Lyle, my two sisters who are elementary teachers and who did not have phonics would agree with you. One of them, as a mater of fact, has had extra training in "learning styles" in which she learned how to gear her teaching to the best ways for each indidivual child to learn. No, she wan't able to work with them one on one, but was able to have different "stations" in her classroom which were more conducive to different learning styles than conventional classrooms were.

Thanks,

kat