Are flashcards a really bad idea for teaching reading?

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Its just I've seen some lovely ones

look

what do you reckon to getting two sets and playing snap or something?

ah c'mon

want to gewt them but dont reallty agree with flashcards

need help here!

what else could I use them for?

Think as long as used carefully rather than exclusively to sight read whole words they are ok. Those are upper case letters though and most systems do lower case first.

hmm

could laminate them and use them for coasters, I suppose