What it’s like: Hooked on Phonics Learn to Read Classroom Edition includes 12 steps; each teaches rimes and letter sounds to help kids build words. Within each step, videos with catchy songs introduce ...

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 ...

On Wal-Mart’s aisle of educational toys and children’s learning materials, dozens of brightly packaged products and cartoon-infused titles vie for parents’ attention and a slice o… ...

To Read with Speed, Get Hooked on Phonics, and… Context clues and word shape also contribute to overall ability to tease out a sentence. By Nikhil Swaminathan on August 1, 2007 ...

ATLANTA, July 21, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- Aaron Rents, Inc., the nation's leader in the rental, sales and lease ownership, specialty retailing and rental of residential and office furniture, consumer ...

BALTIMORE, Dec. 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Hooked on Phonics, maker of award-winning educational tools to help parents teach their children to read, plans to donate 15,000 of its Learn to Read ...

Tutoring services at Sylvan Learning Centers can cost in the thousands of dollars for one student, while Hooked on Phonics’ “Learn to Read” reading kit costs about $300.

Now, as schools look to address low reading scores, phonics and other elements of the science of reading are getting fresh attention, fueled in part by a series of stories and podcasts by APM Reports.

Their findings: that phonics, not surprisingly, the largest component of reading speed, determined 62 percent of the rate. The stunner was that the other two processes consistently contributed the ...