Phonics
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What is Phonics
Wikipedia [1] introduces this topic very well, so there is no need to reiterate the information here.
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
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.
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.
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.
