In this video, I’m sharing my top YouTube recommendations for teaching letter sounds and phonics, perfect for parents, teachers, and homeschoolers.

A new study has found evidence of big gains in students’ reading ability from using one specific phonics program—and suggests that consistent implementation is key to getting the strongest results.

All computers come with spellcheckers and iPhones autocorrect their users’ texts. But despite those everyday features, formal spelling instruction still pays off, the findings of a new study suggest.

They promise to help young children learn the basics of reading, but parents are now being warned that most apps fail to ...

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Many primary schools in England are not teaching letter sounds properly, inspectors have said - hindering children's progress in reading and writing. The vast majority of schools have now moved to an ...

A new way of teaching reading, already in wide use in the U.S., is challenging the “look-say” method that took over the field beginning 40 years ago. Look-say, best known through the “Dick and Jane” ...

Bill Louden was a member of the Rowe Review into the teaching of reading in Australia. Direct Instruction is a teaching method developed in the United States in the 1960s, focused particularly on the ...