Phonics for Homeschool Moms | Kindergarten Reading Curriculum, Teach my Child to Read, Reading Tutor, Child Has Dyslexia
By Melanie Jeffrey Online Reading Tutor and K-3 Phonics Curriculum
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This is a podcast for MOMS teaching beginning or struggling readers at home! 🧡
Worried you won't be able to teach your Kindergarten, 1st or 2nd Grader to READ at home? Overwhelmed by curriculum choice, wondering which Kindergarten Phonics and Reading Curriculum is best?
Wondering HOW to help your struggling reader? Could she have dyslexia?
❓Do you find your child guessing at words? NOW is the time to take a deep dive into SIMPLE PHONICS SKILLS as a MOM, so that YOU can raise a STRONG, CONFIDENT READER!
Hi there, I'm Melanie. Wife to Bill and mom to 3 hard-working young adults. As an Ontario teacher, turned online reading curriculum creator, reading tutor and phonics coach for moms, I have a heart 🧡 for helping MOMS of beginning and struggling readers!
I help MOMS learn SIMPLE PHONICS SKILLS, so they can TEACH THEIR KIDS TO READ WITH CONFIDENCE!
NO MORE SAYING, "But, I'm not trained as a teacher!"
10+ years TEACHING students to become strong, confident readers in a classroom setting, tells me that PHONICS is the FOUNDATION to SUCCESSFUL READING.
☑️ Ready to ditch curriculum overwhelm, know exactly where to start when teaching your child to read? It's time to get simple phonics skills in your back pocket, so that you can confidently teach your child to read to become a strong, independent reader!
TEACHING YOUR CHILD TO READ IS GOING TO BE SIMPLER THAN YOU THOUGHT!!
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110. Homeschool MOM to a 1st Grade Reader? 6 Syllables Types to Teach NOW!
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Sep 21, 2026 |
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109. Learn to Read + Kids' Bible Devotions: Samantha Watson’s iDevote Series!
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Sep 14, 2026 |
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108. How Many Weeks Should Phonics Lessons Take? A Homeschool Mom’s Curriculum Planning Guide
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Sep 07, 2026 |
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107. Should You Hire a Reading Tutor? 3 Reasons Parents Say, “YES!”
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Aug 31, 2026 |
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106. Homeschool OUR Way with Elan Page — Empowering Black Families to Reimagine Education!
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Aug 24, 2026 |
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105. The Homeschool Curriculum I Wish I'd Had From Day One!
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Aug 17, 2026 |
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104. Reading Not ‘Clicking’? 5 Phonics HACKS for Homeschoolers!
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Aug 10, 2026 |
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103. 3 Reasons You Need a Phonics Curriculum: WHY ‘Winging It' Doesn't Work!
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Aug 03, 2026 |
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102. Elyse Scheeler: Speech and Language Coach for Homeschool MOMS!
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Jul 27, 2026 |
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101. Decodable Stories: 5 FUN Ways to Read in Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd Grade!
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Jul 20, 2026 |
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100. Choosing the BEST Reading Curriculum? Learn from My Classroom Mistakes!
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Jul 13, 2026 |
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99. Spelling Words for Beginners? 3 CVC Word SECRETS for MOMS!
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Jul 06, 2026 |
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98. Reading Curriculum for Kindergarten: The #1 SOUNDS Drill MOMS Should Never Skip!
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Jun 29, 2026 |
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97. Child Freezes or Refuses When Asked to Write? HOW to Bridge the Writing GAP!
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Jun 22, 2026 |
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96. Teaching Phonics at Home for the FIRST Time? START Here, MOM!
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Jun 15, 2026 |
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95. Homeschool Minnesota: Dayle Annand Teaches Her 3 Kids to Read!
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Jun 08, 2026 |
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94. Homeschool Organization: Curriculum Clutter Stalling Your Momentum?
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Jun 01, 2026 |
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93. Reading Tutor Cost Holding You Back? SKIP the Long-Term Commitment!
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May 25, 2026 |
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92. Can’t Justify Hiring a Reading Tutor? 3 Guilt-Free Reasons Why You Should!
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May 18, 2026 |
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91. Homeschool Reading and Spelling Curriculums: STOP Second-Guessing Your Choice!
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May 11, 2026 |
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90. Think Grammar is Boring in 1st Grade? Meet Grammar Coach, Patty McGee!
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May 04, 2026 |
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89. Moms, STOP Stalling After CVC Words! Here’s What to Do Next
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Apr 27, 2026 |
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88. Letter Sounds to Reading CVC Words: 3 STEPS to Make the LEAP!
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Apr 20, 2026 |
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HOW to Teach Phonics for K-2 Challenge!!
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Apr 16, 2026 |
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87. Homeschool MOM Doubting Yourself Teaching PHONICS for Beginning Readers?
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Apr 13, 2026 |
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86. Maeve Jemison, Homeschool MOM | Worried Your Child Isn't Reading YET?!
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Apr 06, 2026 |
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85. 10 Phonics Skills Strong Readers MASTER [What to Teach AFTER the ALPHABET]!
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Mar 30, 2026 |
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84. ESL Student in 2nd Grade - Is Phonics Enough [Case Study]
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Mar 23, 2026 |
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83. FUN Phonics Games for Kindergarten with Zeba McGibbon of Kindergarten Cafe!
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Mar 16, 2026 |
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BONUS MARCH MADNESS FLASH SALE!
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Mar 12, 2026 |
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82. SPELLING Words for 1st Grade? USE Whiteboards BEFORE Worksheets!
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Mar 09, 2026 |
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81. LOW PREP Phonics Activities and Games for Reading Centers: PHONICS BUMP!
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Mar 02, 2026 |
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80. Kids CAN'T READ Their Own Printing? HELP from Joanna Kettle, Keeping Beautiful Handwriting Alive!
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Feb 23, 2026 |
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79. BEST Phonics Curriculum for Kindergarten/1st Grade? DITCH BORING LESSONS!
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Feb 16, 2026 |
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78. Teach Your Child to Read in Just 5 Phonics Lessons? YOU BET!
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Feb 09, 2026 |
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77. Homeschool Co-op Class Ideas for Elementary Reading: From Kindergarten Letter Sounds to Sentences!
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Feb 02, 2026 |
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76. Why Can't My Child Sit Still? PHONICS and MOVEMENT with Homeschool OT, Sarah Collins
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Jan 26, 2026 |
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75. What to Do When Your 10 Year-Old Can’t Read? HELP for MOMS of Struggling 4th Grade Readers!
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Jan 19, 2026 |
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74. Syllables for 1st Graders: Improve YOUR CHILD’S Reading and Spelling Scores NOW!
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Jan 12, 2026 |
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73. I’m Struggling to Teach My Kid to Read: DO This ONE Thing First!
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Jan 05, 2026 |
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72. FREE Alphabet Worksheets? TRUTH: Be an Intentional Mom!
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Dec 29, 2025 |
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71. Homeschooling a Large Christian Family? Haydee Wenholz: HOW She Taught her Kids to Read!
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Dec 22, 2025 |
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70. Alphabet Letters That Have 2 Sounds? WHY it's so Hard for Kids Learning to Read!
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Dec 15, 2025 |
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69. HOW do I Teach Digraphs? Phonics 101 for Moms of Kindergarten Readers!
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Dec 08, 2025 |
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68. Home Education with Ease: Christine Furman Shares Homeschool Reading WINS!
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Dec 01, 2025 |
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67. Homeschool Kindergarten Reading Curriculum: P-H-O-N-I-C-S Spelled Out!
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Nov 24, 2025 |
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66. Parenting a Young Reader with ADHD? 5 SURVIVAL Tips for Homeschool Moms Teaching Phonics!
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Nov 17, 2025 |
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65. Heggerty for Homeschool Reading? 6 Phonemic Awareness Drills for Kindergarten!
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Nov 10, 2025 |
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64. Frustrated with Homeschool Paper Clutter? STOP Printing Random Alphabet Worksheets!
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Nov 03, 2025 |
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63. Teaching Your Kids to Read at Home? Homeschool Mom, Janae Daniels, Shares Her Experience!
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Oct 27, 2025 |
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62. Need a Reading Tutor? Get Reading RESULTS in Just 7 Sessions!
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Oct 20, 2025 |
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61. Sound Wall vs. Alphabet Wall! Who Wins the Literacy Battle?
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Oct 13, 2025 |
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60. Unlocking Reading Success: 3 Morpheme TIPS for Moms of Struggling 3rd Graders
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Oct 06, 2025 |
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59. Stuck Sounding Out Words? 3 Blending Boosts for Beginning Readers!
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Sep 29, 2025 |
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58. Is Homeschooling the Right Choice for Your Kindergarten Reader? Leigh Nguyen Shares Her Journey (A Mom Who Never Thought She’d Homeschool!)
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Sep 22, 2025 |
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57. WHY is My 3rd grader STRUGGLING to Read? Why Buying More Books Won’t Help!
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Sep 15, 2025 |
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56. Teaching Your Child to Read Feel Impossible? All Kids Can Learn Phonics! (Dyslexia Therapist Kristy Haworth)
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Sep 08, 2025 |
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55. When Should You Teach Long Vowel Sounds? Quick Guide for Grade One Homeschool Reading!
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Sep 01, 2025 |
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54. STOP Making Phonics Difficult! 5 Mistakes You’re Making Teaching Reading at Home
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Aug 25, 2025 |
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53. Are you a Homeschool Mom Teaching Kindergarten Reading? Avoid These Alphabet Blunders!
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Aug 18, 2025 |
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52. Child Struggles to Make 'L' and 'R' Sounds? Dinalynn Rosenbush, The Language of Play!
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Aug 11, 2025 |
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51. FIRST Year Teaching Homeschool Kindergarten? 5 Alphabet Tips for MOMS!
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Aug 04, 2025 |
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50. My Child is Confusing Syllables with Individual Sounds in Words! What Should I Do?
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Jul 28, 2025 |
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49. HOW Do You Model Phonics Skills at Home? A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words!
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Jul 21, 2025 |
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48. Got This in Your Phonics Teacher Toolbox? Homeschool Hack for Moms Teaching Phonemic Awareness!
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Jul 14, 2025 |
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47. You Want Me to Name Phonics Skills for My Child? Here's WHY it Matters!
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Jul 07, 2025 |
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46. Googling Kindergarten Homeschool Language Curriculum? Here’s Why You Can’t Teach Reading Without Phonics!
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Jun 30, 2025 |
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45. Think You Don’t Need Homeschool Reading Assessment Data? 3 Reasons You Do!
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Jun 23, 2025 |
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44. Shying Away from These Vowel Teams? 5 TIPS to Confidently Teach Long ‘u’ at Home
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Jun 16, 2025 |
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43. Should Your 5 Year-Old Be Able to Read This? A Look at Kindergarten Baseline Reading Assessments
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Jun 09, 2025 |
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42. Still Believing the Lies? 5 MYTHS Parents Believe About How Children Learn to Read!
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Jun 02, 2025 |
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41. When to Double the Final Consonant? Vowel Suffix SOS for Parents!
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May 26, 2025 |
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40. Teaching First and Second Grade Consonant Suffixes at Home? PRO TIPS to Master Morphemes for Early Readers!
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May 19, 2025 |
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39. How to Teach Prefixes in Second Grade? 5 HACKS for Homeschoolers!
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May 12, 2025 |
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38. Homeschool Reading Tutor or DIY? What If Tutoring Costs TOO Much?
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May 05, 2025 |
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37. But I Didn't Learn Phonics That Way! Help for Homeschool Moms Teaching Kindergarten Reading
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Apr 28, 2025 |
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36. From Cat to Confident Reader: Next-Level CVC Words for Homeschool Kindergarten and Grade One!
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Apr 21, 2025 |
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35. Does Your Child Have ADHD? Why Teaching Reading Feels Like a Battle!
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Apr 14, 2025 |
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34. Reading Comprehension Activities: 3 Ways to Make Reading “CLICK” for Your Child!
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Apr 07, 2025 |
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33. First Grader Still Reading CVC Words? 5 Tips to Unlock the Power of Superhero Silent E!
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Mar 31, 2025 |
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32. Worried About Meeting State Standards for Homeschool Reading? Do this NOW!
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Mar 24, 2025 |
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31. 5 Phonics Strategies for Your Kindergarten Homeschool Curriculum (Live Masterclass)
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Mar 17, 2025 |
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30. 3 Critical Mistakes That Can Hold Back Your Child's Reading Progress!
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Mar 10, 2025 |
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29. Live Coaching: One Homeschool Mom's Experience Teaching Her Boys to Read
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Mar 03, 2025 |
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28. Phonics Made Simple: 7 Terms Every Kindergarten & Grade One Homeschool Mom Should Know!
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Feb 24, 2025 |
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27. 2nd Grader Struggling to Spell? 3 Tips to Teach Decoding Using Syllables!
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Feb 17, 2025 |
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26. 1st Grader's Spelling Terrible? 3 MUST-KNOW R-Controlled Vowel Sounds for Homeschool Writing!
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Feb 10, 2025 |
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25. Frustrated When Your Child Still Struggles to Read? 7-STEP Checklist for Homeschool Moms!
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Feb 03, 2025 |
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24. Which Homeschool Reading Curriculum is Best? 5 PRO TIPS for Choosing Your Kindergarten or Grade One Reading Program!
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Jan 27, 2025 |
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23. Feel Like You’re Failing at Homeschool? 5 Phonics Routines to Check off Your Child’s Reading Block NOW!
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Jan 20, 2025 |
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22. Pre-Writing Skills for Kindergarten? Homeschoolers AND Elementary Students NEED!
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Jan 13, 2025 |
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21. Pre-Kindergarten Child Struggling to Print Alphabet Letters? 5 Ways to Strengthen Finger Grip!
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Jan 06, 2025 |
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20. Why is My Child Still Spelling Words With 'b' and 'd' Letter Reversals? Is it Dyslexia?
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Dec 30, 2024 |
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19. HOW Will This Help My Kindergarten Child to Read? That's NONSENSE!
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Dec 23, 2024 |
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18. Decodable Texts for Beginning Readers: What's all the BUZZ About Anyway?
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Dec 16, 2024 |
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17. Phoneme Substitution - Phonics Skill Kids NEED for Word Chains!
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Dec 09, 2024 |
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16. Alphabet Letter Sound Mapping for Kids - Phoneme Deletion in Kindergarten!
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Dec 02, 2024 |
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15. Want Your Child to Read More Words? Teach Phoneme Addition!
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Nov 25, 2024 |
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14. Is Your 1st or 2nd Grader Struggling to Read? Teach Vowel Sounds in This ORDER!
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Nov 18, 2024 |
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13. 5 TIPS for Teaching Consonant Letter Sounds in Kindergarten!
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Nov 11, 2024 |
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12. GET Your Child to Read and Spell TONS of Words: WORD CHAINS for the WIN!
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Nov 04, 2024 |
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11. Teaching Your Kindergartener to Read? STOP Googling Random Alphabet Worksheets!
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Oct 28, 2024 |
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10. Teaching Your Child to Read at HOME? Beware of this SNEAKY Letter Sound!
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Oct 21, 2024 |
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9. Child Refusing to Read? 5 Ways to Engage Reluctant Readers!
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Oct 14, 2024 |
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8. Should My Child Memorize Hundreds of SIGHT WORDS? Ditch Flashcards NOW!
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Oct 07, 2024 |
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7. Homeschool Mom Teaching Your Child to Read? Five MUST-KNOW Vowel Sounds!
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Sep 30, 2024 |
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6. Why is My Child's Spelling So Bad? HACK for Homeschool Writing!
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Sep 23, 2024 |
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5. Blending Sounds to Decode Words for Kids: A Reading Superpower!
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Sep 16, 2024 |
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4. Phonemic Awareness Games and Activities for Kindergarten: Kids LOVE Phonics BUMP!
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Sep 08, 2024 |
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3. Feeling Disorganized in Your Homeschool Reading Schedule? Phonics Curriculum 101!
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Sep 03, 2024 |
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2. HOW Do I Teach My Child Phonics? 44 Sounds to Teach by 2nd Grade!
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Aug 26, 2024 |
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1. Does my child need to know all the alphabet letters and sounds to read words?
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Aug 19, 2024 |
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Overwhelmed MOM Struggling with a Reading Routine at Home? Phonics Skills for the WIN!
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Aug 07, 2024 |