Phonics refers to an instructional method for teaching children to read English. Phonics involves teaching children to connect sounds with letters or groups of letters (for example, that the sound /k/ can be represented by c, k, or ck spellings) and teaching them to blend the sounds of letters together to produce approximate pronunciations of unknown words. Phonics in English Phonics is a widely used method of teaching children to read and decode words, although it isn't without controversy (se… (More on Phonics)