Each of the systems that make up the Fountas & Pinnell Literacy™ brand have been developed over many years, incorporating a wide body of research about how literacy develops in children over time.  (continue reading)

Fountas and Pinnell dive into the research on effective phonics instruction and align the research to the Phonics, Spelling, and Word Study Lessons.  (continue reading)

Fountas and Pinnell are committed to the important role of research in the development and ongoing evaluation of all of their reading, writing, phonics, and classroom resources.  (continue reading)

Literacy leaders Irene Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell sat down with the Heinemann team to discuss the role of phonics in a cohesive literacy system.  (continue reading)

Poems provide children with an authentic opportunity to apply their knowledge of letter/sound relationships and word patterns and parts.  (continue reading)

Shared reading of poetry helps children become aware of the phonological system of language, which is basic to providing a foundation for matching sounds with letters, letter clusters, and word parts.  (continue reading)