Below is our recommended list of resources about literacy and phonics education.
PODCASTS
- APMreports: Why Aren’t Kids Being Taught to Read?
- APMreports: At a Loss for Words: What’s Wrong with How Schools Teach Reading
ARTICLES
- The New York Times: Why are We Still Teaching Reading the Wrong Way?
- Science Daily: Phonics Works: Sounding Out Words is the Best Way to Teach Reading
BOOKS
- Seidenberg, Mark: Language at the Speed of Sight: How We Read, Why So Many Can’t, and What Can Be Done About It
- Shaywitz, Sally: Overcoming Dislexia: A New and Complete Science-Based Program for Readin Problems t Any Level.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
- EARLY READING MASTERY: Games and Manipulatives for Beginning and Struggling Readers
- AGE OF MONTESSORI: Teaching Early Reading and Writing Course