How Does it Work?

PAF provides children with the building blocks they need to learn in a logical order which results in minimum frustration -- and maximum success. Its step-by-step progression leads not only to improvement in basic skills but to an increased sense of mastery and self esteem. Children are taught:

• The sounds letters make and how to write them
  
  
• How to use individual sounds to read and spell words
  /t/ /e/ /n/ make the word ten
  
  
• To use words, syllables and suffixes to build multisyllable words
  ten > tender > tenderly
  
  
• To read accurately and fluently using phrases, sentences and stories that contain only sounds and words that have already been learned (decodable text)
  
  
• Comprehension strategies to help them understand what they read