Studies show that children learning by the explicit and systematic phonics method are up to two years ahead of their peers. Even more so, just two months of teaching phonics has been shown to put ...
The Welsh government had said "cueing" should no longer be used to teach reading, but has since changed its mind again, as Wales Reporter Rhys Williams writes. | ITV National News ...
Reading isn’t natural for humans – but storytelling is. Using decades of data, my new research highlights the role of parents in encouraging a love of books long before children start school.
But an overemphasis on phonics could dampen children's motivation to read for ... to read in the first year of school. The goal is to help them "crack the code" (mapping sounds to letters) as ...