They keep letter blocks and magnets around for everyday play. Here's the real difference-maker: They talk with kids about the sounds letters make, not just their shapes and names. If they spot ...

When we close our doors to world trade by lifting tariffs so unnecessarily high, the economic flow cripples. Sure, the idea ...

Absent any evidence that NDN rejects such letters and in fact prints the letters registering that complaint, the fault ...

So on his own time, Mr. Wood developed the prototype of an electronic toy that played sounds when children squeezed plastic letters. He based the idea on greeting cards that played a tune when opened.

Wildfires are a point where the state of Oklahoma comes together. It amazes me that volunteer fire department sirens not only sound in the community containing the fire but surrounding ...

A reader calls on the Broward County School District to get much more serious about shrinking the size of its payroll to ...

Teach letter recognition and sounds before introducing words. Use phonics-based learning, where kids learn how letters and groups of letters sound together. Start with simple consonant-vowel-consonant ...

She packs in little lessons within the conversations, without making the children sound preachy. The format of the letter ...

Wild fires are a point where the state of Oklahoma comes together. It amazes me that volunteer fire department sirens not only sound in the community containing the fire but surrounding ones too. Some ...

What truly stretches credibility — it’s not the editorial, it’s Bennet’s timing that’s the real overreach.” — Kathryn Holland ...