phonics

Why every child needs explicit phonics instruction to learn to read

40% of children manage to learn to read without explicit and systematic phonics instruction due to a confluence of biological…

4 years ago

National gov’t backs phonics with new funding

This received a mixed reception from educators as many insist the $10m allocation would be better spent elsewhere. 

5 years ago

The Coalition’s $10 million for Year 1 phonics checks would be wasted money

Not teaching pre-service teachers how to teach phonics is not an option.

5 years ago

Building a child’s spoken word bank can boost capacity to read

Children’s oral vocabulary – their knowledge of the sounds and meanings of words – is strongly positively associated with their reading all…

7 years ago

Crack the code for young readers with phonics

The divide over teaching children how to read has long existed between those who support the ‘whole language’ approach and…

7 years ago

How do we learn to read?

The sign on the public car park in the tiny Tasmanian town of Wynyard reads, "Egress from this carpark is…

7 years ago

New phonics test pointless: a waste of precious money buying it from England

In the May budget, the federal government allocated money to buy England’s phonic screening test for six-year-olds in Year 1.

7 years ago

How to teach literacy so no child is left behind

Children who do not learn to read in the first few years of schooling are typically destined to a school…

7 years ago

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