The first key skill in phonics is to learn the letters ... There’s no special way to treat blends – simply blend the letter sounds in the word as normal. Getting to know them unlocks hundreds ...

The results are “dramatic,” said Devin Kearns, a professor in early literacy at North Carolina State University, who was not ...

The first key skill in phonics is to learn the letters ... There’s no special way to treat blends – simply blend the letter sounds in the word as normal. Getting to know them unlocks hundreds ...

Decades of research has shown that phonics instruction—showing children how letters represent sounds and blend together to form words—is the most effective way to teach beginning readers how ...