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 ...

Choose a letter to focus on! You may want to choose the first letter in your child’s name or a letter he is working on in school. After he has named all the objects, encourage your child to guess the ...

Welcome back to teaching in Room Nine. Our Region's Largest Classroom. My name is Julia, and I'm one of the second grade teachers at the Soulard School, but here for teaching in Room Nine, my lessons ...

Teaching a child to read is all about "decoding," a fundamental skill in which readers sound out unfamiliar words. While it may seem like a fancy educational term – and some parents will hear it a ...

Children who move while learning sounds of letters significantly improve their ability to recognize individual letter sounds. Children who move while learning sounds of letters significantly improve ...

Clarification: A previous version of this story had a different image. It has been updated for clarity. Walk into any kindergarten classroom this fall, and there’s a good chance students will be ...