If a word is unfamiliar it can be skipped, guessed at, or picked up from context. Phonics theory takes exactly the opposite position: the proper analogy for learning to read is learning music ...

Three-cueing” instructs kids to guess at words instead of sounding them out through phonics. It doesn’t work. | Opinion ...

Today, children are taught to read using phonics, which is all about the sounds that make up words. Children start by learning the letters and the sounds they make, and how to put them together to ...

Amy-Louise Peach from Little Learners explores phonics and how you can help your child practice at home. You may have heard about phonics at a parents’ evening, or even from your own child on ...

The Board of Regents recently decided phonics, the approach to learning to read and write by correlating sounds with letters, should be taught in schools. Phonics includes learning different ...