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(JD) · Nov 19, 2010, 09:19 AM

I prefer phonics. The other, baby can read, appears to be the old "look-say" method of memorizing the words themselves.

When a person learns the sounds of letters and letter combinations, they can read anything. Phonics is the way this is taught. Case in point: When my older son was 3 years old, he had already learned phonics in his nursery school ( I'm still looking for the song they sang which taught all the sounds the alphabet itself makes). Being a busy mom, during one year I had him sit and read my college texts to me while I cooked supper. No, he didn't know most of the words, but he said them correctly and I knew what they were! (I'm sure it added to his vocabulary as he grew.)

My other son missed the phonics and went into public schools who taught look-say. It was 2nd grade before I "cornered" the teacher as to why my son couldn't yet read. Turns out she was a 5th grade math teacher and thought the look-say she was teaching by was phonics.