What is phonics and why is it used to teach reading? A great piece by Australian Literacy Clinic Director Saskia Kohnen (she/her/hers), Australian Centre for the Advancement of Literacy Director Rauno Parrila & ARC laureate professor Anne Castles theconversation.com/what-is-phonic… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand

Victorian schools are about to follow Department for Education SA South Australia's lead in teaching kids to read using phonics...but what exactly is phonics, and why should we use it to teach kids to read? This article by Anne Castles - moved to @annecastles.bsky.social, Saskia Kohnen (she/her/hers) and professor Rauno Parilla provides a very

Recreating the Spelling for Life Lower and Upper Primary resources this week. I love sharing the good works of others. Take a look at this page on alphabet charts and check out Reading Doctor's offerings if you get the chance!

Always something to learn from Pamela Snow as she chats to Brendan Lee about evidence-based reading instruction & why changing teacher practice can be so challenging. learnwithlee.net/kft-pamelasnow/

"We know that phonics is an essential foundation in the early stages of learning to read – but the question remains: how can we make it better?” Click below to read about how our Centre is addressing current issues in Australia's literacy landscape 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽 shorturl.at/72vuK

Evidence-based teaching, explicit instruction, phonics…turning around decades of poor literacy & numeracy. Not ‘old fashioned’ but a result of applying current findings from the science of learning! Sharing Best Practice⁩ Amazing work ⁦Steven Capp⁩ afr.com/politics/feder…

All schools should take the Reading Pledge, it’s an evidence-based framework for schools to dramatically reduce the number of children who finish primary school unable to read proficiently and support struggling readers in secondary school fivefromfive.com.au/reading-pledge… Learning Difficulties Australia

Thanks Jennifer. Your robust research has been instrumental. Explicit instruction and systematic phonics are proven as most effective ways to teach children to read and we need to do what’s best for children - regardless of postcode, languages spoken at home or neurodiversity.

It's always a privilege to host guest contributions on #TheSnowReport. This one is titled "A letter to my son" & was written by Heidi Gregory - Dyslexia Victoria Support. One for policy makers & school leaders who have resisted engagement about rigour in reading instruction👇 pamelasnow.blogspot.com/2024/09/guest-…

Powerhouse Pam! 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 Absolutely brilliant and so well-deserved, Pamela Snow. Huge congratulations to you, Tanya Anne Serry PhD and all at La Trobe University #SOLARLab.

Great to see this revised and more accurate definition of decoding in the new Victorian Department of Education classroom materials. Well done to the team on their responsiveness on this.

If you are interested in the science of learning, this course is sure to be fantastic. Congratulations Professor Lorraine Hammond AM and Edith Cowan University (ECU)!!

Looking forward to another fantastic SBP event! Don’t miss this if you’re a teacher, SLP or anyone involved in education. Lots of great speakers. I’ll be talking about why knowledge of the phonological structure of language is essential when teaching phonics. See you there!

Not to be missed! Looking forward to presenting. See you in Toowoomba :)

Yes! Amazing work, Sarah Asome #CodeREaD!!

📣Calling all Aussie Parents & Schools! Join Flinders University’s nationwide study on letter‐sound knowledge and get FREE access to ReadingDoctor® letter-sound activities for your 4–6 year-olds. Let’s boost early literacy together! Existing evidence: readingdoctor.com.au/evidence-suppo…

The countdown begins! Just one month until the SPA 2025 Conference with innovative sessions, engaging presenters, and networking opportunities. Thanks to AlliedX, Reading Doctor & splose. Register now: speechpathologyaustralia.org.au/2025Conference #SPA2025CONF

Please help La Trobe University Masters by Research student Charlotte Peverett (she/her) 💉💉🦠 💉💉🦠💉 to gain a good understanding of Australian teachers' views & experiences of teaching students with an ID to read. redcap.latrobe.edu.au/redcap/surveys…. Please also share in your networks. Thank you from Charlotte & supervisors 🌻

Help kids learn to read with readingdoctor.com.au/what-is-readin… and our free decodable readers, including 'A Yak is in the Jet'! readingdoctor.com.au/decodable-read…

If, like me, you are fascinated by the history of theory and research on reading, this brilliant journal article is for you. If you just want the moral of the story, it’s please stop using running records for assessing reading. They are based on disproven theory and flawed