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 ...

Student scores have plunged to historic lows, but some states are turning back to the practice of teaching letter sounds—if teacher unions do not spoil the efforts first. Phonics instructs ...

Phonics just means matching the sounds that make up different spoken words to individual or groups of letters. The more your child is exposed to words, the easier it is to match them to written ...