This is so wildly incorrect that I question your understanding of the word Phonics. Not only do I have kids in school now, I am familiar with the curriculums re

This is so wildly incorrect that I question your understanding of the word Phonics. Not only do I have kids in school now, I am familiar with the curriculums recently used by multiple school districts (and the alternatives they considered), and research conducted over the last five decades on literacy teaching around the US.