• 56. Does Teaching Your Child to Read Feel Impossible? All Kids Can Read! (Dyslexia Therapist Kristy Haworth)
    Sep 8 2025

    Are you teaching your child phonics concepts, but nothing's 'sticking'? Does teaching your child to read at home feel impossible? Meet Kristy Haworth, Dyslexia Therapist and Family Coach! Lean in while Kristy shares how she helps children struggling with dyslexia apply phonics skills to become successful readers!

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    21 mins
  • 55. When Should You Teach Long Vowel Digraphs? Quick Guide for Grade One Homeschool Reading!
    Sep 1 2025

    Happy Labour Day Monday to all of my American and Canadian moms joining the show today! So, you know that there are long vowel sounds and short vowel sounds, but you’re wondering WHEN should you introduce these 2 separate phonics skills? What’s the difference between long and short vowel sounds? How do I teach long vowel sounds to my child?

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    16 mins
  • 54. STOP Making Phonics Difficult! 5 Mistakes You’re Making Teaching Reading at Home
    Aug 25 2025

    Feel like you’re lost in beginning phonics lessons? Wishing someone would SHOW you HOW to teach a simple phonics lesson for your beginning reader at home. Well, I have good news. Great news! I'm working on something special that will calm the fear you feel in your stomach. Something that will...

    • Give you the phonics skills [you didn't know you needed]
    • Tell you exactly where to start in phonics instruction
    • Show you HOW to model simple phonics skills, so that you can teach your child to read with confidence!

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    15 mins
  • 53. Are you a Homeschool Mom Teaching Kindergarten Reading? Avoid These Alphabet Blunders!
    Aug 18 2025

    Do you fear that you’re dropping the ball? Before you’ve even started? Juggling all the responsibilities of being a mom first, let alone homeschooling your child? Teaching them to read, maybe even for the first time? Back to School season is here and you’re wondering if you have what it takes to teach your child to read?

    Today, we’re busting through alphabet blunders to avoid when teaching the alphabet to your beginning reader. And you thought the alphabet was simple. Sure, except for these sneaky sound-symbol or phoneme-grapheme relationships. More inside today’s episode.

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    15 mins
  • 52. Child Struggling with 'L' and 'R' Sounds? Here's HOW to Help with Speech Pathologist, Dinalynn Rosenbush
    Aug 11 2025

    Homeschool Phonics listeners, you are in for a treat today. Speech and Language Pathologist, Dinalynn Rosenbush, joins us on the podcast. Dinalynn is a Speech and Language Pathologist who helps moms of children who struggle to properly articulate sounds AND to communicate by increasing their access to vocabulary in order to express what they need or how they feel when connection feels hard. Homeschool Phonics listeners, you are going to love today’s episode!

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    Links to Dinalynn's Referenced Podcasts During the Interview: 154 A Single Father of Triplets Shares His Success Story. Happy Father’s Day! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/154-a-single-father-of-triplets-shares-his/id1661880535?i=1000658906794 58 Does Your Child Say the R Sound Wrong? 3 Real-Life Ways Parents Can Help at Home! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/58-does-your-child-say-the-r-sound-wrong-3-real-life/id1661880535?i=1000618899431 59 Can Your Child Say the L Sound Correctly? Here is a Strategy for L and Other Sounds, too! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/59-can-your-child-say-the-l-sound-correctly-here/id1661880535?i=1000619107826

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    33 mins
  • 51. Starting Homeschool Kindergarten? 5 Alphabet Tips for Moms!
    Aug 4 2025

    Is this is your first year homeschooling? Maybe your first or only child is starting Kindergarten programming at home? Perhaps you’re a veteran homeschool mom teaching your 3rd or 4th child how to read, and want more clarity around phonics instruction.

    If we were chatting, mom to mom, you might ask, "Melanie, do you have any tips for teaching my Kindergartener to read? I’ve already purchased a curriculum. I know there are thousands of alphabet worksheets I can print for tracing practice. Is there anything else I should know to help my daughter start reading?"

    I’m glad you asked! I help moms correctly model phonics skills to teach their beginning readers at home is exactly what I teach. Today, I’ll share my top 5 Alphabet Tips for your Kindergarten reader. More on the inside…

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    15 mins
  • 50. My Child is Confusing Syllables with Individual Sounds in Words! What Should I Do?
    Jul 28 2025

    If my child understands phonemic awareness, do I even need to teach syllables? YES!! Do not skip this!

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    11 mins
  • 49. HOW Do You Model Phonics Skills at Home? A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words!
    Jul 21 2025

    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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    11 mins