Phonics Rules for Kids | BEST Homeschool Kindergarten Reading Curriculum, Teach Child to Read, Online Reading Tutor, Dyslexia Help for Kids
This is a podcast for MOMS teaching their beginning or struggling readers at home! š§”
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?Ā
Wondering HOW to help your struggling reader? Could she have dyslexia?Ā
āDo 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!
Grab my free PHONICS 101 GUIDE for MOMS!
Hi there, I'm Melanie. An Ontario teacher who has a heart š§” for helping parents of beginning and struggling readers!Ā
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!"Ā
Hi, I'm Melanie. A full-time core PHONICS and K-3 classroom teacher. Wife to Bill, and mom to three hard-working teenagers.Ā
10+ years TEACHING students to become strong, confident readers in a classroom setting, tells me that PHONICS is the FOUNDATION to SUCCESSFUL READING.
āļø Ready to ditch curriculum overwhelm, know exactly where to start when teaching your child to read, and confidently model phonics skills so that you can teach your child to read with confidence?Ā
TEACHING YOUR CHILD TO READ IS GOING TO BE SIMPLER THAN YOU THOUGHT!!
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Monday Jan 12, 2026
Monday Jan 12, 2026
Are you homeschooling your 1st grader? Discover 6 vowel-syllables to teach your 1st grade reader at home. Your child need to know these vowel-syllables, so that she can read and spell words correctly.
The vowel types are: open syllables, closed syllables, r-controlled vowels, final stable syllable 'le' and long vowel syllables. Teach your 1st grade homeschooler these six vowel types, and put her on the path to becoming a confident reader!
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Get the COMPLETE PRINTABLE KINDERGARTEN PHONICS CURRICULUM: TEACH YOUR CHILD TO READ: Confidently Model Simple Phonics Skills at Home! [INCLUDES PHONICS SKILLS TUTORIALS FOR MOMS BY MELANIE!]
Looking for an OnlineĀ READING TUTOR? Start Reading in Just 7 Phonics Tutoring Sessions!
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Monday Jan 05, 2026
Monday Jan 05, 2026
Are you struggling to teach your kid to read? Is your child still struggling to memorize hundreds of sight words? It's time to ditch the overwhelm of pure sight word memorization! Instead, teach your child to decode each sound in whole words, so that she can read sentences more quickly and with greater fluency. When you teach your child phoneme-grapheme phonics relationships, such as 'ch' spell /ch/ and 'ur' spells /ur/, then she can decode to read any word with greater ease. You must teach your child phonics-based reading strategies, so that she can become a strong, successful reader!
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Monday Dec 29, 2025
Monday Dec 29, 2025
Are you still printing off random alphabet worksheets 2 minutes before your child's phonics lesson at home? If you feel scattered, it's because you're not following a phonics scope and sequence for homeschool reading. A scope and sequence lists the phonics skills, typically by grade, and in which order to teach these letters and sounds (phonemes and graphemes), so that you can fast-track your child's reading success.
Regardless of which phonics curriculum you choose, make sure you have a predictable schedule for phonics instruction at home, from simple phonics letter-sound relationships to more complex digraphs and long vowel teams. Mom, it's time to get organized and be intentional in your homeschool schedule when it comes to teaching your child to read using phonics skills as the foundation!
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š© Weekly Insider's Phonics Note AND FREE 'Can Your Child Read This? QUIZ!
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Monday Dec 22, 2025
Monday Dec 22, 2025
Are you homeschooling a large Christian family? Meet Haydee Wenholz, a fun, energetic homeschool mom, who taught her 5 kids to read at home! Haydee focuses on building relationships with your children as being vital to making progress in your homeschool schedule. She also shares how she taught her 5 kids to read, and the importance of flexibility in your homeschool schedule.
She encourages homeschool moms to be patient, knowing each of your children are unique. You may have a child for whom reading came easily. Be patient with your other child isn't picking up reading as easily. If you become frustrated, you pass that on to your child, which only leads to frustration for both you and your child. Be encouraged that you can be the homeschool mom you want to be, given that you take care of your mindset through prayer each morning!Ā
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Monday Dec 15, 2025
Monday Dec 15, 2025
Mom, are you wondering why your child is confused between the 'hard g' and the 'soft' g'? Why is the 'soft c' and 'soft g' in words so hard to remember? Why does the letter 'c' have two letter sounds anyway? Of course it's confusing. It's time to teach your 1st grade homeschooler basic phonics rules for 'soft c' and 'soft g', so that he can become a fluent reader who no longer gets stuck on words like 'city', 'cell', 'gem' and 'giraffe'!Ā
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Monday Dec 08, 2025
Monday Dec 08, 2025
What is a digraph? Have you looked at your homeschool phonics curriculum and noticed the word 'digraph'? Maybe you've even see the word 'trigraph'? What are these phonics skills, and how can you teach these to your beginning reader?
Digraphs are sounds represented by 2 letters. Common consonant digraphs are 'sh', 'ch', 'th', 'ng', 'ph' and 'wh'. Vowel digraphs (vowel teams) work together to make one long vowel sound. When you teach your Kindergarten homeschooler to read, teach these basic digraphs first: 'sh', 'ch' and 'th'.Ā Ā
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Monday Dec 01, 2025
Monday Dec 01, 2025
Today, we welcome former teacher turned homeschool mom and online business owner, Christine Furman, to the podcast! Christine helps homeschool moms integrate play-based learning through her EduPlay curriculum. Check out Christine's podcast, Home Education with Ease!
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Monday Nov 24, 2025
Monday Nov 24, 2025
Wondering which phonics-based homeschool reading curriculum is best for Kindergarten and 1st grade? What should know about choosing your phonics curriculum to get your child reading with success?Ā
If you want to place your child on the path to becoming a confident, successful reader, then choose your homeschool phonics curriculum with these daily lesson criteria:
lessons are cumulative and review previously learned phonics skills
phonemic (letters sounds) awareness skills are part of each lesson
clear order of simple to more advanced phonics skills
quick recall of alphabet letters and sounds
includes blending skills to read words
segmenting skills to spell words
teaches 1 or 2 sight words each lesson
uses the fun word chain strategy for reading and spelling words
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Monday Nov 17, 2025
Monday Nov 17, 2025
Are you parenting a young reader with ADHD? Break down your reading lesson at home into smaller chunks of time. Ask your child to focus on one phonics skills at a time, then allow for a quick movement break. Then, teach the next phonics skill in the lesson. Then take a break. If your child needs to move, stop fighting this. Movement is healthy and allows your child's brain (and yours MOM) to reset before teaching your child to read at home. Lean in to these 5 Survival Tips for Homeschool Moms Teaching Phonics at Home!
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āļø Get the FREE Phonics Made Simple (Even if You're Not a Teacher) Guide!
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Get the Course: TEACH YOUR CHILD TO READ: Confidently Model Simple Phonics Skills at Home!
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Monday Nov 10, 2025
Monday Nov 10, 2025
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