Learning to read is probably the most important thing your son or daughter will do in reception (well, maybe equal with having fun!) but it won't all happen in class: parents need to help at home too.

This week, back to school is in full swing. And children up and down the country will be sat (well, this may be optimistic) ready to learn. In early years education, reading is key. And the great ...

Unfortunately, your recent commentary concerning the education debate over reading techniques (“Reading wars,” Perspective, March 2) does a great disservice to parents by obfuscating the truth behind ...

Education developer Learning Without Tears has launched Phonics, Reading, and Me, a supplemental reading program for students in grades K–3. The news was announced today at the ISTELive 22 conference ...

There’s a great saying by author Anna Quindlen: “Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and the journey.” And she’s spot on. Books, and the ability to read them ...

If I said “enbala nen sen ampotato sares kopan” would you understand me? No, well I don’t blame you. They’re “alien words” written by my 5-year-old daughter in preparation for her end of year phonics ...

Your little one might love a game of I Spy to pass the time. It's a game you can play anywhere, either int he house or when you're out and about. But did you know it is great for their language ...