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 ...
Phonemic awareness: The ability to identify and understand the individual sounds in spoken words. For example, the ability for someone to see that the word "rat" is a combination of the sounds each of ...
Reading isn’t natural for humans – but storytelling is. Using decades of data, my new research highlights the role of parents in encouraging a love of books long before children start school.