plural noun

• A method of teaching people to read by correlating sounds with symbols in an alphabetic writing system.

  ‘The primary focus of our teacher's reading instruction was phonics and reading fluency.’

  More example sentences

  • ‘One class in particular is the Early Literacy class, which is well taught and focuses on phonics and other early reading methods mandated by the State of California.’
  • ‘For reading, it's phonics, phonics, phonics, supplemented with literature when the kids are ready for it.’
  • ‘The role of phonics in reading and writing instruction has become as much a political issue as an educational one.’
  • ‘In the crucial early years of a child's education we need phonics and only phonics.’