For many years, the best method in which to teach children to read and write has been discussed, debated and deliberated at length. Educators have felt tremendous pressure to choose between two dynamic and completely divergent schools of thought, each of which has its own long list of benefits and shortcomings. Traditional curricula proponents are adamant that reading instruction should reflect a time-honored reliance on phonics, which is essentially a rigorously structured, repetitive and uncreative approach to learning. However, in recent years, numerous educators have begun to ...