Saying the letter sound while looking at it or writing it uses different modalities—it’s verbal, visual, and kinesthetic—in service of connecting those representations in children’s minds.

First grader Geniss Gibbs practices reading skills at Eastern Elementary School in Washington, N.C., on May 23, 2022. Although districts are choosing new curricula purportedly aligned with ...

There’s only 26 letters and 44 sounds,” said Leslie Zoroya, who leads an initiative at the Los Angeles County Office of Education that helps districts transition to a science-of-reading approach.

The Anoka-Hennepin School Board approved $4.5 million for a new literacy instruction plan for elementary students to reading ...

With Amplify, teachers spend part of the reading instruction teaching phonics— the letters and sounds that were missing from language instruction— and the other part teaching reading ...

When it comes to teaching preschoolers their ABCs, sticking with the basics might just be more effective. Despite the rise of ...

Mrs. Knarr will teach your early learners how to skip count by 5s.

Toni Dugas, a kindergarten through second-grade reading interventionist, works with students during a reading program at Norco Elementary School in Norco, La., on Monday, Feb. 17, 2025.

In this video, I break down the three types of letter sounds—stop, continuous, and tricky—to help students and fellow educators get them just right. I share quick tips on how to pronounce each ...

Phonics was one of the tried and true methods that was used to teach reading back in the day (I’m almost 80). Even now, I use it to sound out new words that I come across.

By Paige Furner READING aloud to preschoolers has many benefits but will not teach them how to read, an Australian Catholic ...

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