During the formative years of reading skills in schools, kids should be introduced to vowel sounds. These are not the easiest lessons, but vowels help them with reading and spelling accuracy. Learning ...

In this video, I’m sharing my top YouTube recommendations for teaching letter sounds and phonics, perfect for parents, teachers, and homeschoolers.

Mrs. Knarr will teach your early learners how to skip count by 5s. Let’s skip into numbers on this episode of #TeachingInRoom9! Mrs. Knarr will teach your early learners how to skip count by 5s before ...

Today we’re practicing important skills like spelling your name and picking out letter sounds. Today we’re practicing important skills like spelling your name and picking out letter sounds. Your early ...

In response to Mona Charen’s Tuesday column supporting phonics reading instruction: The idea that English is a phonetic language is laughable. One symbol, one sound is a great idea. But that’s not ...

Outside, it was summer, but inside John Lewis Elementary School in Macon, Ga. Quantesha Pittman was teaching third graders to build words. "What's that first sound again?" she asked the room of about ...