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 independently ...

Rhyming games are key to helping children with their understanding of different word sounds and the rhythm of words. This can be hugely helpful for their language skills as they build to talking in ...

The basis of any academic success lies in literacy, and it should be understood that literacy is much more than words on a ...

Here’s the good news: Most educators have gotten the message that K-5 students need to learn the foundational reading skills outlined in the common core and other college and career-ready standards: ...

Phonics is a cornerstone skill, both in the context of the Science of Reading as well as across curricula. If students do not have the basic ability to read words on a page, any other instruction a ...

Phonological awareness is the understanding that spoken words are made up of sounds and recognising how they come together to form words. Children usually develop this skill at around 4 or 5 years old ...

Like lots of parents in West Linn, Maggie Traverso moved to this affluent city south of Portland for the quality of the schools. And until recently, she was satisfied. Her daughter was doing well in ...

Mr Tehan is due to meet with the heads of university teaching faculties this week and said he was confident he would be able to sec­ure their co-operation to deliver on one of his key election ...