Building better readers should involve more than teaching the core components of early literacy—these five strategies are ...

A recent New York Times article threatens to revive longstanding misconceptions about phonics. Teaching children to sound out words in a way that’s backed by science shouldn’t carry political baggage.

Isabel Simmons helps children learn about the digraphs sh and ch. Isabel Simmons shows children how to build, spell, and read words with the digraphs sh and ch. Digraphs are two letters that represent ...

Anna Scretching-Cole teaches about the diagraphs th and wh. Anna Scretching-Cole teaches about the diagraphs th and wh by writing and spelling words. Digraphs are two letters that represent one sound.

The target for the proportion of children passing the phonics screening check – a test of how well children aged five and six in England can “decode” words – has been raised to 90%. This increase, ...