Staff Writer Many people look fondly upon elementary school, flooded with memories of snack time, recess and sitting cross-legged on the floor during story time. Another, though ...

So keep playing those rhyming, sound games and reading together to explore words, expand their language and help their early communication skills. Phonics just means matching the sounds that make ...

And after phonics instruction is complete ... and discuss the morphology of words during reading, spelling and vocabulary instruction." More information: Danielle Colenbrander et al, The Effects ...

who was a CPS student in the '60s, says phonics wasn't in her curriculum. "I learned to read by whole word and memorization and as a result, my pronunciation and spelling of words just sucks." ...

On one side are the proponents of the "science of reading" movement, a phonics- and cognitive-based instructional method. The opposing side champions "balanced literacy," emphasizing word ...