By providing strategies that combine letter sounds with motions, teachers help students learn to decode words in the ways that work best for them.

I discuss tried-and-true favorites like KidsTV123 (Phonics Song 2, new version), the Better Alphabet song with Jack Hartmann and Katie Garner, Peachie Speechie for articulation, and Geraldine the ...

"The Vowel A" teaches viewers about the short and long sounds of the vowel letter A. It explains how the presence of a final 'e' at the end of words changes the sound of A from short to long. Through ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. DIANE PHILIPSON is a former primary school teacher who spends her days at home in Newcastle coaching children who are struggling to read ...

Inspired by a “student-centred” approach to learning — in line with the “constructivism” philosophy of education woven through her university course — she set about creating an aesthetically pleasing ...

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 independently ...