California’s reading wars may finally be over. After decades of debate over how to teach reading, a new bill aims to use ...

Phonics is a method that teaches children how to read by linking letters together based on sound groups. Together, these alphabetical combinations can aid children to easily begin pairing them by ...

You may have heard about phonics at a parents’ evening, or even from your own child on the walk home from school. In the Early Years, phonics is a huge part of learning. From being able to ...

What is phonics? The phonics approach teaches children to decode words by sounds, rather than recognising whole words. The emphasis in early years teaching is on synthetic phonics, in which words ...

Phonics is only one essential element in teaching children to read and write, says early years trainer and consultant Anna Lucas As the sector waits, with some trepidation, for the new EYFS guidance ...

While the author is a proponent of phonological instruction for children who respond, learning to read is too important to rely on one approach. Songs have many advantages for teaching phonics and ...

The author's search for interventions for children who had not responded to phonics led to the role of prosody, the melody of language, and its importance to phonics and reading. The author found ...

The panel also found that phonics most benefits children who are experiencing difficulty learning to read. Because written language can be compared to a code, knowing the sounds of letters and ...

She encourages parents to check in with their child’s teacher to understand what phonics skills are being taught. That way, you can get a better idea of which decodable books are right for your ...