Instead of focusing on memorization, provide strong foundational skills that young readers can use to understand how to sound out words.

A whole language approach to teaching reading gives kids a whole linguistic picture of how words work. This includes teaching individual letters and sounds, as well as what the words mean in context.

Most modern attempts to decipher how portions of genetic code are translated into physical characteristics are akin to a first-grader trying to sound out a word letter by letter -- or, in this ...

Kindergarteners have a lot on their plate. They’re getting adept at recognizing letters and numbers, they’re counting in sequence, they’re learning how to sound out words and then they’re ...

Sound-by-sound, piece-by-piece, she taught her students how to sound out 'fish.' Fish is four letters. It contains three phonemes and three graphemes.

New research from Liverpool John Moores University in England found that learning about letter-sound interactions at home positively predicted young children's ability to count, calculate, and ...

Research shows that most children need systematic, sound-it-out instruction — commonly called phonics — rather than older approaches that focus on context clues from pictures and stories.

An open letter is sent to the Education Secretary calling for changes in how children are taught in England, with less time spent on 'synthetic phonics' - which involves sounding out combinations ...