New research at Aston University has shown that extra practice in blending printed letter sounds can help struggling beginner readers in reception classes learn to read. The paper is published in the ...

Anna Scretching-Cole helps children learn about the short e vowel sounds. Learn about short e with Anna Scretching-Cole. The short e vowel sounds often appear in the middle of words like web and bed.

Welcome back to Teaching in Room 9, our region's largest classroom. My name is Julia. I'm one of the second grade teachers at the Soulard School. In here for teaching in Room 9, my lessons focus on ...

The use of synthetic phonics to teach reading to children in reception classes has improved attainment Children who struggle with learning to read are often given extra help with learning letter ...

New research published yesterday provides further support for the use of an innovative teaching method to help children read and spell. A follow-up study of Scottish primary schoolchildren ...

Primary school pupils in Scotland who learned to read using synthetic phonics were ahead of English youngsters using a different method, a study has found. Researchers compared the literacy levels of ...

Today, children are taught to read using phonics, which is all about the sounds that make up words. Children start by learning the letters and the sounds they make, and how to put them together to ...

Crossroads School recently hosted nearly one hundred visiting educators from the Independent Schools for an English cluster meeting on the topic “Literacy takes effort, it is not automatic”. Learning ...