Wondering why kids are confused between the 'hard g' and the 'soft' g'? Let's dive deep into when to teach the 2nd alphabet letter sounds!   💜 JOIN the FREE Community   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!]   READING TUTOR! Start Reading in Just 7 Phonics Tutoring Sessions!   Website: https://phonicsrulesforkids.com   Email: melanie@phonicsrulesforkids.com   🎲 PHONICS BUMP GAME: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/store/phonics-rules-for-kids

💜 Join the FREE Community   Get the Course: TEACH YOUR CHILD TO READ: Confidently Model Simple Phonics Skills at Home! [INCLUDES COMPLETE PRINTABLE KINDERGARTEN PHONICS CURRICULUM]  ONLINE READING TUTOR! Start Reading in 7 Phonics Tutoring Sessions with Me HERE!   Website: https://phonicsrulesforkids.com   Email: melanie@phonicsrulesforkids.com   🎲 PHONICS BUMP GAME: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/store/phonics-rules-for-kids

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!   📩 Join the Phonics Rules for Kids Insider's List!   ✔️ Get the FREE Phonics Made Simple (Even if You're Not a Teacher) Guide!   💜 Join the FREE Community   Get the Course: TEACH YOUR CHILD TO READ: Confidently Model Simple Phonics Skills at Home [NOW includes COMPLETE PRINTABLE KINDERGARTEN PHONICS CURRICULUM!]  ONLINE READING TUTOR! Start Reading in 7 Phonics Tutoring Sessions with Me HERE!   🙋🏼‍♀️Work with Me! Join me for a 1-Hour Phonics Coaching Call for Moms 'Teach Your Child to Read: Confidently Model Phonics Skills at Home!'    Website: https://phonicsrulesforkids.com   Email: melanie@phonicsrulesforkids.com   🎲 PHONICS BUMP GAME: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/store/phonics-rules-for-kids

HERE is the Zoom Link for Phonics Workshop, Tuesday, November 25th, 2 PM, EST : https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81885939826?pwd=TTwQukzNcmgNo1EZ7Szdh88Ky5Wy85.1 Looking for a Homeschool Kindergarten Reading Curriculum? COMING SOON!! TEACH YOUR CHILD TO READ: Confidently Model Simple Phonics Strategies at Home (INCLUDES FULL PRINTABLE PHONICS CURRICULUM FOR BEGINNING READERS)   📩 Join the Phonics Rules for Kids Insider's List!   ✔️ Get the FREE Phonics Made Simple (Even if You're Not a Teacher) Guide!   💜 Join the FREE Community   Get the Course: TEACH YOUR CHILD TO READ: Confidently Model Simple Phonics Skills at Home!  ONLINE READING TUTOR! Start Reading in 7 Phonics Tutoring Sessions with Me HERE!   🙋🏼‍♀️Work with Me! Join me for a 1-Hour Phonics Coaching Call for Moms 'Teach Your Child to Read: Confidently Model Phonics Skills at Home!'    Website: https://phonicsrulesforkids.com   Email: melanie@phonicsrulesforkids.com   🎲 PHONICS BUMP GAME: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/store/phonics-rules-for-kids

Are you parenting a young reader with ADHD? Lean in for 5 Survival Tips for Homeschool Moms Teaching Phonics at Home! 📩 Join the Phonics Rules for Kids Insider's List!   ✔️ Get the FREE Phonics Made Simple (Even if You're Not a Teacher) Guide!   💜 Join the FREE Community   Get the Course: TEACH YOUR CHILD TO READ: Confidently Model Simple Phonics Skills at Home!  ONLINE READING TUTOR! Start Reading in 7 Phonics Tutoring Sessions with Me HERE!   🙋🏼‍♀️Work with Me! Join me for a 1-Hour Phonics Coaching Call for Moms 'Teach Your Child to Read: Confidently Model Phonics Skills at Home!'    Website: https://phonicsrulesforkids.com   Email: melanie@phonicsrulesforkids.com   🎲 PHONICS BUMP GAME: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/store/phonics-rules-for-kids

📩 Join the Phonics Rules for Kids Insider's List!   ✔️ Get the FREE Phonics Made Simple (Even if You're Not a Teacher) Guide!   💜 Join the FREE Community   Get the Course: TEACH YOUR CHILD TO READ: Confidently Model Simple Phonics Skills at Home!  ONLINE READING TUTOR! Start Reading in 7 Phonics Tutoring Sessions with Me HERE!   🙋🏼‍♀️Work with Me! Join me for a 1-Hour Phonics Coaching Call for Moms 'Teach Your Child to Read: Confidently Model Phonics Skills at Home!'    Website: https://phonicsrulesforkids.com   Email: melanie@phonicsrulesforkids.com   🎲 PHONICS BUMP GAME: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/store/phonics-rules-for-kids

📩 Join the Phonics Rules for Kids Insider's List!   ✔️ Get the FREE Phonics Made Simple (Even if You're Not a Teacher) Guide!   💜 Join the FREE Community   Get the Course: TEACH YOUR CHILD TO READ: Confidently Model Simple Phonics Skills at Home!  ONLINE READING TUTOR! Start Reading in 7 Phonics Tutoring Sessions with Me HERE!   🙋🏼‍♀️Work with Me! Join me for a 1-Hour Phonics Coaching Call for Moms 'Teach Your Child to Read: Confidently Model Phonics Skills at Home!'    Website: https://phonicsrulesforkids.com   Email: melanie@phonicsrulesforkids.com   🎲 PHONICS BUMP GAME: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/store/phonics-rules-for-kids

📩 Join the Phonics Rules for Kids Insider's List!   ✔️ Get the FREE Phonics Made Simple (Even if You're Not a Teacher) Guide!   💜 Join the FREE Community   Get the Course: TEACH YOUR CHILD TO READ: Confidently Model Simple Phonics Skills at Home!  ONLINE READING TUTOR! Start Reading in 7 Phonics Tutoring Sessions with Me HERE!   🙋🏼‍♀️Work with Me! Join me for a 1-Hour Phonics Coaching Call for Moms 'Teach Your Child to Read: Confidently Model Phonics Skills at Home!'    Website: https://phonicsrulesforkids.com   Email: melanie@phonicsrulesforkids.com   🎲 PHONICS BUMP GAME: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/store/phonics-rules-for-kids

Thinking about getting started with a reading tutor for your child? You have so many questions! Today, I'll answer your questions about what it looks like for you and your child to work with me in seven 25-minute reading tutor sessions online! 📩 Join the Phonics Rules for Kids Insider's List!   ✔️ Get the FREE Phonics Made Simple (Even if You're Not a Teacher) Guide!   💜 Join the FREE Community   Get the Course: TEACH YOUR CHILD TO READ: Confidently Model Simple Phonics Skills at Home!   🙋🏼‍♀️Work with Me! Join me for a 1-Hour Phonics Coaching Call for Moms 'Teach Your Child to Read: Confidently Model Phonics Skills at Home!'    Website: https://phonicsrulesforkids.com   Email: melanie@phonicsrulesforkids.com   🎲 PHONICS BUMP GAME: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/store/phonics-rules-for-kids

  📩 Join the Phonics Rules for Kids Insider's List!   ✔️ Get the FREE Phonics Made Simple (Even if You're Not a Teacher) Guide!   💜 Join the FREE Community   Get the Course: TEACH YOUR CHILD TO READ: Confidently Model Simple Phonics Skills at Home!   🙋🏼‍♀️Work with Me! Join me for a 1-Hour Phonics Coaching Call for Moms 'Teach Your Child to Read: Confidently Model Phonics Skills at Home!'    Website: https://phonicsrulesforkids.com   Email: melanie@phonicsrulesforkids.com   🎲 PHONICS BUMP GAME: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/store/phonics-rules-for-kids

Wondering how morphemes can help your struggling reader in 3rd - 5th grade? Keep your child engaged by using bigger words! Simple morphology skills in your mom reading teacher toolbelt will help you get the job done! It's time to uplevel your 3rd graders engagement in phonics by upleveling from CVC words to higher level words!   📩 Join the Phonics Rules for Kids Insider's List!   ✔️ Get the FREE Phonics Made Simple (Even if You're Not a Teacher) Guide!   💜 Join the FREE Community   Get the Course: TEACH YOUR CHILD TO READ: Confidently Model Simple Phonics Skills at Home!   🙋🏼‍♀️Work with Me! Join me for a 1-Hour Phonics Coaching Call for Moms 'Teach Your Child to Read: Confidently Model Phonics Skills at Home!'    Website: https://phonicsrulesforkids.com   Email: melanie@phonicsrulesforkids.com   🎲 PHONICS BUMP GAME: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/store/phonics-rules-for-kids

📩 Join the Phonics Rules for Kids Insider's List!   ✔️ Get the FREE Phonics Made Simple (Even if You're Not a Teacher) Guide!   💜 Join the FREE Community   Get the Course: TEACH YOUR CHILD TO READ: Confidently Model Simple Phonics Skills at Home!   🙋🏼‍♀️Work with Me! Join me for a 1-Hour Phonics Coaching Call for Moms 'Teach Your Child to Read: Confidently Model Phonics Skills at Home!'    Website: https://phonicsrulesforkids.com   Email: melanie@phonicsrulesforkids.com   🎲 PHONICS BUMP GAME: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/store/phonics-rules-for-kids

Wondering if homeschooling is right for you? How can you teach your child to read when you're not trained as a teacher? Leigh Nguyen shares how she never intended to homeschool, but is now a dedicated homeschool mom encouraging other moms choosing this path for their children! Leigh's Podcast Little by Little Homeschool Leigh's Little by Little Homeschool Conference Join the TEACH YOUR CHILD TO READ Course Waitlist!    📩 Join the Phonics Rules for Kids Insider's List!   ✔️ Get the FREE Phonics Made Simple (Even if You're Not a Teacher) Guide!   💜 Join the FREE Community   🙋🏼‍♀️Work with Me! Join me for a 1-Hour Phonics Coaching Call for Moms 'Teach Your Child to Read: Confidently Model Phonics Skills at Home!'    Website: https://phonicsrulesforkids.com   Email: melanie@phonicsrulesforkids.com   🎲 PHONICS BUMP GAME: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/store/phonics-rules-for-kids  

Okay, who doesn’t love new books!? Fun, shiny, pictures, on a topic in which your child is interested? A favourite cartoon character, farm-themed, books about pets, cooking for kids, so many fantastic books! Surely, these books will draw your beginning or struggling reader inside to actually read the text. But, will buying new books actually help you teach your child to read? If you’re wondering the same thing I am, then stick around!   Join the TEACH YOUR CHILD TO READ Course Waitlist!    📩 Join the Phonics Rules for Kids Insider's List!   ✔️ Get the FREE Phonics Made Simple (Even if You're Not a Teacher) Guide!   💜 Join the FREE Community   🙋🏼‍♀️Work with Me! Join me for a 1-Hour Phonics Coaching Call for Moms 'Teach Your Child to Read: Confidently Model Phonics Skills at Home!'    Website: https://phonicsrulesforkids.com   Email: melanie@phonicsrulesforkids.com   🎲 PHONICS BUMP GAME: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/store/phonics-rules-for-kids

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!   ALL KIDS CAN (Kristy's Podcast) All KIDS CAN (Kristy's Website) Join the TEACH YOUR CHILD TO READ Course Waitlist!    📩 Join the Phonics Rules for Kids Insider's List!   ✔️ Get the FREE 7-Step Homeschool Kindergarten Phonics Guide!   💜 Join the FREE Community   🙋🏼‍♀️Work with Me! Join me for a 1-Hour Phonics Coaching Call for Moms 'Teach Your Child to Read: Confidently Model Phonics Skills at Home!'    Website: https://phonicsrulesforkids.com   Email: melanie@phonicsrulesforkids.com   Leave Melanie a voice message here. Ask a question or share how the podcast has helped you.    🎲 PHONICS BUMP GAME: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/store/phonics-rules-for-kids        

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?  Join the HOMESCHOOL PHONICS 101 Course Waitlist!  📩 Join the Phonics Rules for Kids Insider's List!   ✔️ Get the FREE 7-Step Homeschool Kindergarten Phonics Guide!   🙋🏼‍♀️Work with Me! Join me for a 1-Hour Zoom Coaching Call 'Teach Your Child to Read: Simple Phonics Skills for Homeschool Moms'    More About 1:1 Phonics Coaching with Melanie: https://phonicsrulesforkids.com   Email: melanie@phonicsrulesforkids.com   💜 Join the FREE Community   Leave Melanie a voice message here. Ask a question or share how the podcast has helped you.    🎲 PHONICS BUMP GAME: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/store/phonics-rules-for-kids        

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! Join the HOMESCHOOL PHONICS 101 Course Waitlist!    📩 Join the Phonics Rules for Kids Insider's List!   ✔️ Get the FREE 7-Step Homeschool Kindergarten Phonics Checklist!   🙋🏼‍♀️Work with Me! Join me for a 1-Hour Zoom Coaching Call 'Teach Your Child to Read: Simple Phonics Skills for Homeschool Moms'    More About 1:1 Phonics Coaching with Melanie: https://phonicsrulesforkids.com   Email: melanie@phonicsrulesforkids.com   💜 Join the FREE Community   Leave Melanie a voice message here. Ask a question or share how the podcast has helped you.    🎲 PHONICS BUMP GAME: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/store/phonics-rules-for-kids        

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.   📩 Join the Phonics Rules for Kids Insider's List!   ✔️ Get the FREE 7-Step Homeschool Kindergarten Phonics Checklist!   🙋🏼‍♀️Work with Me! Join me for a 1-Hour Zoom Coaching Call 'Teach Your Child to Read: Simple Phonics Skills for Homeschool Moms'    More About 1:1 Phonics Coaching with Melanie: https://phonicsrulesforkids.com   Email: melanie@phonicsrulesforkids.com   💜 Join the FREE Community   Leave Melanie a voice message here. Ask a question or share how the podcast has helped you.    🎲 PHONICS BUMP GAME: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/store/phonics-rules-for-kids        

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!   Sign up for Dinalynn's 'Beyond Obedience' Webinar on August 19th, 2025! In this webinar, "Beyond Obedience: Unveiling the Power of Listening in Kids" you get insights into why your child doesn't listen and practical tips that you can implement right away to improve your child's skills.  Join this interactive FREE webinar on Zoom!  Register NOW:   ➡️   https://www.thelanguageofplay.com/kids-beyond-obedience-webinar   Listen to Dinalynn's Podcast 'The Language of Play': Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-language-of-play-kids-that-listen/id1661880535Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3NksEQRFnUYcA6BdxSgKYJ  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 📩 Join the Phonics Rules for Kids Insider's List!   ✔️ Get the FREE 7-Step Homeschool Kindergarten Phonics Checklist!   🙋🏼‍♀️Work with Me! Join me for a 1-Hour Zoom Coaching Call 'Teach Your Child to Read: Simple Phonics Strategies for Homeschool Moms'    More About 1:1 Phonics Coaching with Melanie: https://phonicsrulesforkids.com   Send Melanie an email: melanie@phonicsrulesforkids.com   💜 Join the FREE Community   Leave Melanie a voice message here. Ask a question or share how the podcast has helped you.    🎲 PHONICS BUMP GAME: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/store/phonics-rules-for-kids