Speech-language pathologist Jennie Bjorem has a different approach for kids to learn letters and their sounds.

Children who move while learning sounds of letters significantly improve their ability to recognize individual letter sounds. This is the conclusion of a new study conducted by the University of ...

Posing as letter shapes while practicing letter sounds is an active and engaging activity. While learning letter sounds, students can pose their bodies in the shape of letters to connect their shape ...

Children who move while learning sounds of letters significantly improve their ability to recognize individual letter sounds. Children who move while learning sounds of letters significantly improve ...

English learners are sometimes an afterthought in 'science of reading' policies. Some educators want to change that.

New research has shown that extra practice in blending printed letter sounds can help struggling beginner readers (age 4-5) learn to read. The use of synthetic phonics to teach reading to children in ...

Teachers met with the new kindergartners at Gilbert Park Elementary in 2012 to measure the readiness of every kindergartner for school. (Bruce Ely/The Oregonian) Though I applaud the recognition of ...

Lynbrook kindergarten teacher Juliana Rotman stood at the front of the class, held up cards with the letters that spelled the word “swift” and asked her students to follow along using only the sounds ...

Watching a child learn to read feels magical. I remember the first time my son read a book all by himself. I watched in amazement as my kindergartner slowly made his way through an easy reader, ...

Though writing by hand is increasingly being eclipsed by the ease of computers, a new study finds we shouldn't be so quick to throw away the pencils and paper: handwriting helps people learn certain ...