The UFLI reading curriculum is already used in McLean County school districts, including District 87 and Heyworth.

Phonological awareness can be described as having the awareness of what sounds are and how they come together to make words. It is an umbrella skill that includes identifying and manipulating units or ...

Rhyming games are key to helping children with their understanding of different word sounds and the rhythm of words. This can be hugely helpful for their language skills as they build to talking in ...

Phonics — the practice of teaching children how letters and letter combinations sound — is a large focus of the new curriculum. To understand how to spell, children must understand the sounds the ...

Four weeks into the current school year, kindergarten teacher Kristen Wilson assembles her army of Code Masters, a notoriously fidgety group of four- and five-year-olds whose attention she can hold ...