This is the term used to capture the centuries-old division in education on which method is best for teaching reading: an approach that focuses heavily on the sounds letters make and how they combine ...

Kids will have so much to do, they’ll never get bored reading stories of all kinds, learning phonics and just playing, as kids should. Want to help kids reduce screen time and develop their ...

Children's literacy rates are falling around the globe. In response, a number of governments, including New Zealand's, are ...

Ever since my senior year of high school in the suburban San Gabriel Valley of Los Angeles, I have tutored students ranging ...

Marissa Bateman, a 2nd grade teacher at P.S. 107 in Brooklyn, leads students through a lesson using the Wit & Wisdom reading ...

AI-assisted story creation for kids isn’t a new concept. In 2022, Amazon introduced its own AI tool that generates animated ...

Throughout her nearly 30-year career as an elementary school reading specialist, Christie Welsby has struggled to find material that was both decodable (able to be sounded out) and engaging. “The ...

Teachers may throw in some of that instruction, often called “phonics,” but they’re guided by their training and materials to encourage kids to guess at words, using context or pictures.

It's back to school season, and several provinces across Canada are changing the way they're teaching their children how to read with a renewed focus on phonics. School boards in Ontario ...

Combining Decodable Skills with Developed Storylines and Advanced Vocabulary, Kids and Ello Can Now Take Turns Reading ...