Alphabetic Principle and Phonics Instruction

Letters and letter patterns represent the sounds of spoken language. Learning that there are predictable relationships between sounds and letters allows children to apply these relationships to both familiar and unfamiliar words, and to begin to read with fluency. 

 (Reading Rockets)

Phonics is an instructional method that helps children to learn and be able to use the Alphabetic Principle by learning the relationships between the letters of written language and the sounds of spoken language. (Reading Rockets)