Phonics for Homeschool Moms | Kindergarten Reading Curriculum, Teach my Child to Read, Reading Tutor, Child Has Dyslexia
This is a podcast for MOMS teaching 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!
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 š§” for helping MOMS 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
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? 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!!
Episodes

Jul 28, 2025
Jul 28, 2025
10 min
If my child understands phonemic awareness, do I even need to teach syllables? YES!! Do not skip this!Ā
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Jul 21, 2025
Jul 21, 2025
10 min
When you know the material, you can teach it like no one else! I have taught core phonics skills in many K-2 classrooms. Phonics works. NO guessing. Just applying core phonics skills, getting a foundation in phonemic awareness so your child can read and spell words with accuracy. Here are 5 phonics skills you MUST model for your child at home!
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Jul 14, 2025
Jul 14, 2025
13 min
Okay, todayās episode is going to be a fun one! I know, I know, you never expected fun and phonics to go together!! How can you increase engagement through FUN in your next phonics lesson? The Bubble Pop It Fidget!! This toy has educational value your child can't resist trying out in his next homeschool phonics lesson. Listen to find out more!
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Jul 7, 2025
Jul 7, 2025
12 min
Thinking that naming phonics skills is too dry for your kiddo? Not at all! Your child will feel like a big kid learning specific terms for phonics skills she learns, so letās call specific phonics skills by name. Itās actually important to name the phonics skill you're modeling and asking your child to practice, so that you can build an efficient phonics routine in your homeschool reading block.
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Jun 30, 2025
Jun 30, 2025
11 min
Maybe youāre type A and youāve already ordered your Kindergarten, Grade One or Grade Two Homeschool Language Curriculum for the year. Maybe youāre a little less type A and are just getting around to googling homeschool kindergarten reading. Either way, whichever homeschool reading curriculum you choose, phonics must be a core component. In my 10 + years experience teaching children ages 4-8 to read, explicitly teaching your child all 44 sound-symbol relationships in the English Language is most successfully taught through core phonics instruction. Find out why you just canāt teach reading skills, and inversely, accurate spelling patterns without phonics.
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Jun 23, 2025
Jun 23, 2025
10 min
Itās time to shine the light on HOW a simple phonics assessment can help you plan your next phonics lesson at home for your struggling reader!
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Jun 16, 2025
Jun 16, 2025
11 min
Maybe youāve been shying away from teaching long u vowel teams. Why are there so many different spellings for long u? When do I teach my child to spell long u this way? When do I teach my child to spell long u that way? You say to yourself, itās too complicated, so Iāll teach them one way to spell long u, and hope for the best.
The thing is, your son or daughter will come across words with different long u spellings. So, it really is best to just rip off the band-aid and teach long u in all of its forms, so that your child can apply vowel team rules to read these words. Itās time to teach your child all the long u spellings, so that he or she can tackle reading these words head-on.
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Jun 9, 2025
Jun 9, 2025
13 min
Have you quietly asked yourself, āShould my 5-year-old son be able to read that?ā OR Maybe you're wondering, āWhy canātĀ my 5 year-old read that?ā Today, weāre looking at Kindergarten Baseline Reading Assessments. What phonics skills are we measuring? How are we measuring your childās ability to demonstrate age-appropriate phonics skills? AND Why is a baseline reading assessment an important tool youāll want to have handy in your homeschool mom phonics teacher toolbelt? Todayās episode spells out the what, how and why of a baseline reading assessment for your beginning reader.
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Jun 2, 2025
Jun 2, 2025
11 min
Itās time to debunk myths about how kids learn to read and replace misconceptions with truths.
Myth #1: Learning to read is a natural process that will happen on its own.
Myth #2: Your child should begin reading at age 4.
Myth #3: Learning to read is like learning to speak.
Myth #4: Phonemic awareness doesnāt need to be taught to be understood.
Myth #5: Dyslexic children will never read well.
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May 26, 2025
May 26, 2025
11 min
"Mom, why do I have to double to the 'g' in the word bugged? It doesnāt make sense!" If your child has asked you this question, and you honestly werenāt sure how to answer your kiddo at that moment, youāll want to stick around for this episode of Phonics Rules for Kids.
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