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My Must-Have YouTube Channels for Letter Sounds and Phonics

I discuss tried-and-true favorites like KidsTV123 (Phonics Song 2, new version), the Better Alphabet song with Jack Hartmann and Katie Garner, Peachie Speechie for articulation, and Geraldine the ...
Los Angeles Times

Letters to the Editor: How can teachers help kids glued to their phones learn to read?

To the editor: Your editorial on reforming reading instruction highlighted what a disaster “whole language” has been for literacy in our public schools. This movement decades ago to step away from ...
Los Angeles Times

Letters to the Editor: Why phonics instruction falls short if reading comprehension is the goal

To the editor: “English is a phonetic language,” states a letter writer who taught reading — but, I must add, only to a point. Just a brief look at the previous sentence will show numerous exceptions ...