We learn best:
When new concepts are built upon what is already known
through being challenged to think analytically and logically
within an orderly framework
when we are accountable for our work
when our learning is consolidated by review and testing
Here’s a quote from a teacher who initially rejected LEM Phonics because of the rules:
‘Having trained as a teacher in the 1980s the phrase ‘sets of rules’ had a bad effect on me. I found, however, my daughter needed ‘footpegs’. As we began using the LEM programme I could see we had the answers I was looking for.’