Aimee Eucce is our guest expert, talking about teaching reading with a phonic-focused approach called Play 'n Talk. It's a skills-based program so it works for any age child who needs these skills. Aimee has learning challenges that made reading hard, but this program worked for her as a child, and now she uses it with her own children. Read the full transcript here. Or watch on YouTube here.

05:08 How to turn any school topic into a play-based learning experience.

06:04 How the Play 'n Talk phonics program helped Aimee learn to read despite her dyslexia, ADHD, and a slight auditory processing delay.

08:39 The history of the Play 'n Talk program.

10:42 How it works: short lessons, audio lessons, a printed book, games that reinforce the phonetic concepts multiple ways.

14:11 How spiral learning is used and how that helps children with learning challenges.

15:35 There are no shoulds in homeschool. 

18:06 The signs of reading readiness.

22:22 Approach homeschooling like it's an adventure.

25:35 The rules of decoding.

28:39 The value of a sense of wonder. Loving to learn.

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