For Parents

Help your child strengthen their literacy skills at any stage of development.

Your family plays a big role in helping your child learn to read and write. With the right phonics activities at home, you can support your child’s literacy development and academic success. The more you understand how and why phonics instruction works, the better you can facilitate effective and meaningful learning experiences with your family. 

To help your child practice phonics at home, read our insights for parents below! You can also browse our phonics program reviews for more.

Phonics Education for Families

sight words vs high frequency words

Sight Words vs. High-Frequency Words

During phonics instruction, children learn to sound out or “decode” words. With enough practice,...

letters and the brain noting how the brain learns to read

How the Brain Learns to Read

Reading is an advanced skill and a relatively new phenomenon among humans. While literacy...

tips for teaching phonics at home

10 Tips for Parents Teaching Phonics at Home

Teaching phonics to kids is no easy feat. Reading and writing are complex skills...

Phonics Intervention for Struggling Students

Phonics is a must-have foundation for reading instruction—especially for children just learning to read....

Common Phonics Mistakes to Avoid When Teaching

Ahhh, phonics instruction. It’s such a special experience in a child’s education! Helping kids...

Making Phonics Stick: Help Kids Learn Essential Literacy Skills 

Sometimes, it seems like no matter how much you practice with your child or...

fun phonics games for kids

Fun Phonics Games for Kids: Activities to Try at Home 

Kids need to master basic phonics skills before they can become proficient readers. While...

learn to reach decoding in reading for kids

Methods of Effective Decoding in Reading

When children are learning to read, they must be taught how to “sound out”...

what is phonics?

What is Phonics? An Introduction for Parents and Educators

Anyone who can read and write in an alphabetical language has mastered an important...

Sight Words vs. High-Frequency Words

Sight Words vs. High-Frequency Words

During phonics instruction, children learn to sound out or “decode” words. With enough practice, decoding turns into sight word recognition. Sight words are defined as any word that can be…

How the Brain Learns to Read

How the Brain Learns to Read

Reading is an advanced skill and a relatively new phenomenon among humans. While literacy is a crucial ability a child must develop to obtain knowledge and navigate society, it doesn’t…

10 Tips for Parents Teaching Phonics at Home

10 Tips for Parents Teaching Phonics at Home

Teaching phonics to kids is no easy feat. Reading and writing are complex skills that must be explicitly learned, practiced, and mastered over time if children are to become proficient…

Phonics Intervention for Struggling Students

Phonics Intervention for Struggling Students

Phonics is a must-have foundation for reading instruction—especially for children just learning to read. Even more importantly, kids struggling to read often benefit from explicit instruction through some type of…

Common Phonics Mistakes to Avoid When Teaching

Common Phonics Mistakes to Avoid When Teaching

Ahhh, phonics instruction. It’s such a special experience in a child’s education! Helping kids learn how to read and write is fascinating, rewarding, and developmentally necessary.  Unless it’s not.  If…

Making Phonics Stick: Help Kids Learn Essential Literacy Skills 

Making Phonics Stick: Help Kids Learn Essential Literacy Skills 

Sometimes, it seems like no matter how much you practice with your child or student, they aren’t grasping phonics concepts. Maybe you repeatedly teach your child a letter or rule…

Fun Phonics Games for Kids: Activities to Try at Home 

Fun Phonics Games for Kids: Activities to Try at Home 

Kids need to master basic phonics skills before they can become proficient readers. While practice with systematic phonics instruction in the classroom is necessary, many children learn best through play!…

Methods of Effective Decoding in Reading

Methods of Effective Decoding in Reading

When children are learning to read, they must be taught how to “sound out” letters and blend them together to form words. If you’re a parent or teacher, for example,…

What is Phonics? An Introduction for Parents and Educators

What is Phonics? An Introduction for Parents and Educators

Anyone who can read and write in an alphabetical language has mastered an important set of skills. They know the connection between letters and the sounds each one represents. They…