I don't quite understand the enthusiasm for phonics to the exclusion of sight words, I have seen children read using phonics only and it is mostly a painful experience with very low comprehension (no offense to anyone here).
A lot of "phonics" words become sight words as the child learns to recognize them. The difference is they understand how it was "put together." As adults we know most words we read by sight too
For those of you who have older kids who are transitioning from LR and flashcards and on to reading sentences and books, how much trouble do you have with your child "guessing" at words? What about kids who have been introduced to phonics? If your child reads and no longer "guesses" at words, how big of a problem do you think guessing was?
My kids guess starting with the right beginning sound, ha -ha
They don't read fluently yet (4.5 and almost 3 y.o.) but I am not pressured as long as we are enjoying the process (don't let anything get painful
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