Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor. Phonics alone won’t get kids reading Re: “ Far too many California children can’t read ” (Page A7, June 17).

1. Teaching phonics is great and absolutely necessary, but beware of non-phonetic words such as those spelled with “ough” (tough, bough, ought, through, though). 2.

The phonics vs. whole-language debate in literacy education doesn't mean anything if kids glued to their smartphones aren't encouraged by their families to read.

Letters to the Editor: Phonics gets kids over an early reading hump. What happens after that? A teacher works with sixth- and seventh-graders on a phonics lesson in Poway, Calif., in January 2020.

The Phonics Songs plus, Grade One instruction book with songs by Donny and Marie Osmond, will be available free from StrugglingReaders.com Phonics relies on a one voice cuing system, one that for ...

Kids learn best when they’re having fun. Reading is a skill built on practice and recognition. Reading to your child daily, letting her play with flashcards or letter magnets, and identifying ...

Many families whose children have reading problems, she has discovered, would benefit from free sequential phonics program books. The best are hundreds of pages long, with price tags as high as $100.

Letters 2 Literacy, non-profit in Batavia. Letters 2 Literacy also offers free lessons to families who struggle financially, so that nothing gets in the way of their children succeeding.

To the Editor: Re “ We’re Bad at Teaching Kids to Read,” by Nicholas Kristof (column, Feb. 12): Mr. Kristof has sadly jumped on the current “phonics” bandwagon.

The Phonics Songs plus, Grade One instruction book with songs by Donny and Marie Osmond, will be available free from Dec 1 thru Dec 4 Music with lyrics helps develop reading skills.