California’s reading wars may finally be over. After decades of debate over how to teach reading, a new bill aims to use phonics to solve the state’s literacy crisis.

The use of synthetic phonics to teach reading to children in reception (age 4-5) classes has improved attainment. A new study shows that extra help in blending the sounds in words is most ...

This involves the key skills of sounding out and blending: point to each letter to say its sound in turn, then say the sounds together to make the word. (Alphablocks do this by holding hands and ...