For most students, instruction in how to read ends sometime in elementary school. But some kids still struggle well beyond that point.

The extent of the illiteracy epidemic in Michigan and elsewhere demands more than simply switching curriculum materials in ...

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 ...

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 ...

In the Early Years, phonics is a huge part of learning. From being able to recognise different sounds all around them, to sounding out whole words, phonics is where a child’s journey to reading ...