And, since every child needs to learn the alphabet as the first step to reading, writing, and vocabulary, we’re giving you these free preschool alphabet worksheets PDF printables!

On a chilly Tuesday back in January, my 7-year-old son’s classroom in Minneapolis was humming with reading activities. At their desks, first- and second-graders wrote on worksheets, read ...

Phonics, to some, means tedious worksheets and drills. But many teachers have found ways to enliven their instruction with songs, dances, and games.

In Room 254 at Hartford’s Martin Luther King School, reading workbooks and grammar books are out. Poetry is in. “A tree toad loved a she-toad Who lived up in a tree . . .” Forty y… ...

California’s reading wars may finally be over. After decades of debate over how to teach reading, a new bill aims to use phonics to solve the state’s literacy crisis.

It's an instructional framework for reading that uses explicit, teacher-driven instruction on foundational reading skills like vocabulary and phonics. There is a larger emphasis on phonics in this ...

Decodable books are a type of reading material that allows young or struggling readers to hone their phonics skills by exposing them to a selection of letter-sound correspondences that they’ve ...

Only 38% of fourth grade students were reading at a proficient level in 2022, and there was no improvement two years later, according to the National Assessment for Educational Progress' biannual ...

As a result, the U.K. started seeing lower test scores. If we focus on phonics instruction that is removed from actual reading, students will continue to fail assessments like NAEP.

Phonics was one of the tried and true methods that was used to teach reading back in the day (I’m almost 80). Even now, I use it to sound out new words that I come across.