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 ...

Among a multitude of teaching techniques, Phonics, a traditional preschool method that guides children to read by helping ...

A special school in Devon is petitioning the government to make phonics testing inclusive for children who have speech and ...

Alphablocks is the only pre-school magazine all about phonics - and we have some free downloadable activities from it to help your children with early reading skills. You can either read this simple ...

The National Literacy Trust's annual literacy survey 2025 reveals that one in three children and young people do not enjoy ...

You have to give children the tools... You can't drill and skill phonics, that won't work. Phonics, just like every other aspect of literacy, depends on understanding and thinking. The key to ...

As children practice associating the symbols of ... When used properly, decodable books are the best way for readers to practice their phonics skills, says Linda Farrell, one of the founding ...

However, the way children are taught has swung between different approaches over the years. On one side is a phonics-based program, where children decode each letter of the alphabet to form a word.

Orchard Manor School, in Dawlish, said a phonics screening check required non-verbal children to say the letter sounds aloud - which was not possible. The school has adapted tests, but the results ...