Whole Words

I can never remember the arguments about whole word versus phonics approaches to reading. I know what whole word approaches are forced upon children by well meaning, but fluffy minded liberals, and that phonics are beaten into children by well-meaning but stuffy traditionalists. Or something like that.

However, watching D and A learn to read, both are happening. They can recognize every letter of the alphabet, and know how a lot of them sound.

But they can also read some whole words:

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You'll notice that those are all words that appear on buttons on computers.