Yet she said she usually also dedicates her personal flex time later in the day to phonics, too, with different games everyday, using magnets and Slinkies, among other activities. There’s ...

Your little one might love a game of I Spy to pass the time ... I Spy is brilliant for letting your child put their phonics learning into practice - that is, their understanding of the sounds ...

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 and did phonics lessons on iPads.