A new curriculum teaches young children how to break down words by their sounds and then put them back together.

The instructional coach revamped how young kids pull apart and put together letter sounds to form words. Her program is now being piloted in six Maine school districts.

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Teaching methods have changed over recent years, particularly in the areas of reading and writing. The pendulum is swinging back, though, so phonics and cursive writing are turning up in lesson plans.

An influential researcher in the science of reading movement is warns schools may be "overteaching" the skill.

Since the school district implemented a new phonics program in Bradley Elementary School, 80% of the kids are now reading ...

Presenter 1: When the words get tricky, phonics get all sticky, blending them together doesn't work the same. You can see that all tricky words don't look the way they should be heard. Presenter 2: ...

Speaker Two: That's the letter t. It makes the t sound. Speaker One: t, t, tiger. Aahh! Speaker Two: t, t, tractor. Speaker One: That's the letter p. It makes the p ...

Kindergarten teachers at East Oakview took part in a “learning lab” to observe how their colleagues teach new phonics lessons ...

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