A male is a ‘mike’. We use letters selected from a standard phonetic, or spelling, alphabet so nobody fumbles for words. Spelling alphabets came about because early users of radios ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with Puzzlemaster Will Shortz and KUOW listener John Weaver of Tacoma, Wash.

Kids eventually returned to the classroom ... and features more than 700 hands-on reading lessons that teach the nuances of the alphabet, phonics, sight words, and vocabulary. To sweeten the deal, ...

All of the phonics I teach, starting with the alphabet song, is very explicit. We're teaching one sound and the spelling at a ...

Check if you have access via personal or institutional login The aim of phonetic transcription is to represent the sounds of speech on paper. This book surveys the history of attempts to represent ...

Letters 2 Literacy, a nonprofit that tutors students in literacy and phonics, was born after seeing students in her classroom struggle.

What do a cartoon book, science fiction novel and read-aloud book all have in common? They are three books recently ...

Because at some point, after kids have gotten good phonics instruction ... s like to read text in another language if you know the alphabet and rules of pronunciation but very little vocabulary.

Over a 40-year career writing children’s books, Jerry Pallotta has found one thing to brag about: He’s spoken at 4,000 schools across all 50 states.  The Boston native made his latest appearance over ...

With well-known tunes like "The Alphabet Song" and "Bingo," the ... Four interactive modes enable kids to learn letters, phonics, music, shapes, and stories. The device can be personalized with ...