Reading

Welcome to Scientific Phonics

If a Child Can Speak, They Can Learn to Read – No Excuse

Illustration of an open book with colorful pages, a green bookmark, and an apple on one page—designed to inspire and teach anyone to read. Decorative stars and dots surround the book.

Dyslexia?

Struggling reader, Special needs?

English Language Learner?

Can they speak?
THEN, NO PROBLEM!   

How Does Scientific Phonics Work?

By teaching the answer to these two foundational questions:

WHY DO WE HAVE THE ALPHABET?
&
HOW DOES IT WORK?

Major Universities Agree With Scientific Phonics

University of Washington, Chair of Ed/Psych Dept, Virginia Berninger, 1998, observed my classroom and analyzed test results before describing my reading program in her book, Brain Literacy for Educators and Psychologists, as "a proven method for teaching English as a Second Language and special education students—all the necessary components for beginning reading." She included mention of my self-published book and contact information.

University of Florida Literacy Institute (UFLI), 1999, referenced Berninger’s book in phone conversation with me before purchasing my book. In 2020 UFLI responded to a local school district request for assistance during Covid-19 disruption by providing a phonics program. The results surprised them, leading to their UFLI Foundations manual in 2022, with nearly identical wordlists and methods used in Scientific Phonics. The UFLI manual is also published in Canada and Australia.

A child in a yellow shirt writes with a pencil on paper displaying printed words, including "shark," "yarn," and "star," as part of a scientific phonics reading program.

30 Years Classroom Tested; 0 Failures

High Test Scores*
Low anxiety (for everyone)
Full Curriculum with cognitively-engaging student exercises
*Read inside or watch video below

Reasoning to Read: Making Phonics Meaning-Centered in a Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Classroom

Want some hard data? Want to see some lessons in action?
Download my unpublished submission to the International Reading Association.

Reading: How To

A ‘cram course’ on teaching any and all beginning readers.
Easy to understand and use immediately with the free Scientific Phonics download.

Part 1 (60 minutes)

Why We Have an Alphabet

  • Phonemic Awareness merges with the Alphabet Principle
  • Student able to spell and read 3-letter words

Part 2 (25 minutes)

Reading ‘Must-Haves’

  • Print Awareness
  • Language Development
  • High expectations

Part 3 (50 minutes)

How the Alphabet Works

  • Phonics: blends, grouping vowel sounds by spelling patterns
  • Automatic recall of words through connected text

WANT A BOOK VERSION to teach PART 1?