With many parents wanting to give their kids a head start when it comes to reading, Phonics with Robert Reg, a phonics class ...

Aldeman: Having students read a list of 40 words — some real, some not — and pass with an 80 or better has driven dramatic increases in performance.

Today, children are taught to read using phonics, which is all about the sounds that make up words. Children start by learning the letters and the sounds they make, and how to put them together to ...

"Phonics, at heart, is basically just teaching children the letter sound relationships and it helps them to decode unfamiliar words,'' Jordana Hunter from the Grattan Institute said. "The research ...

Simple words like "the" and "of" are everywhere, but don't follow regular phonics patterns. How should teachers approach them?

You have to give children the tools... You can't drill and skill phonics, that won't work. Phonics, just like every other aspect of literacy, depends on understanding and thinking. The key to ...

From parents not reading with children anymore to the phasing out of phonics — here are 17 educators who got honest about the reasons behind the jaw-dropping decline in literacy: 1."I teach in ...

I knew I had to share some of the most enlightening responses. From parents not reading with children anymore to the phasing out of phonics — here are 17 educators who got honest about the reasons ...