As parents of young children, we know how important it is to work on literacy skills with our kids. We want to teach them according to the Science of Reading so they grow into strong readers AND spellers.

You may have heard about Heart Words (sometimes called "Sight Words"), but do you know how to effectively teach them to your child so they remember?

This episode includes a quick chant I use with my students to help them remember those tricky heart parts!

"Sight Words" High-Frequency Word Playlist *This playlist includes all of my past videos about High-Frequency Words, Heart Words, and Flash Words

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Teaching your child to read involves a lot of steps:

• Helping them pull apart the sounds in words (segmenting)
• Helping them match those sounds to letters (alphabetic principal)
• Helping them blend those sounds back together to read the word (decoding)

This episode shares a quick and easy game that practices ALL of these skills to help your child become a strong reader AND speller!

And the best part? All you need is a whiteboard, marker, and a few word cards. Easy peasy!

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Today's episode is a little more personal than usual. I'm doing a deep-dive into why (and how) I taught my kids to read before they went to kindergarten.

This was the best choice for my family, but every parent must make this choice for their own child. Thanks for listening and letting me share my story!

If you'd like to teach your child to read at home, whether that's before or after kindergarten, join the waitlist for my reading course!

Kindergarten End-of-the-Year Literacy Goals FREEBIE

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*BOB Decodable Books (This is an Amazon Affiliate link. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.)

*Will My Child Be Too Smart for Kindergarten?

*Phonological & Phonemic Awareness Playlist

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In order for your child to properly learn to read, it's important that you support their teacher's efforts by working with your child at home.

When we can get parents AND teachers on the same team, it benefits the child and leads to greater reading success!

Keep watching for 5 simple ways you can support your child's teacher at home.

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Join the waitlist for my Reading Course, P.L.A.Y. for Reading Success here!

2 O'Clock Letters for Handwriting Practice

All Handwriting Videos

No More Letter of the Week

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Reading is one of the MOST important skills your child will learn. If they are not taught correctly from the start, it will cause a lot of struggles later on, which will require intervention to correct.

If you're considering hiring a reading tutor, either to help your child who is struggling OR help your child get ahead, keep listening!

I'm sharing the PROS and CONS of hiring a reading tutor, plus I'm giving you a different way to think about this topic.

Links mentioned in this episode:

Download the FREE End of the Year Literacy Goals here!

Join the waitlist for my Reading Course, P.L.A.Y. for Reading Success here!

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A common question I get as an early literacy specialist is, "Will my child be too smart for kindergarten if I teach them to read? Won't they be bored in school?"

I'm here today to share my perspective on this topic and help you think about it a little differently. Then you can make the best decision for your family!

Looking for links from the episode? Here you go!

• Kindergarten End-of-the-Year Literacy Goals FREEBIE
• Join the waitlist for my Reading Course, P.L.A.Y. for Reading Success
• Phonological Awareness, Phonemic Awareness, & Phonics

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As parents of young children, we know how important it is to work on letters and sounds at home.

We want to teach our children according to the Science of Reading so they grow into strong readers and spellers, and regularly reviewing letters and sounds is a KEY component of this.

Today's episode shares a quick game you can play to review letters and sounds in a FUN and EASY way.

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Learn more about "The Visual Drill" here.

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One of the most common questions parents have when teaching their children to read is, "Should I teach my child letter names or letter sounds first?"

This is a BIG debate in the early childhood space, and it can be hard to figure out the best choice for your family.

Keep listening to hear my opinion on the "letter names or letter sounds" debate and why I think it's best for your child.

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One of the most important steps when teaching your child to read is teaching them how to properly blend letter sounds.

This starts with LOTS of oral blending (phonemic awareness), and then it's time to move on to blending sounds when looking at printed letters (which is all reading is!)

Keep listening for a simple strategy that will help your child blend letter sounds together to read words.

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As parents of young children, we know how important it is to work on literacy skills with our kids. We want to teach them according to the Science of Reading so they grow into strong readers and spellers.

But do you also REVIEW past concepts and skills you've taught to them so they won't forget? Reviewing past concepts is the KEY!

There are 3 drills you can use to review past skills. Today's episode is all about Drill #3: THE BLENDING DRILL

Make sure you come back for drills #2 and #3.

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