Like any parent, I only want the best for my children. When my five year old had trouble learning how to read, I decided to try one of the phonics programs that was advertised online. There is a lot of research on the learning process, and I picked a program based on the most current findings. The studies indicate that there is a strong association with the alphabet letters and the sounds we make whenever we speak. When a child understands this correlation between letters and sounds, it enables them to learn to read. These are the building blocks that lead to the recognition of words in print.