Comment by ChaitanyaSai

Yes, the whole language method does not provide enough scaffolding. But phonics alone without the context of the joy, utility, meaning of reading or too much driling is essentially so much scaffolding that it blinds you to the big picture. What we know about how the brain learns tells us it is a dance between the whole and the parts, the portrait and the particulars. This is pretty much lost in our reductive approach to learning, which in turn builds on a reductive approach to science, which worked quite well for us until we encountered complex interconnected systems that need systems thinking. Worth watching! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRQY01Hhrww&t=201s