Blast from the Past: This piece first appeared on June 4, 2022, and was re-released on July 26, 2025. I continue to feel strongly that speech-to-print is the best way to go when it comes to beginning phonics instruction, yet as this entry admits – that is not yet proven. That hasn’t changed over the past few years, and yet data continue to accumulate on that side of the ledger. For example, Yan, et al. (2024) demonstrate the importance of a neurological speech-to-print convergence in reading, something that suggests the potential value of such instructional approaches. Likewise, th...