Amy Crow

You have not faced a kid where you're like, I don't know what to do. No, I've never felt that way. I do feel very equipped, prepared, and felt that I could get that job done.

You have not faced a kid where you're like, I don't know what to do. No, I've never felt that way. I do feel very equipped, prepared, and felt that I could get that job done.

He doesn't look at all the letters and words. He doesn't look at all the words and sentences. And reading is miserable for him.

He doesn't look at all the letters and words. He doesn't look at all the words and sentences. And reading is miserable for him.

I even had my parents kind of question it.

I even had my parents kind of question it.

They were like, why are you teaching them? Don't they have to know what the letter's called? And I said, actually, to read the word, it's more important for them to know the sound first. So my son was 20 months old, and he was naming letters, like, ah, buh. And my dad was frustrated by it. He was like, no, it's not. It's called A. And I'm like, no, Dad, I did this for a reason.

They were like, why are you teaching them? Don't they have to know what the letter's called? And I said, actually, to read the word, it's more important for them to know the sound first. So my son was 20 months old, and he was naming letters, like, ah, buh. And my dad was frustrated by it. He was like, no, it's not. It's called A. And I'm like, no, Dad, I did this for a reason.

And this is what I do in my school, and this is what works.

And this is what I do in my school, and this is what works.