Then they need to learn the rules of phonics in a logical sequence, usually beginning with consonant sounds, then moving to short vowels, long vowels, and consonant blends. And they need to ...

Phonics 1a is the first in a series aimed at the beginning reader. Short and long vowel sounds are introduced and reinforced using phonics. Children see and hear the letters and corresponding ...

Brown is in the process of developing a curriculum designed to teach the alphabet, letter sounds, beginning phonics, writing, vocabulary and more for kids ages 4 to 7. Her hope is to inspire ...

On a chilly Tuesday back in January, my 7-year-old son’s classroom in Minneapolis was humming with reading activities. At their desks, first- and second-graders wrote on worksheets, read ...

There, beginning in 2012, phonics instruction was isolated and not well integrated into meaning-based instruction. As a result, the U.K. started seeing lower test scores. If we focus on phonics ...

Part of my instruction in reading when I was a very young child included an introduction to simple phonics. But that was just the beginning, because “reading” isn’t simply matching sounds to ...