As the results of the Year One Phonics Check are made available, this is how you can help your child if they score below the ...

The Fight Over Phonics Why American schools are changing how reading is taught.

I’ve offered my suggestions for the best kids’ books ever — and truly one of the best reasons to have kids is the chance to read to them.) ...

Phonics is a great way to get kids to sight-read, but whole-language learning in sentences is an important motivating factor. It’s like reading piano sheet music.

Today, phonics proponents often advocate for the simple view of reading, which emphasizes decoding and comprehension, the ability to decipher meaning in sentences and passages.

Teaching phonics is great and absolutely necessary, but beware of non-phonetic words such as those spelled with “ough” (tough, bough, ought, through, though).

This time, though, the manufactured outrage over an imagined lack of phonics is masking the real attack on reading: the huge uptick in book bans across the nation.

The reading wars are back. The debate has elicited vindication for proponents of phonics and distress for defenders of a so-called “balanced” approach.

Letters to the Editor: No, the ‘science of reading’ isn’t just about teaching phonics Gov. Gavin Newsom reads a book to kindergarteners at the Washington Elementary School in Sacramento in 2019.

With the support of our son’s teacher, we focused entirely on reading, following a structured synthetic phonics book recommended by the Reading Clinic.

The Phonics Songs plus, Grade One instruction book with songs by Donny and Marie Osmond, will be available free from Dec 1 thru Dec 4 Music with lyrics helps develop reading skills. The rhythm in ...