Five years after the pandemic forced children into remote instruction, two-thirds of U.S. fourth graders still cannot read at ...

Children need to learn each letter and the corresponding sound to pronounce and write words correctly. As they broaden their ...

"The Vowel A" teaches viewers about the short and long sounds of the vowel letter A. It explains how the presence of a final 'e' at the end of words changes the sound of A from short to long.

In our classroom, learning letter sounds isn’t just about flashcards and worksheets — it’s about hands-on, meaningful play and using letter blocks or magnetic tiles to construct words.

The phonemic symbol for this sound is . Any vowel letter can be pronounced as schwa and the pronunciation of a vowel letter can change depending on whether the syllable in which it occurs is ...

which is helpful when it comes to learning to read. Check out the Alphablocks guide to phonics for a introduction to all the different letter sounds and a bit more information about how to use them.