Early literacy can be joyful when music, movement, and playful activities are part of the mix. Combining rhythm, songs, and interactive games helps children strengthen decoding skills while staying ...

Songs, rhymes, and steady routines can make early literacy learning an engaging part of a child’s day. By combining structured phonics with music and movement, children strengthen sound recognition, ...

Children better absorb information with a multi-sensory approach. Children better absorb information when we use a multi-sensory approach, like when we combine sight and sound. The first step toward ...

Want to know if it’s time for phonics in Belinda Williams’s kindergarten classroom? Stand in the hall and listen. “I love phonics because it’s something that’s so easy to make fun,” Williams said. “We ...

“When we know better, we do better.” There is something forgiving and medicinal about that teaching mantra. I am regularly realizing that I could have taught something more effectively or that I ...

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Even though it’s the dog days of summer vacation, many schools across the country are getting ready to bring students back into the classroom — and that means giving serious thought to the best ways ...