Welcome back to teaching in room nine our summertime edition. My name is Julia. I'm a second grade teacher at the Soulard school but here for teaching in room nine my lessons focus on phonemic ...

Phonemic awareness—being able to recognize and manipulate the sounds in English—is a critical early literacy skill. But you don’t need fancy, pricey commercial materials to help kids master it, says ...

Clarification: A previous version of this story had a different image. It has been updated for clarity. Walk into any kindergarten classroom this fall, and there’s a good chance students will be ...