Three Little Pigs

The story of the three little pigs is a perfect tale for children in the four to five years old age group. It tells a story of three pigs who build a house each, with each pig choosing different materials ranging from lightweight straw through to the robust bricks; all of which are to protect them from the big bad wolf with various outcomes due to the materials picked. The story is simple and straight forward with concepts that are easy to understand, it gives the children's suspense, leaving them wanting to know what will happen next therefore keeping them engaged and listening and learning the entire time.

Using stories such as the three little pigs aids young children in carrying those first steps toward acquiring a passion for literature

Those who can spell well are generally better readers as spelling and reading share a fundamental knowledge base and phonics emphasises spelling patterns which then become familiar with reading. Thirty-seven percent of English words can be spelt using phonetic rules (Blevins & Chambliss, 2017).

As all children are different and not all children are at the same level of learning, there is a weakness of this method of teaching literacy. If a child has undeveloped verbal language, they may have a reduced ability to think in words i.e. inner speech, and both issues will in turn affect the child’s ability to sound out and repeat words, therefore, those children may instead need to rely on visual recognition and memory of whole words rather than phonics (Lynch, 2018).

Another aspect needing to be considered is that to be effective, the program must go closely together with high quality teaching. If the phonics program is of high quality, but is not taught properly, it is most likely to be just as ineffective as a well taught low-quality program. If proper monitoring is not in place to make sure adequate learning outcomes are governing the quality of the given program being taught, there is little use for phonics education