When your child is first learning to read, you’ll likely be on the lookout for engaging, age-appropriate reading materials to practice with. Decodable books are a type of reading material that allows ...

Early reading instruction remains a hotly debated topic in schools; and sometimes, the debates are among those who generally agree on principles—like the importance of phonics practice—but not ...

As a new school year approaches and more school districts implement state-mandated evidence-based reading instruction, the literacy crisis is front of mind. The alarm bells are still ringing in the ...

Misty Adoniou currently receives funding from the ACT Education Directorate to investigate the teaching of writing in secondary schools. Brian Cambourne is a self funded retiree. Between 1968 and 2006 ...

Simmone Pogorzelski consults to MultiLit Pty Ltd which sells decodable readers, among other reading materials that the company researches and develops. Robyn Wheldall is a director of MultiLit Pty Ltd ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Every kindergarten class will be given new books for beginner readers as part of a dramatic shift in the way the state’s children are ...

The International Literacy Association has put out a new brief endorsing “systematic and explicit” phonics in all early reading instruction. “English is an alphabetic language. We have 26 letters.

Primary school children in Victoria will increasingly be taught to read via a teaching method called 'phonics'. It's a way of explicitly teaching sounds, which enables children to decipher unfamiliar ...