And, since every child needs to learn the alphabet as the first step to reading, writing, and vocabulary, we’re giving you these free preschool alphabet worksheets PDF printables!

Phonics, to some, means tedious worksheets and drills. But many teachers have found ways to enliven their instruction with songs, dances, and games.

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 ...

California’s reading wars may finally be over. After decades of debate over how to teach reading, a new bill aims to use phonics to solve the state’s literacy crisis.

Phonics just means matching the sounds that make up different spoken words to individual or groups of letters. The more your child is exposed to words, the easier it is to match them to written ...

Phonics is currently the subject of my dissertation for my early years degree. I have used a collection of ways to introduce phonics to a small group of six children working within the Foundation ...

Recognising these word sounds is a big step towards being able to read, as they later learn which letters on the page create those sounds when they're read out loud. Rhyming and phonics games to try ...

Phonics instruction teaches children how to decode letters into their respective sounds, a skill that is essential for them to read unfamiliar words by themselves.

Concentrating on word sounds helps reading instruction and intervention Date: January 28, 2015 Source: University at Buffalo Summary: A neuroimaging study by psychologist suggests that phonics ...

Experts explain this foundational reading skill. "When a child is sounding out the word 'cat,' for example, first they work through the individual sounds of the letters C-A-T," Woodward says.