Dec 2, 2015 | DM Case Studies, DM News Blog
Mark enrolled on the Easyread programme at the age of 11. A difficulty in understanding phonics meant that both his reading and spelling were affected. Mark would often miss words out and replace them with substitute words. For example, “in” or “the” would often...
Jan 8, 2015 | DM News Blog
A new report by the vice-chancellor of one of Australia’s leading universities – the University of Sydney – has recommended an overhaul of how teachers are trained to teach reading. He points out the lack of emphasis on phonics. Many teaching...
Aug 14, 2014 | DM News Blog
While the sun is out and the weather warm (or mostly warm, if you live in Britain like we do!), get into the great outdoors and practice… phonics. Yes, phonics! The wonderful blog, Living Montessori Now, has 20 fantastic suggestions for building phonemic...
Jul 18, 2014 | DM News Blog
Gordon Askew has written this open letter to the new Education Secretary, Nicky Morgan, pleading with her to maintain the current phonics push in primary schools: http://ssphonix.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/an-urgent-message-for-nicky-morgan.html The danger that Gordon...
Jul 24, 2013 | DM News Blog
The kids are jumping up and down. The whole family is about to leave on vacation. Maybe you are flying to a famous amusement park. Perhaps you are driving several hours or days to visit with Grandma and Grandpa. You can make the trip more fun, AND educational as well,...
