be concentrating on having fun and learning social skills? 
 
ANSWER:  Of course it is.  We can use segments of a preschooler’s day to engage them in acting out drama as well as learning to cooperate, take turns, and follow [...]

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   Folks, do you personally know even just one  of the 11 million adults in this nation that cannot read the English language?     I’m asking you this because if you DO know of an adult who cannot read or an adult who struggles to read, this means that they do not have the skills they need to handle many everyday life tasks such as reading [...]

candy4wayphonics wrote a new blog post: So Many Adults in the United States Cannot Read. There is a Solution!

  
Folks, do you personally know even just one of the 11 million adults in this nation that cannot read the English language? 
 
I’m asking you this because if you DO know of an adult who cannot read or [...]

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candy4wayphonics wrote a new blog post: How are Candy 4WAY Phonics Readers Different from Readers in Other Phonics Programs?

 
How are Candy 4WAY Phonics Readers different from the readers in other phonics programs? 
Candy 4WAY Phonics Readers are different from other story readers in five BIG ways:
1) Letter sounds and blends contained on the pages of each reader are learned [...]

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candy4wayphonics wrote a new blog post: Illiteracy in America! Hello to a Nation Where 7 Million Americans Cannot Read!

 
There was once a REAL little girl named Candy who struggled in reading. 
However, Candy CAN read now!  She can read every word on every page!
YOUR CHILD CAN LEARN TO READ, TOO!
Read Candy’s TRUE STORY at:  http://www.candy4wayphonics.com

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candy4wayphonics wrote a new blog post: Parent/Teacher Conferences – Reading Problems – Changing Struggling Readers into Fantastic Readers!

 
MANY OF US have chosen to homeschool our children. 
Yet, there are many parents across America who are just now approaching this year’s wave of parent/teacher conferences. Sadly, too many of those parents are braced to hear bad news especially when it comes to hearing their child’s progress in [...]

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