PHONICS is ABC Logic
​Focuses on alphabet letters and letter-sounds.
Seen.  Read.  Said.

WA-HSSR is VC Logic
Focuses on sound-spellings.
Heard.  Said.  Spelled.  Read.
Speech sound MAP @ WordsAhead

ABC Logic:  LOOK!!
VC Logic:  LISTEN!!

ABC Logic:  Conventional, scientifically-based, expert-recommended
VC Logic:  Unconventional

ABC Logic:  Graphemes predominate
VC Logic:  Phonemes predominate

ABC Logic:  "Sound them out!" requires parsing letter-units
VC Logic:  "Spell them out!" requires parsing sound-units

ABC Logic:  Letter names for sounds: Short-A, B-Sound, Hard-C...
VC Logic:  Vowels and Consonants are mapped and numbered V01–C39

ABC Logic:  Decode... See+Say
VC Logic:  Encode... Hear+Spell

ABC Logic:  Pronounceable letter sequences
VC Logic:  Spellable sound sequences

ABC Logic:  Letter-Sound relationships
VC Logic:  Sound-Spelling relationships

ABC Logic:  Fluency comes from memorizing "sight words" and ABC-Phonics
VC Logic:  Fluency comes from understanding speech-to-text

ABC Logic:  Spellings evoke pronunciations
VC Logic:  Pronunciations evoke spellings

ABC Logic:  Letter-sounds.  Skipping.  Guessing.
VC Logic:  Speech sounds.  Heard, said, spelled, read... ahead of time.

​More information about speech sounds at WordsAhead.com