Blog Early Years

This June, all children in Year 1 will be taking the Phonics Screening Check, a 40-word check of a child’s phonic skills and knowledge. Find out how you can help your child feel confident and prepared.

Scholastic Phonics Book Bag Readers are an easy-to-use series of decodable readers designed to help children develop their phonic knowledge and early reading skills at home and in the classroom. Check out our 5 reasons to…

As your child begins their reading journey, it’s important to make sure you’re supporting their development beyond phonics so they can become an accomplished reader.

Check out our six tips to sharpen reading…

In this guest blog post, Maddie Towne, a Year 6 Teacher and English Lead at Fossebrook Primary School reflects on her experiences of the teaching of reading.

Five years ago, Scholastic published the Scholastic Reading Audit, a free tool to support schools in the teaching and leading of reading. Our 2021-2022 summary report is now…

Scholastic launched the Scholastic Reading Audit five years ago, a comprehensive tool designed to support primary school teachers and leaders in teaching children to read. Over the years, we have seen some truly brilliant…