Phonics for Kids: Learn Short & Long A Sounds with Letter Tiles. Posted: March 10, 2025 | Last updated: March 23, 2025 "The Vowel A" teaches viewers about the short and long sounds of the vowel ...

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.

Best educational websites for kids to help with homeschooling, from BBC Bitesize to Cosmic Kids. As England enters a new national lockdown, here’s how to keep your children informed and entertained ...

Amos: Too many California kids can’t read. Will phonics help? Nearly 6 in 10 third graders scored below grade level on California’s reading tests during most of the last decade.

“We are now adopting the Bluebonnet phonics component. So the reading is split into skills and knowledge. Skills is the ...

This post — written by David Reinking, Peter Smagorinsky, and David B. Yaden — looks at the debate on phonics in a different way than is most often voiced these days. It notes, among other ...

Phonics has little or nothing to do with it. It is the same for reading. Yes, effective instruction in phonics and other essential reading skills does help a child learn to read by age 8 or 9.

Score one huge win for Chancellor David Banks and Mayor Eric Adams: The city Department of Education is at long last insisting that schools use phonics and other proven strategies to teach kids to ...

In 2023, 43% of Oakland County students, nearly 65,000 kids, fell into “the literacy gap,” according to Beyond Basic’s assessment of Michigan Department of Education reports.

A few weeks ago, the nation’s largest public school system, New York City, abandoned its current system for teaching kids how to read. archived recording 3 This is not just in New York.