Vowels and consonants make up the sounds.
You really need them both around!

Zooberts! Learn to Read Program

Zooberts! Learn to Read Program is based on the development of phonemic awareness, partnered with a phonetic approach.

Phonemics

Zooberts! Learn to Read provides the following research links to support the value of phonemic awareness.

• The Partnership for Learning - Phonemic Awareness Instruction
• What Does the Research Say about Phonemic Awareness?
• Phonemic Awareness: An Important Early Step in Learning to Read
• The relationship between phonics and phonemic awareness
• The Phonemics Phenomenon

Phonics

Zooberts! Learn to Read provides the following research links to support the value of phonics.

• Phonics Research Summary
• National Reading Panel Report
• The Partnership for Learning - Phonics Instruction
• The Revival of Phonics
• The Myth of Learn to Read

Literary Development Issues

• Issues in Literacy Development
• Critical Issue: Addressing the Literacy Needs of Emergent and Early Readers
• Research About Effective Literacy Instruction