This is a very useful article written by educationalist Clare Sealy: https://www.tes.com/news/13-things-you-need-know-about-phonics I've also added Clare's article to the 'Research and Recommended Reading' forum with some information about Clare here and a link to my free Alphabetic Code Charts (as ...

Quite frankly it's really refreshing and long-awaited that the Times Education Supplement (TES) published something positive and useful about systematic synthetic phonics provision. Well done to Clare Sealy for her very readable, and helpful, article: 13 things you need to know about phonics The sci...

Good signs in England of organisations getting on board with Ofsted's raised levels of emphasis on schools teaching 'systematic synthetic phonics' right from the Foundation Stage (4 to 5 year olds). Here you can see Herts of Learning clarifying expectations: https://iferi.org/iferi_forum/viewtopic.p...

The Herts for Learning organisation clarifies the expectations for phonics provision and continuing professional development that will be looked for by England's inspectorate - Ofsted: Getting forensic with phonics: Ofsted's focus on the early stages of reading https://www.hertsforlearning.co.uk/blo...

MMSD changing curriculum to brain-based letter sound approach as Wisconsin readers fall behind https://www.channel3000.com/news/mmsd-changing-curriculum-to-brain-based-letter-sound-approach-as-wisconsin-readers-fall-behind/1118470315 MADISON, Wis. - Wisconsin's young readers are falling behind as o...

Read more about Bob Sweet's incredible contribution to the reading debate here:

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Phonics stalwart, Bruce Deitrick Price, points out the ludicrous scenario of the battles over reading instruction, and in doing so flags up the important work of the amazing Bob Sweet Jnr who sadly died in July 2019: Fake reading instruction was always a conspiracy. Obviously https://www.linkedin.co...

The battle for research-informed reading instruction is a hot topic in New Zealand as well as other countries. This blog, with contributions featuring reading instruction issues, was flagged up via Twitter: Blog of the New Zealand Association for Research in Education https://nzareblog.wordpress.com...

I think this piece has a five minutes time limit to read it - I may be wrong:

Parents of dyslexic children campaign for phonics: 'Nothing worse than watching a little boy's sparkling eyes disappear'

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Emily Hanford mentions the well-known intervention programme, Reading Recovery, and so here is a link to a great deal of information about grave worries internationally about the Reading Recovery approach:

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