Classroom Methods

Teaching methods used in schools to help children develop reading skills effectively. Articles cover phonics approaches, guided reading sessions, sight words and classroom reading programmes.

D.E.A.R Days: Drop Everything and Read

Schools use D.E.A.R. Days to get kids excited about reading and break up the regular routine for a day of books.

Guided Reading

Small group guided reading helps kids bridge the gap between shared and independent reading with adult support.

Hosting an Author in the Classroom

Get practical tips on booking an author visit for your classroom and making it memorable for students.

Independent Reading

Kids who read on their own tend to do better in school and develop stronger reading skills throughout their lives.

Phono-Graphix

Phono-Graphix teaches kids to read by recognising letter combinations as "sound pictures" rather than memorising individual letter sounds.

Shared Reading

Reading aloud to a group of children naturally draws them in and builds their language skills when you reread books with different learning goals each time.

Sight Word Recognition

Help your child read faster by teaching them to recognize common words instantly instead of sounding them out.

Synthetic Phonics

Synthetic phonics teaches kids to read by learning sounds instead of letters, and it's now the preferred method in schools worldwide.

Using Technology to Help Kids Read

Technology works best as a reading tool when guided by adults, not as a replacement for them.

Whole Language Reading

Whole language reading teaches kids to memorise words as complete units rather than sounding them out, and here's how it compares to phonics.