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SPALDING 'THE WRITING ROAD TO READING'
Example of - Symbol (letter) to multiple Sounds approach
The examples given inside the brackets are taken directly from ‘The Writing Road to Reading’.
The Spalding Approach teaches letter 'phonograms' in groups.
(the word examples are taken from the reverse side of the Spalding cards.)
The card may display the letter a / e / i / o / u / y
The student has to learn:
a (as in 'at') a (as in 'na vy') a (as in 'want') (USA pronunciation only)
e (as in 'end') e (as in 'me')
i (as in 'In di an') i (as in 'si lent')
o (as in 'odd') o (as in 'open') o (as in 'do')
u (as in 'up') u (as in 'mu sic') u (as in 'put')
y (as in 'yes' 'ba by' & 'my')
The student also has to learn all of the sounds of the single consonants
b / c / d / f / g / h / j / k / l / m / n / p / m / n / p / j / k / l / qu / r
/ s / t / v / w / x / z /
(including g as in bag & gem / c as in can & cent / s as in us & as)
This covers the first 24 sound cards.
At this point students are ready to begin to apply the sounds, that is - blend them into words. (Section A-G of the Ayre's word lists, of which there are 103 words of varying complexity).
At the same time they must remember the rules, together with the symbols, to mark the sounds according to whether they are the 1st, 2nd or 3rd option on the sound card. This ensures that the student knows the structure of the word.
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