Phonics
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[edit] What is Phonics
Wikipedia [1] introduces this topic very well, so there is no need to reiterate the information here.
[edit] Need for Phonics Activities on the OLPC
Phonics activities contribute to English-language literacy teaching and to the teaching of English as a second language. Someone knowledgeable should comment on the utility of such activities in literacy teaching for non-English languages
[edit] Phonics Activities in the OLPC
A phonics program is being planned by the person behind The Sounds of English website [[2]] that will provide a systematic phonics approach for almost any language using an alphabetic writing system. Stay tuned for more information.
Add links to more activity pages here.
[edit] Ideas for New Activities
Many of the activities suggested for teachers at Free-Reading.net (see External Resources, below) are suitable for creating educational activities for the OLPC.
[edit] External Resources
"The Sounds of English" is a website that offers rich tools to construct word lists for phonics teaching. [[3]]
"Free-Reading.net" is a website offering many resources for teaching early readers.[[4]] It has a complete curriculum "Intervention A" that has been accepted by the Florida public schools.
