The traditional method of teaching reading by having the child sound out the letters and learn how they fit together to form words, one of the key word-attack skills; also called the phonetics, alphabet, or ABC method. Some children, such as those with learning disabilities, may need extra help in effectively learning the connections between sounds and written letters, especially if they are being taught by the whole word method; for them, phonics methods may be needed, such as the highly structured Hegge-Kirk-Kirk method or VAKT, which takes a multisensory approach, having students write letters while sounding them out and reading them.