Phonics Rhythms & Rhymes I

Rasool D. Malik, Ed. D. is an educator firmly committed to promoting literacy for all students. He ultimately believes that Reading maketh a fu1l person and that all students, though uniquein potential, can be empowered to read through the use of rhymes. He is also interested indeveloping students basic Reading skills through phonemic awareness, word decoding, fluency,and comprehension. He has done extensive research on methods of teaching Readingand is the author of several books, and joumal articles. Over the past thirty years, Dr. Malik hasworked assiduously to develop a Reading program for regular education, Special Education,and Home School Education. His literacy program is titled Phonics, Rhythms, and Rhymeswhich was developed for teachers, parents, and students in teaching and learning to read. HisReading program is preceded by the published diagnostic Test of Phonics Skills (ToPhS),a Phonics assessment that uses rhymes to test students word inventory. The award winningReading program Phonics, Rhythms, and Rhymes is comprised of 15 books, first publishedin 1997 and revised in 2004. He has developed www.PhonicsRhythmsRhymes.com to ensurethat as many students, parents, and teachers as possible, both nationally and globally, haveaccess to this program.