Showing posts with label Fry Words. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fry Words. Show all posts

Thursday, January 8, 2026

It’s Often the Teaching, Not the Child – And Why Phonics vs Whole Language Misses the Point


 

In my last post, I argued that most children who struggle with reading are not “disabled” in the clinical sense, but rather victims of poor or confusing teaching. When the foundations are muddled—wrong sounds, distorted input, or unclear strategies—many children disengage, and once that shut-down happens, remediation becomes far harder.