This post — written by David Reinking, Peter Smagorinsky, and David B. Yaden — looks at the debate on phonics in a different way than is most often voiced these days. It notes, among other ...

A recent New York Times article threatens to revive longstanding misconceptions about phonics. Teaching children to sound out words in a way that’s backed by science shouldn’t carry political ...

The phonics-heavy Orton-Gillingham approach, long favored by dyslexia advocates and aggressively marketed to concerned parents, does not meet the U.S. Department of Education’s standards for ...

You can find all of the yellow level episodes of Alphablocks here. When your child is ready, it’s time to meet the letter teams: letters that team up to make new sounds (such as CH, EE, OR).

A common misconception is that “foundational skills” only means “phonics.” The truth is that the four areas are an integrated gestalt, greater than the sum of their parts.

5. There is no single effective teaching strategy. We have to use them all. Diana Wolff, Rancho Palos Verdes.. To the editor: I am so happy that phonics will be a focus in California schools again ...

Find out how you can support your child with phonics at home with this handy parent guide. ... Read books that interest your child, even if they can’t read all of the words themselves.

South Carolina schools are going all in on the "science of reading," an approach to teaching reading that's largely focused on English's phonics.

It all feels a bit familiar to Susan Neuman, an education official under former President George W. Bush. In 2000, at the behest of Congress, a National Reading Panel recommended many strategies ...

The results are “dramatic,” said Devin Kearns, a professor in early literacy at North Carolina State University, who was not involved with the study.

In October 2022, Mississippi reported some exhilarating news. After the state started using phonics to teach reading in 2013, its fourth-grade reading scores jumped from 49th to 29th in the nation ...