Alphabets make up the core of preschool learning. The alphabet is the first thing a child needs to learn before anything else. Children need to learn each letter and the corresponding sound to ...

Today, children are taught to read using phonics, which is all about the sounds that make up words. Children start by learning the letters and the sounds they make, and how to put them together to ...

Phonics tests for six year olds have started in schools in England. But what do parents need to know about this system for learning to read? Phonics has been promoted by the government as the best way ...

From baby babble to bedtime stories, early literacy begins long before school starts. Science shows that strong language skills, playful letter recognition, and rich caregiver interaction lay the ...

Being able to read means being able to make meaning from printed words. At a functional level, we read to get the message – such as how many times per day to take our medication – but in a literate ...