Using a "phonics flipper," Patricia Hicks turns over a series of cards that show different animals and objects to her young students, who are just learning to read and write. When a dog's head appears, the 11 kids say "da-da-da," sounding out the first letter of "dog."
"Put your hand in front of your face - do you feel the air?" Hicks asks the students, the first to take part in the summer enrichment program Horizons at Dedham Country Day School.
Sixteen children about to enter first grade are in the program - nine from Dedham, and seven from Roslindale and Hyde Park. Horizons aims to counter the summertime loss of academic skills that is most pronounced among students from low-income families.
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