Episodes

  • 20. Why is My Child Still Spelling Words With 'b' and 'd' Letter Reversals? Is it Dyslexia?

    20. Why is My Child Still Spelling Words With 'b' and 'd' Letter Reversals? Is it Dyslexia?
    Dec 30 2024
    TEASER- TOPIC, WHY THEY WILL LOVE IT, WHY IT WILL HELP THEM, INFUSE THE W’s Is your child confusing letters symbols when printing ‘b’ and ‘d’? How about when printing simple cvc words beginning or ending with ‘p’ and ‘q’? Is this normal? Does this mean your child is showing symptoms of dyslexia? Let’s find out more on the other side. INTRO JINGLE (PRE-RECORDED) CTA **Pick one or two each episode. PITCH OFFER - What is the offer? Address worries and solutions. Worth taking action on. Tell them what to do (where to go and do it now)! Hey there! Are you looking for phonics games to bolster your child’s retention of sound-symbol relationships? Print and play Phonics Bump today! REVIEW - Melany H. says, “My students enjoyed the competition to BUMP each other off the board and make towers to ‘claim’ a word! I have already had a student ask me to get more game boards with different words so they can keep things fresh. I love that it’s print and play with no need to prep a bunch of materials, and Kindergarten aged kids are able to understand the game and play unsupported very quickly. PHONICS Bump is a perfect phonemic awareness reinforcement perfect for your young reader in Grade K-2 AND homeschool co-op. Grouped by K, Grade 1 and Grade 2 phonics skills. Head over to https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/store/phonics-rules-for-kids to get your print and play copy of the game Phonics Bump today! COMMUNITY - Did you know I have a free community for homeschool moms just like you? Busy moms on a mission to teach their children to read using an organized, phonics-based curriculum! Inside my free FB Group ‘Teach My Kindergarten Child to Read for Homeschool Moms’, you’ll get more pro tips and encouragement as your child’s first reading teacher. Join the group at bit.ly/phonicsrulesforkids Why not start 2025 off right by becoming a Phonics Rules for Kids Insider? Go to bit.ly/phonicsrulesforkidsinsiders As an Insider, you’ll get weekly pro tips for teaching your child to read, reading routines that work and encouragement for your child’s reading journey. Join the Phonics Rules for Kids Insider list today and receive a free ‘sh’ digraph version of my printable phonics bump game! Go to bit.ly/phonicsrulesforkidsinsiders and become an insider today! If you find me in promotions, let’s fix that right away by clicking and dragging my email into your primary inbox. Hope to see you on the inside! EPISODE TITLE Welcome to episode number 20 of the ‘Phonics Rules for Kids’ podcast. Today’s episode is entitled, ‘Why is My Child Still Spelling Words With Letter Reversals? Is It Dyslexia?’ STORYTELL-Connect and empathize. Personal story for why you know this topic is needed. Share a story of when I was struggling and why. Phonics is essentially linking phoneme-grapheme or sound-symbol relationships to read and spell words. Today, let’s chat about the importance of properly forming graphemes, which are simply symbols in the English Language that represent sounds. The two graphemes or symbols we will focus on today, which are sometimes written as reversals, or in mirror-form by early readers, are the symbols for letters ‘b’ and ‘d’. I remember a kind and caring student of mine in Grade 2 who consistently wrote ‘b’ and ‘d’ backwards. I believe that she did not have early and consistent letter formation correction for these letters, and they became incorrectly ingrained in her muscle memory. Kids naturally gravitate to the easiest way to complete a task, even when forming letters. With much prompting, she was able to identify her ‘d’ and ‘b’ reversals and worked quickly to form the correct symbol she meant to write in the first place. Muscle memory helps our child when correctly shown how to form letter symbols that match sounds. When your child correctly learns to form letter symbols, she can quickly recall the symbol that matches a sound she hears, and correctly form that symbol on paper to spell simple words. Homeschool moms, you have the advantage here! As a teacher in a class of 20 plus children, it is truly impossible to monitor every single child forming every single letter. Place your child on a successful path to spelling words by insisting they form letters correctly every single time when learning a letter and its corresponding sound in the alphabet. Let’s explore some common questions parents have about common letter reversals, specifically ‘b’ and ‘d’. Is it normal for my child to confuse the letter symbols for ‘b’ and ‘d’? Letter reversals can also be referred to as mirror writing The letter’s ‘b’ and ‘d’ use similar strokes. There is a straight line down and a curve attached. Does the curve extend on the right side of the straight line, as in the letter ‘b’ or does the curve extend ‘backwards’ or on the left side of the letter ‘d’? If you flip the letter b on its vertical axis, it becomes a ‘...
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    12 mins
  • 19. That's Nonsense! How Will This Help My Kindergarten Child to Read?

    19. That's Nonsense! How Will This Help My Kindergarten Child to Read?
    Dec 23 2024

    Become a Phonics Rules for Kids Insider Today! Get the Weekly Newsletter. Sign-up now!

    https://phonics-rules-for-kids-2.kit.com/251782068d

    Do you worry that you won't be able to teach your kiddo how to read? Are you overwhelmed by all the reading homeschool curriculums to choose from and wonder which one is best? Do you wish you had an EXACT routine to follow for your child's daily phonics instruction?

    I am so excited you're here! This podcast will help you check the boxes for phonics instruction on your daily homeschool reading schedule. We will offer you pro tips for teaching phonics skills so that your child can become a confident reader and leave you feeling successful at the end of your homeschool days because you had an exact reading routine to follow!

    Hey, I'm Melanie. I am wife to Bill, mom to three hard-working teenagers, and have been teaching wonderful 4-7 year-old students to read for the last 10 years in a classroom setting! Reading God’s Word, the Bible, gives me hope and grounds me with peace in a world filled with chaos. As a beginning teacher, I taught kids to read using the wrong approach.

    Tired of teaching kids to guess what words they were reading by having them look at the beginning letter of a word and the accompanying picture left me feeling defeated as a teacher. My students still struggled to read simple leveled books.

    I finally realized that if I was going to teach kids to be confident readers, there had to be a phonics-based approach to reading instruction which allowed students to build confidence as readers, phonics skill by phonics skill.

    I discovered a sequential, step-by-step phonics-based approach to teaching kids to read . An instructional model that teaches kids to read simple to more complex texts, phonics skill, by phonics skill. An approach to teaching kids to read that I will forever use with beginning readers. And I'm ready to share it with you!

    If you are ready to finally find a simple, yet highly effective way to teach your child to read…

    • Works in your homeschool schedule (while homeschooling kids with multiple learning styles)
    • Boosts your confidence because you WHAT phonics skill to teach and HOW to teach it
    • Leaves you feeling successful because your child is reading with confidence

    This podcast is for you!

    Get ready to check the boxes in your homeschool schedule using a phonics-based approach to reading! Watch your child’s confidence as a reader soar, while successfully applying phonics rules to read and spell words!

    Get PHONICS BUMP with Spelling Sheets! on my TeachersPayTeachers store: Click the link below:

    https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/store/phonics-rules-for-kids

    You can find me:

    Free Facebook Group: https://bit.ly/phonicsrulesforkids

    PHONICS BUMP GAME: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/store/phonics-rules-for-kids

    Email Address: melanie@phonicsrulesforkids.com
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    10 mins
  • 18. What's All the Buzz About Decodable Texts for Kids Learning to Read?

    18. What's All the Buzz About Decodable Texts for Kids Learning to Read?
    Dec 16 2024

    Become a Phonics Rules for Kids Insider Today! Get the Weekly Newsletter. Sign-up now!

    https://phonics-rules-for-kids-2.kit.com/251782068d

    Do you worry that you won't be able to teach your kiddo how to read? Are you overwhelmed by all the reading homeschool curriculums to choose from and wonder which one is best? Do you wish you had an EXACT routine to follow for your child's daily phonics instruction?

    I am so excited you're here! This podcast will help you check the boxes for phonics instruction on your daily homeschool reading schedule. We will offer you pro tips for teaching phonics skills so that your child can become a confident reader and leave you feeling successful at the end of your homeschool days because you had an exact reading routine to follow!

    Hey, I'm Melanie. I am wife to Bill, mom to three hard-working teenagers, and have been teaching wonderful 4-7 year-old students to read for the last 10 years in a classroom setting! Reading God’s Word, the Bible, gives me hope and grounds me with peace in a world filled with chaos. As a beginning teacher, I taught kids to read using the wrong approach.

    Tired of teaching kids to guess what words they were reading by having them look at the beginning letter of a word and the accompanying picture left me feeling defeated as a teacher. My students still struggled to read simple leveled books.

    I finally realized that if I was going to teach kids to be confident readers, there had to be a phonics-based approach to reading instruction which allowed students to build confidence as readers, phonics skill by phonics skill.

    I discovered a sequential, step-by-step phonics-based approach to teaching kids to read . An instructional model that teaches kids to read simple to more complex texts, phonics skill, by phonics skill. An approach to teaching kids to read that I will forever use with beginning readers. And I'm ready to share it with you!

    If you are ready to finally find a simple, yet highly effective way to teach your child to read…

    • Works in your homeschool schedule (while homeschooling kids with multiple learning styles)
    • Boosts your confidence because you WHAT phonics skill to teach and HOW to teach it
    • Leaves you feeling successful because your child is reading with confidence

    This podcast is for you!

    Get ready to check the boxes in your homeschool schedule using a phonics-based approach to reading! Watch your child’s confidence as a reader soar, while successfully applying phonics rules to read and spell words!

    Get PHONICS BUMP with Spelling Sheets! on my TeachersPayTeachers store: Click the link below:

    https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/store/phonics-rules-for-kids

    You can find me:

    Free Facebook Group: https://bit.ly/phonicsrulesforkids

    PHONICS BUMP GAME: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/store/phonics-rules-for-kids

    Email Address: melanie@phonicsrulesforkids.com
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    9 mins
  • 17. Want Your Child to Read More Words? 3 Phonics Skills to Teach Today! (Part 3)

    17. Want Your Child to Read More Words? 3 Phonics Skills to Teach Today! (Part 3)
    Dec 9 2024

    Show Notes

    Become a Phonics Rules for Kids Insider Today! Get the Weekly Newsletter. Sign-up now!

    https://phonics-rules-for-kids-2.kit.com/251782068d

    Do you worry that you won't be able to teach your kiddo how to read? Are you overwhelmed by all the reading homeschool curriculums to choose from and wonder which one is best? Do you wish you had an EXACT routine to follow for your child's daily phonics instruction?

    I am so excited you're here! This podcast will help you check the boxes for phonics instruction on your daily homeschool reading schedule. We will offer you pro tips for teaching phonics skills so that your child can become a confident reader and leave you feeling successful at the end of your homeschool days because you had an exact reading routine to follow!

    Hey, I'm Melanie. I am wife to Bill, mom to three hard-working teenagers, and have been teaching wonderful 4-7 year-old students to read for the last 10 years in a classroom setting! Reading God’s Word, the Bible, gives me hope and grounds me with peace in a world filled with chaos. As a beginning teacher, I taught kids to read using the wrong approach.

    Tired of teaching kids to guess what words they were reading by having them look at the beginning letter of a word and the accompanying picture left me feeling defeated as a teacher. My students still struggled to read simple leveled books.

    I finally realized that if I was going to teach kids to be confident readers, there had to be a phonics-based approach to reading instruction which allowed students to build confidence as readers, phonics skill by phonics skill.

    I discovered a sequential, step-by-step phonics-based approach to teaching kids to read . An instructional model that teaches kids to read simple to more complex texts, phonics skill, by phonics skill. An approach to teaching kids to read that I will forever use with beginning readers. And I'm ready to share it with you!

    If you are ready to finally find a simple, yet highly effective way to teach your child to read…

    • Works in your homeschool schedule (while homeschooling kids with multiple learning styles)
    • Boosts your confidence because you WHAT phonics skill to teach and HOW to teach it
    • Leaves you feeling successful because your child is reading with confidence

    This podcast is for you!

    Get ready to check the boxes in your homeschool schedule using a phonics-based approach to reading! Watch your child’s confidence as a reader soar, while successfully applying phonics rules to read and spell words!

    PHONICS BUMP GAME!

    https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/store/phonics-rules-for-kids

    You can find me:

    Become a Phonics Rules for Kids Insider Today! Get the Weekly Newsletter. Sign-up now!

    https://phonics-rules-for-kids-2.kit.com/251782068d

    Free Facebook Group for Homeschool Moms Teaching Kids in Grades K-2 to Read: https://bit.ly/phonicsrulesforkids

    Email Address: melanie@phonicsrulesforkids.com
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    10 mins
  • 16. Want Your Child to Read More Words? 3 Phonics Skills to Teach Today! (Part 2)

    16. Want Your Child to Read More Words? 3 Phonics Skills to Teach Today! (Part 2)
    Dec 2 2024

    Become a Phonics Rules for Kids Insider Today! Get the Weekly Newsletter. Sign-up now!

    https://phonics-rules-for-kids-2.kit.com/251782068d

    Do you worry that you won't be able to teach your kiddo how to read? Are you overwhelmed by all the reading homeschool curriculums to choose from and wonder which one is best? Do you wish you had an EXACT routine to follow for your child's daily phonics instruction?

    I am so excited you're here! This podcast will help you check the boxes for phonics instruction on your daily homeschool reading schedule. We will offer you pro tips for teaching phonics skills so that your child can become a confident reader and leave you feeling successful at the end of your homeschool days because you had an exact reading routine to follow!

    Hey, I'm Melanie. I am wife to Bill, mom to three hard-working teenagers, and have been teaching wonderful 4-7 year-old students to read for the last 10 years in a classroom setting! Reading God’s Word, the Bible, gives me hope and grounds me with peace in a world filled with chaos. As a beginning teacher, I taught kids to read using the wrong approach.

    Tired of teaching kids to guess what words they were reading by having them look at the beginning letter of a word and the accompanying picture left me feeling defeated as a teacher. My students still struggled to read simple leveled books.

    I finally realized that if I was going to teach kids to be confident readers, there had to be a phonics-based approach to reading instruction which allowed students to build confidence as readers, phonics skill by phonics skill.

    I discovered a sequential, step-by-step phonics-based approach to teaching kids to read . An instructional model that teaches kids to read simple to more complex texts, phonics skill, by phonics skill. An approach to teaching kids to read that I will forever use with beginning readers. And I'm ready to share it with you!

    If you are ready to finally find a simple, yet highly effective way to teach your child to read…

    • Works in your homeschool schedule (while homeschooling kids with multiple learning styles)
    • Boosts your confidence because you WHAT phonics skill to teach and HOW to teach it
    • Leaves you feeling successful because your child is reading with confidence

    This podcast is for you!

    Get ready to check the boxes in your homeschool schedule using a phonics-based approach to reading! Watch your child’s confidence as a reader soar, while successfully applying phonics rules to read and spell words!

    Get PHONICS BUMP on my TeachersPayTeachers store: Click the link below:

    https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/store/phonics-rules-for-kids

    You can find me:

    Free Facebook Group: https://bit.ly/phonicsrulesforkids

    PHONICS BUMP GAME: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/store/phonics-rules-for-kids

    Email Address: melanie@phonicsrulesforkids.com
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    10 mins
  • 15. Want Your Child to Read More Words? 3 Phonics Skills to Teach Today! (Part 1)

    15. Want Your Child to Read More Words? 3 Phonics Skills to Teach Today! (Part 1)
    Nov 25 2024

    Become a Phonics Rules for Kids Insider Today! Get the Weekly Newsletter:

    https://phonics-rules-for-kids-2.kit.com/251782068d

    PHONICS BUMP GAME:

    https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/store/phonics-rules-for-kids

    Elkonin Sound Boxes: https://bit.ly/soundboxesforkids

    Do you worry that you won't be able to teach your kiddo how to read? Are you overwhelmed by all the reading homeschool curriculums to choose from and wonder which one is best? Do you wish you had an EXACT routine to follow for your child's daily phonics instruction?

    I am so excited you're here! This podcast will help you check the boxes for phonics instruction on your daily homeschool reading schedule. We will offer you pro tips for teaching phonics skills so that your child can become a confident reader and leave you feeling successful at the end of your homeschool days because you had an exact reading routine to follow!

    Hey, I'm Melanie. I am wife to Bill, mom to three hard-working teenagers, and have been teaching wonderful 4-7 year-old students to read for the last 10 years in a classroom setting! Reading God’s Word, the Bible, gives me hope and grounds me with peace in a world filled with chaos. As a beginning teacher, I taught kids to read using the wrong approach.

    Tired of teaching kids to guess what words they were reading by having them look at the beginning letter of a word and the accompanying picture left me feeling defeated as a teacher. My students still struggled to read simple leveled books.

    I finally realized that if I was going to teach kids to be confident readers, there had to be a phonics-based approach to reading instruction which allowed students to build confidence as readers, phonics skill by phonics skill.

    I discovered a sequential, step-by-step phonics-based approach to teaching kids to read . An instructional model that teaches kids to read simple to more complex texts, phonics skill, by phonics skill. An approach to teaching kids to read that I will forever use with beginning readers. And I'm ready to share it with you!

    If you are ready to finally find a simple, yet highly effective way to teach your child to read…

    • Works in your homeschool schedule (while homeschooling kids with multiple learning styles)
    • Boosts your confidence because you WHAT phonics skill to teach and HOW to teach it
    • Leaves you feeling successful because your child is reading with confidence

    This podcast is for you!

    Get ready to check the boxes in your homeschool schedule using a phonics-based approach to reading! Watch your child’s confidence as a reader soar, while successfully applying phonics rules to read and spell words!

    You can find me:

    Weekly Newsletter:

    https://phonics-rules-for-kids-2.kit.com/251782068d

    Free Facebook Group: https://bit.ly/phonicsrulesforkids

    Email Address: melanie@phonicsrulesforkids.com
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    10 mins
  • 14. Is Your Grade 1 or Grade 2 Child Struggling to Read? Teach Vowel Sounds in This Order!

    14. Is Your Grade 1 or Grade 2 Child Struggling to Read? Teach Vowel Sounds in This Order!
    Nov 18 2024

    Do you worry that you won't be able to teach your kiddo how to read? Are you overwhelmed by all the reading homeschool curriculums to choose from and wonder which one is best? Do you wish you had an EXACT routine to follow for your child's daily phonics instruction?

    I am so excited you're here! This podcast will help you check the boxes for phonics instruction on your daily homeschool reading schedule. We will offer you pro tips for teaching phonics skills so that your child can become a confident reader and leave you feeling successful at the end of your homeschool days because you had an exact reading routine to follow!

    Hey, I'm Melanie. I am wife to Bill, mom to three hard-working teenagers, and have been teaching wonderful 4-7 year-old students to read for the last 10 years in a classroom setting! Reading God’s Word, the Bible, gives me hope and grounds me with peace in a world filled with chaos. As a beginning teacher, I taught kids to read using the wrong approach.

    Tired of teaching kids to guess what words they were reading by having them look at the beginning letter of a word and the accompanying picture left me feeling defeated as a teacher. My students still struggled to read simple leveled books.

    I finally realized that if I was going to teach kids to be confident readers, there had to be a phonics-based approach to reading instruction which allowed students to build confidence as readers, phonics skill by phonics skill.

    I discovered a sequential, step-by-step phonics-based approach to teaching kids to read . An instructional model that teaches kids to read simple to more complex texts, phonics skill, by phonics skill. An approach to teaching kids to read that I will forever use with beginning readers. And I'm ready to share it with you!

    If you are ready to finally find a simple, yet highly effective way to teach your child to read…

    • Works in your homeschool schedule (while homeschooling kids with multiple learning styles)
    • Boosts your confidence because you WHAT phonics skill to teach and HOW to teach it
    • Leaves you feeling successful because your child is reading with confidence

    This podcast is for you!

    Get ready to check the boxes in your homeschool schedule using a phonics-based approach to reading! Watch your child’s confidence as a reader soar, while successfully applying phonics rules to read and spell words!

    Get PHONICS BUMP with Spelling Sheets! on my TeachersPayTeachers store: Click the link below:

    https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/store/phonics-rules-for-kids

    You can find me:

    Free Facebook Group: https://bit.ly/phonicsrulesforkids

    PHONICS BUMP GAME: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/store/phonics-rules-for-kids

    Email Address: melanie@phonicsrulesforkids.com

    Website: (Coming Soon)
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    9 mins
  • 13. 5 Tips for Teaching Consonant Letter Sounds in Kindergarten

    13. 5 Tips for Teaching Consonant Letter Sounds in Kindergarten
    Nov 11 2024

    Do you worry that you won't be able to teach your kiddo how to read? Are you overwhelmed by all the reading homeschool curriculums to choose from and wonder which one is best? Do you wish you had an EXACT routine to follow for your child's daily phonics instruction?

    I am so excited you're here! This podcast will help you check the boxes for phonics instruction on your daily homeschool reading schedule. We will offer you pro tips for teaching phonics skills so that your child can become a confident reader and leave you feeling successful at the end of your homeschool days because you had an exact reading routine to follow!

    Hey, I'm Melanie. I am wife to Bill, mom to three hard-working teenagers, and have been teaching wonderful 4-7 year-old students to read for the last 10 years in a classroom setting! Reading God’s Word, the Bible, gives me hope and grounds me with peace in a world filled with chaos. As a beginning teacher, I taught kids to read using the wrong approach.

    Tired of teaching kids to guess what words they were reading by having them look at the beginning letter of a word and the accompanying picture left me feeling defeated as a teacher. My students still struggled to read simple leveled books.

    I finally realized that if I was going to teach kids to be confident readers, there had to be a phonics-based approach to reading instruction which allowed students to build confidence as readers, phonics skill by phonics skill.

    I discovered a sequential, step-by-step phonics-based approach to teaching kids to read . An instructional model that teaches kids to read simple to more complex texts, phonics skill, by phonics skill. An approach to teaching kids to read that I will forever use with beginning readers. And I'm ready to share it with you!

    If you are ready to finally find a simple, yet highly effective way to teach your child to read…

    • Works in your homeschool schedule (while homeschooling kids with multiple learning styles)
    • Boosts your confidence because you WHAT phonics skill to teach and HOW to teach it
    • Leaves you feeling successful because your child is reading with confidence

    This podcast is for you!

    Get ready to check the boxes in your homeschool schedule using a phonics-based approach to reading! Watch your child’s confidence as a reader soar, while successfully applying phonics rules to read and spell words!

    Get PHONICS BUMP with Spelling Sheets! on my TeachersPayTeachers store: Click the link below:

    https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/store/phonics-rules-for-kids

    You can find me:

    Free Facebook Group: https://bit.ly/phonicsrulesforkids

    PHONICS BUMP GAME: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/store/phonics-rules-for-kids

    Email Address: melanie@phonicsrulesforkids.com

    Website: (Coming Soon)
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    10 mins