Once students can decode, they need ongoing and thoughtful instruction to understand, interpret, and engage with what they read.

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 ...

To the editor: Education professor Allison Briceño fears overemphasizing foundational skills such as phonics will take time away from writing, favor already advantaged children and ignore the needs of ...

New York's youngest students may soon see a renewed focus on phonics, as the pendulum in the age-old debate over how to teach reading swings toward the so-called "science of reading." Gov. Kathy ...

Erica Krajnik grows more anxious each day as she anticipates the start of her teaching career in two weeks. Newly graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park, Krajnik says everything seems ...

Phonics is the base for learning English. Unfortunately, it was cast aside during the whole-language movement. (“‘I Literally Cried': Teachers Describe Their Transition to Science-Based Reading ...

Since 2010, five and six year-old children in England have been taught to read using a particular variant of “systematic phonics”. “Phonics” describes methods of teaching reading that emphasise ...

Many primary schools in England are not teaching letter sounds properly, inspectors have said - hindering children's progress in reading and writing. The vast majority of schools have now moved to an ...

Here, Primary Teacher April Dowdall has shared some of the resources she uses in her class to give parents some tips on how to teach phonics to younger kids at home. These videos were made for the ...

EdReports, the nonprofit curriculum reviewer, is shining a spotlight on early reading—the group announced on Wednesday that it will start releasing evaluations of foundational phonics skills programs.