The Phonovisual Method
ORGANIZED PHONICS

The Phonovisual Method offers a quick, easy, and fun way to teach all initial and final consonant sounds, and the vowel sounds. Using two charts (the CONSONANT CHART and the VOWEL CHART) clearly establishes the relationship between the letter symbol and its sound.

A SHORT CUT TO TEACHING CONSONANT BLENDS

Not having to teach blends separately has sometimes been called Phonovisuals’s most important contribution to education. About twenty-nine consonant blends are learned without special teaching!

TAUGHT AS A SEPARATE SUBJECT

The Phonovisual Method eliminates grouping concerns, and is taught to the whole class for an average of 15-30 minutes per day. Students develop critical listening skills, and use the instruction for reading (decoding) or spelling/writing (encoding). These skills are reinforced and applied throughout the day during reading, language arts, and spelling periods!

UNIVERSAL

All learners, at all levels, benefit from Phonovisual instruction. Early readers strengthen spelling and writing abilities. Students with learning disabilities benefit from the multi-sensory approach. Remedial students master a basic step in beginning reading. For ESL students, the Phonovisual Method emphasizes hearing and correctly producing the sounds of the English language as students associate the letter with the sound.

MULTI-PURPOSE: DEVELOPS MANY SKILL AREAS

READING - Students read with confidence as they quickly acquire tools for word attack skills; beginning readers learn to effortlessly associate sound elements with specific parts of words. Students learn to decode unfamiliar words with ease!

WRITING - Students become independent writers! Writing with confidence frees creative energies. Students don’t have to asking for spelling help when writing, so Phonovisual helps creative minds put their thoughts on paper with ease and success, without interruptions.

SPELLING - Students spell correctly, because what is heard correctly is spelled correctly. Plus, there is no rote learning of phonetic words!

SPEECH - The training provided by THE PHONOVISUAL METHOD automatically corrects many defective speech sounds. Learners develop a keen ear for detecting even slight variations in syllables, vowel sounds, and word endings, enabling them to reproduce the sounds correctly.