To argue that schools are over-teaching phonics is to risk being seen as a naysayer—someone who believes the tide will ...

Lynbrook kindergarten teacher Juliana Rotman stood at the front of the class, held up cards with the letters that spelled the word “swift” and asked her students to follow along using only the sounds ...

It is when children begin to write that they start to analyse the relationship between sounds and letters to great effect. Being encouraged to experiment with writing, rather than copying under an ...

Educational publishers have welcomed the UK government’s announcement that it will not develop a full programme arounds its Letters and Sounds handbook, which comes after lobbying from the sector.

Let's reinvent the wheel, shall we? Let's ignore research and well-tested outcomes. Because we're sure we can come up with something better based on an education minister's whim. That's got to be the ...

A primary school in Peterborough has been awarded for its phonics teaching – helping young pupils to learn the sounds of words. Did you know with an ad-lite subscription to Peterborough Telegraph, you ...

As your child approaches the start of primary school, it is a good idea to play games that help with their understandings of word sounds. Great ideas for these include exploring rhymes and words that ...