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Kinesthetic:
* The hand-shape cues are tied kinesthetically to the production of the sounds of English -- what actually happens in the mouth. (This distinguishes intself from other phonics programs!!)
* It helps deaf and hard-of-hearing and S/L students FEEL the sound they need to create
Let's analyze the SOUNDS of the following words:
* dough
* through
* thought
* tough
In each case, the "ough" stands for a completely different sound!
Who benefits from using Visual Phonics?
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* Children in early education programs
* Special education students
* English language learners
* Students that read below grade level
* Adults that are not literate, or read below an 8th grade level.
* It helps to move teachers away from thinking in "letter-ness" and move toward thinking in "sound-ness".
* The foundation (the root) of language is not the alphabet -- it is sound! All languages are based on sound and their written forms should (but often do not) reflect those sounds. Languages can be very confusing!
* Specific symbols can be used under letters
* Written symbols facilitate student independence in processing print
* The written symbols associate strongly with the hand-shape cues, and are utilized with print to make critical sound-letter connections
* Deaf/hard of hearing population can SEE the sound
* It is not a curriculum or program. It is a strategy (tool).
* Can be woven into any literacy activity where sound awareness or sound/letter connections are being taught or reinforced.
* Multi-sensory approach (visual, auditory, kinesthetic) that represents all 46 sounds of the English language.
See the Sound/Visual Phonics