Shall Kids learn phonics if they only get Limited English exposure

I2be

I have two kids, both in primary school now. i am not native engish speaker and mainly use Cantonese at home environment. They learn phonics in kindergarten years. i found there is quite an odd behaviour of the children when they promoted to primary school. They read book with simple word through honics, and not directly speaking the word.

What is your experience? Is that starting too early, and block their direct learnjbg of simple words?

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Angelina_barbie

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My girl just started K1 and her school is teaching phonics already. I don't think it is a matter of starting too early. In fact phonics lay the foundation for their English skills. They will be able to read and spell longer words on their own with their phonics knowledge.

For your case how simple is the word they are reading? As long as they can come up with the correct pronunciation then there isn't much to worry about. My guess is, maybe they just need to be more familiar with the language so they can read some words at a glance, instead of having to go through the phonics blending word by word.