New research at Aston University has shown that extra practice in blending printed letter sounds can help struggling beginner readers in reception classes learn to read. The paper is published in the ...

Anna Scretching-Cole helps children learn about the short e vowel sounds. Learn about short e with Anna Scretching-Cole. The short e vowel sounds often appear in the middle of words like web and bed.

The use of synthetic phonics to teach reading to children in reception classes has improved attainment Children who struggle with learning to read are often given extra help with learning letter ...

New research published yesterday provides further support for the use of an innovative teaching method to help children read and spell. A follow-up study of Scottish primary schoolchildren ...

Teaching a child to read is all about "decoding," a fundamental skill in which readers sound out unfamiliar words. While it may seem like a fancy educational term – and some parents will hear it a ...

Primary school pupils in Scotland who learned to read using synthetic phonics were ahead of English youngsters using a different method, a study has found. Researchers compared the literacy levels of ...

Crossroads School recently hosted nearly one hundred visiting educators from the Independent Schools for an English cluster meeting on the topic “Literacy takes effort, it is not automatic”. Learning ...