New Methods for Teaching Phonics: Tips and Resources for the Classroom Teaching phonics is difficult because educational experts on the best way to teach children to read have long been divided by the so-called reading wars. Is everything always phonics? What about the all-encompassing strategy? You probably have to follow a certain path at your school, and you can only go so far. However, there are a lot of ways to make teaching phonics enjoyable for both students and teachers in your district if phonics is the primary or even primary focus of the instructional approach to reading.