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 ...

Phonics, to some, means tedious worksheets and drills. ... Students interact in a 4th grade classroom at William Jefferson Clinton Elementary in Compton, Calif., on Feb. 6, 2025.

To look inside Julie Celestial’s kindergarten classroom in Long Beach is to peer into the future of reading in California. During a recent lesson, 25 kindergartners gazed at the whiteboard ...

So why are games developed for young learners having such a difficult time entering classrooms? Let’s take a look at a few reasons why. 1. It’s always about the money. Money is a factor and it ...

A Growing Demand for Phonics. In Ms. Smith’s classroom in Washington, Madisyn Hall-Jones, 5, demonstrated her progress by reading aloud a short story about picking apples that she had written ...

Inside one classroom. Alexzander Hill, a second grade student at Bay Crest Elementary, listens to teacher Barbara Zimmer, who uses a reading program that employs phonics on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024 ...