Webster Syllabary

[ajjkt]

Someone posted something about this in a previous thread with a hyperlink to another site. I have looked at that site, and downloaded Webster Syllabary pdf. It looks interesting and I can see the value in teaching this. However, I'm really not sure how it would be implemented and how to teach it. Is anyone able to elaborate further how to use this method?

For what it's worth, we currently use SWR and I am very happy with this method. My children are both working well above grade level with it and I plan to continue using this method. I thought the syllabary was something I might look at doing with SWR rather than instead of it. Is this possible?

Thanks, Amy

[Amber in AUS]

I have just started using it. We are just using it as a reading list at this stage. We are also using 100EZ to learn to read. Ofcourse you could use it alongside SWR.

Basically it breaks the words down into syllables which are more managable chunks of a word for the child to sound out. This makes it easier for them to read large words as they are only decoding a bite size chunk of the large word at a time, once they know the sounds for the syllables then they can pronounce the word as a whole.

There is a lady on this forum who has a method for using Webster. I am sure she will be aloong and can answer better than I as we have only just started using it.

[sarahv]

Elizabeth B's website was VERY helpful to me. Here is the thread where she talks about teaching her daughter the Syllabary. http://www.welltrainedmind.com/forums/showthread.php?t=70153

Elizabeth B also uses Phonics Pathways, so I'm sure there is a way to use both SWR and the Syllabary. I will use it almost exclusively, though.

It's true that it has good word lists, but if you're just looking for word lists, Victory Drill is awesome for that, or Blend Phonics (you can download it for free on www.donpotter.net (http://www.donpotter.net) - a big thank you, again, to Elizabeth B for linking me to that site as well:001_smile:)

I think that the Syllabary is almost an entirely different approach to phonics. It doesn't teach the sounds by themselves so much, as it teaches what they do when connected to each other. This makes so much more sense to me. The Syllabary really simplifies things for me.