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Explode the Code: A Sample Lesson
I’ve used Explode the Code with all of my children. Although reading tended to come easy to my kids, I wanted them to have a strong phonics foundation. The Explode the Code workbooks contain simple black and white drawings and require quite a bit of writing. These elements made me search out…
Phonics: A Tale of Two Learners
Once upon a time my oldest child was in Kindergarten. He did not like phonics. His reading skills had blossomed, but phonics was difficult for him. One day I found a little message written inside his Explode the Code Book 3 workbook: “I DOT LUK FONIX” Translated, it means “I…
When Formal Schooling and the Imagination Combine
This is why I’ve found it works best to let my Kindergartner do phonics by herself… She will often create little stories and go off on tangents while in the middle of the page. Today, she decided it would be fun to choose different letters and spell new things. The…
Early Reading Skills
Early this school year I switched my daughter to Explode the Code phonics. Explode the Code is a series of phonics workbooks that take a child gently and progressively through phonics skills. I have focused on phonics-based reading instruction rather than sight words. At this point the only sight word…
Changing to a different phonics program
This school year I had a great idea. My son had used Explode the Code workbooks last school year and seemed to do fine with them. My son loves the computer too. So I decided that Explode the Code online would be a perfect fit. I was wrong. I was…
