Many popular phonics programs are influenced by an approach called Orton-Gillingham. First developed a century ago by a neuropsychiatrist and an educator-psychologist, the method was designed to help ...

PURPLE WIZARD: That’s the letter ‘N’, it makes the ‘n’ sound. N… n, nose! ORANGE WIZARD: Oh! N… n, nails. ORANGE WIZARD: Now we know lots more letters. PURPLE WIZARD: And the sounds they make. ORANGE ...

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There’s a new debate over phonics instruction bubbling up in the “science of reading” movement—one that demonstrates the intricate challenges inherent in making large-scale instructional change. More ...

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 ...

So you can read. But how? People learn to talk simply through listening — to our parents talking to us and to each other, to the TV talking to the ether, to strangers on the street. But that’s not how ...

New research has shown that learning to read by sounding out words (a teaching method known as phonics) has a dramatic impact on the accuracy of reading aloud and comprehension. There has been intense ...

This article was originally published in 2020. Ehri (2020) offers a rationale for implementing systematic phonics instruction to help students learn essential skills for reading words. Research has ...

Chidi UgwuJolly Learning and Universal Learning Solutions (ULS) are celebrating 20 years of partnership and philanthropic investment in improving foundational literacy in Nigeria with Jolly Phonics, ...