As mentioned in my blog post yesterday, Ethan said that Reading Horizon teaches the word cat as follows:
At Reading Horizons, we use successive blending to eliminate the extraneous sounds often accompanying stop consonants.
For example, 'cat' would be reduced to 'ca' and then made into 'cat'. The vowel following the consonant necessarily eliminates those extra sounds.
What nonsense is Ethan Lynn and Reading Horizons disseminating to the masses?
Reading Horizons website says: ‘Our method gives educators the confidence to deliver evidence-based instruction so every student can learn to read proficiently.’
My post yesterday was on the nonsense that Stacy Hurst, Chief Academic Officer at Reading Horizons, said on a podcast. LINK
Now, Ethan Lynn says that ‘cat’ would be reduced to ‘ca’ and then made into ‘cat’.
Does Reading Horizon hand-pick their staff?
When cat is reduced to ‘ca’ what is the sound represented by ‘ca’? The sound is probably ‘care’. Care + t is probably taught as cat. But how will a child then pronounce the words car, caw, cake, came?
Each letter can be pronounced without an extraneous sound as in this video. LINK.
If a 6-year-old in Lagos can pronounce the letters without an extraneous sound why can’t the rest of the world? LINK
Teach kids the correct pronunciation of the letters as in the 2 videos above and no kid will be left behind.
/c/ /a/ /t/ for cat and not cuh ah tuh.
Stop reinventing the wheel.
Read what Dr David Kilpatrick said in his book. (LINK)
No comments:
Post a Comment