Michael Rosen on phonics

Children's Laureate Michael Rosen tells The Daily Politics that phonics are no substitute for teaching a love of reading. With Andrew Neil, Jenny Scott, Hazel Blears and David Ruffley.

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Education

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• phonics
• reading
• schools
• children
• kids
• politics
• dailypolitics
• michaelrosen

[partisan49]

PLUMS

[supdawg444]

My school sucked, I still can't read or write to this day.

[SlightlyMakalaka]

I think he needs some chocolate cake

[IncredibleFalk1]

I feel bad for him... All the YouTube poop and trash talk toward him:(

[issacclarke320]

I kind of feel bad after watching all those YouTube poops of Michael, he seems like one of those extremely rare, genuinely nice people.

[19Supernaut72]

Proof that you've watched too many youtube poops of this guy; when he says 'stuffed with' you think he's going to say something dirty...

[dronespace]

@Beenyad

hahaha

[MechaWeegee91]

Strate-jizz.

Sorry, folks. I love this man to death and love what he's doing for the children... but I also love the YouTube Poops.

[partisan49]

TA CANT RULE MY LIFE YA PRICK!

[miguy1989]

@supdawg444 ಠ_ಠ

[Hamsteere]

Michael Rosen, teaching a whole new generation of pensylvanian masturbators.

[coroar]

I love Michael Rosen. If you have a toddler I genuinely feel sorry for you. The phonics test at 6-years old and Gove's approach to phonics will actually destroy your child's enthusiasm for books. The phonics test focuses solely on decoding words. It completely ignores reading comprehension, so a child who can decode every word but has no understanding of the story will be seen as a "good" reader, even if they read the story with all of the fluency of a zombie. It's ridiculous.