Ok… let me explain! Children are often given long lists of words to memorise… they can be brilliant at remembering the word they have learnt by heart… But when they are presented with words that are new to them, like the second set of words, they can’t tell you what they say. We need to teach our children how to decode ANY word they are presented with, and that is where phonics comes in! With phonics children are taught to learn the code of English- the 44 sounds, and the different ways these ca