Since 2010, five and six year-old children in England have been taught to read using a particular variant of “systematic phonics”. “Phonics” describes methods of teaching reading that emphasise ...

Evidence-based reading research, or what many refer to as the Science of Reading, has been a much-discussed topic within the literacy landscape for the past few years. While it may seem like the “next ...

Government data has shown that in 2022-23, 30% of five-year-olds in England were not meeting the expected standard for literacy at the end of their reception year at school. Literacy was the area of ...

Amy-Louise Peach from Little Learners explores phonics and how you can help your child practice at home. You may have heard about phonics at a parents’ evening, or even from your own child on the walk ...

Move over "Dick and Jane." A different approach to teaching kids how to read is on the rise. For decades, two schools of thought have clashed on how to best teach children to read, with passionate ...

Kayla Claus, foreground, a teaching assistant, and kindergarten teacher Nikki Wagner, background, work with students in their literacy pods at the Heatly School on Thursday, April 28, 2022, in Green ...

Our study shows that there is no solid evidence behind this method, and its ‘nonsense words’ are counterproductive Over the last decade the way in which children are taught to read in primary schools ...