The author uses a finger-point reading activity with each song ... Children need to point to each word. Phonics Songs plus is based on a first-grade study using only songs and chanting that ...

Image A first-grade classroom at P.S. 249 in Brooklyn ... She praised one teacher for avoiding “an intricate series of activities with phonics,” and argued that a simple way to build ...

said phonics are important in kindergarten through second grade and phonemic awareness should be explicitly taught in kindergarten and first grade. This view has been underscored by experts in recent ...