With phonics, you learn to sound out the word ... Our daughter finished her second kindergarten year in public school before beginning first grade at a local Catholic school.

The results are “dramatic,” said Devin Kearns, a professor in early literacy at North Carolina State University, who was not involved with the study. Gains from UFLI are equivalent to 8 months of ...

Students from other kindergarten classrooms … not so much ... Our first meeting was not auspicious. She was dedicated to phonics first, while I was still — albeit now a bit wobbly — in the “make it ...

OG focuses on explicit phonics, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension, with a strong emphasis on the connection between sounds and letters. By using auditory, visual, and kinesthetic modalities, ...

Simple words like "the" and "of" are everywhere, but don't follow regular phonics patterns. How should teachers approach them?