To the editor: English is a phonetic language, so as soon as children learn letters and sounds, they can start to write simple messages. Most people go on to write well enough for practical purposes, ...

Alphabet learning doesn’t have to be boring worksheets and drills — it can be playful, creative, and multisensory. From picture books to letter-sound games, tracing sheets, and sensory handwriting ...

Songs, rhymes, and steady routines can make early literacy learning an engaging part of a child’s day. By combining structured phonics with music and movement, children strengthen sound recognition, ...

Children better absorb information with a multi-sensory approach. Children better absorb information when we use a multi-sensory approach, like when we combine sight and sound. The first step toward ...

Watching a child learn to read feels magical. I remember the first time my son read a book all by himself. I watched in amazement as my kindergartner slowly made his way through an easy reader, ...

Young children who spend more time learning about the relationship between letters and sounds are better at counting, calculating, and recognizing numbers, a new study has found. Researchers from ...

New research has shown that extra practice in blending printed letter sounds can help struggling beginner readers (age 4-5) learn to read. The use of synthetic phonics to teach reading to children in ...

Want to know if it’s time for phonics in Belinda Williams’s kindergarten classroom? Stand in the hall and listen. “I love phonics because it’s something that’s so easy to make fun,” Williams said. “We ...

Four weeks into the current school year, kindergarten teacher Kristen Wilson assembles her army of Code Masters, a notoriously fidgety group of four- and five-year-olds whose attention she can hold ...