From playful sound games to systematic phonics lessons, research shows early literacy thrives when kids engage with print and sounds in hands-on ways. Programs like UFLI Foundations and structured ...

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 ...

Blending phonics into everyday routines can make early literacy both effective and joyful. From sound games to decodable texts, structured yet playful approaches help children build decoding skills ...

Move over "Dick and Jane." A different approach to teaching kids how to read is on the rise. For decades, two schools of thought have clashed on how to best teach children to read, with passionate ...

On a chilly Tuesday back in January, my 7-year-old son’s classroom in Minneapolis was humming with reading activities. At their desks, first- and second-graders wrote on worksheets, read independently ...

Arguments about the best way to teach children to read can be intense – they’ve even been described as “the reading wars”. In England, as in many other countries, much of the debate has been over the ...