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WHAT IS PHONICS AND WHY IS IT SO IMPORTANT?

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  Learning a language is the first step towards reading, writing, communicating, and basic education. T his very foundational skill has a lot of elements to it . Any language c an be broken down in to sentences, words, syllables, alphabets, and most importantly sounds.   However, when it comes to educating our children, we often skip teaching sounds and their relations to the other eleme nts forming the whole language.   What is phonics?   Today, we frequent ly hear about phonics classes for kids. There are plenty of online phonics classes too . B ut what actually is Phonics?   Phonics is a teaching method where the relationship between a sound and the alphabet of a language is taught. It deals with connecting th e sounds of any language to its writing.    Teaching phonetics and alphabet principles are essential part s of kids’ phonics classes . ‘ Phonetics’ refers to the sounds in a specific language and how they are made.   Why is tea...