Los Angeles Times

These two apps will help your child start reading like a pro

Phonics is a method that teaches children how to read by connecting letters based on sound groups. Together, through memory and practice, children can begin to easily sound out and blend words when ...
Los Angeles Times

How do you teach phonics? Use this reading activity to pair letters and sounds with your child

Phonics is a method that teaches children how to read by linking letters together based on sound groups. Together, these alphabetical combinations can aid children to easily begin pairing them by ...
The New York Times

Two-Thirds of Kids Struggle to Read, and We Know How to Fix It

A lovely aphorism holds that education isn’t the filling of a pail but the lighting of a fire. But too often, neither are pails filled nor fires lit. One of the most bearish statistics for the future ...
The Conversation

Isolated phonics lessons aren’t working: here’s a better way to teach young children to read and write

Dominic Wyse receives funding from The Helen Hamlyn Trust for his centre The Helen Hamlyn Centre for Pedagogy, he also receives funding from the Leverhulme Trust. In recent years he has received ...