As California launches a new literacy campaign, some advocates worry that for English learners, a focus on sounding out words will come at the expense of learning the meaning of words. State ...

New research has shown that learning to read by sounding out words (a teaching method known as phonics) has a dramatic impact on the accuracy of reading aloud and comprehension. There has been intense ...

The new question-of-the-week is: What is the appropriate role of phonics in reading instruction? The role of phonics in reading instruction is often debated: how big, how small, and how should it be ...

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What it’s like: Hooked on Phonics Learn to Read Classroom Edition includes 12 steps; each teaches rimes and letter sounds to help kids build words. Within each step, videos with catchy songs introduce ...

The education services company Educate Inc. has acquired the parent company of Hooked on Phonics, the controversial but popular literacy and math program advertised on television. The purchase ushers ...

Wisconsin, USA / April 27, 2014 / Among a growing cluster of phonic programs swarming the marketplace, one program stands out from rest of the crowd. “Hooked on Phonics” is no ordinary off-the-shelf ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Disney Learning: Phonics Quest Disney Learning: Phonics Quest challenges kids to enhance and master their phonics skills while taking a magical journey with ...

New research suggests that relying on phonics, a method of learning where an individual sounds out words, helps students to learn reading faster when compared with the whole-language technique, which ...