The present movement of “balanced literacy”

combines the instruction of phonics with the

 

components of a “wholelanguage” environment.

 

The effect of this combination will hopefully

produce fluent readers and writers.

 

We use pieces of several programs to aid in the development of each child's fluency.
 

We use brightly illustrated “soundcards.” 

Each  “soundcard”introduces the standard spelling of

asound through an illustration and boldly

displayed letter or combination of letters

 sound card