Join Mizz KT for a screen-free Rocking & Reading Sound Adventure featuring the short O sound! In this bonus podcast episode, kids will:

• Listen to the decodable story Bob the Octopus

• Answer fun comprehension questions

• Practice segmenting words like Bob, Box, and Dog

• Break it down to a hip-hop beat with the “Break It On Down” song 🎶

Grounded in the Science of Reading (SOR) and aligned with UFLI best practices, this episode helps children build phonemic awareness and early reading skills in a joyful, music-filled way. Perfect for parents and teachers looking for engaging, screen-free literacy fun.

Join Mizz KT for a Rocking and Reading Sound Adventure featuring the short O sound /o/. Kids will sing along with the Break It On Down segmenting song, practice identifying the short O star sound, and blend sounds together in the Collaborate Song. Along the way, we also explore /sh/ as in sheep, /s/ as in snake, and /k/ as in duck.

This episode ends with short O’s own country song, showing how music makes phonics fun and memorable. Rocking and Reading is designed to help preschoolers, kindergarteners, and early readers learn to read with phonics through music, movement, and interactive play.

Want to be part of the adventure? Share your child’s thought for a future episode by emailing [email protected].

Dive into this bonus Rocking and Reading adventure with the short i sound!
Today, we meet Fin the Fish and follow his splishy-splashy story while practicing our short i phoneme. Along the way, we’ll break down words into sounds, blend them back together, and rock out with some short i reading fun.

This episode is packed with:

• Phoneme practice for the short i sound

• Sound-by-sound word building for early readers

• A fun, fishy tale to bring the learning to life

• A final Rock and Read session to wrap it all up

Perfect for preschoolers, kindergarteners, and early readers, this screen-free sound adventure builds confidence, fluency, and a love for reading.

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We're on a mission to find the short i sound, like in kit and kid—and it's hiding somewhere in the Rocking and Reading Auditorium! Join Mizz KT on this musical phonics adventure as we search for the iconic hip hop vowel /i/. Along the way, we meet sound friends /k/, /d/, and /t/, use our rocking fingers to segment sounds, and blend them together in song.

Get ready for laughs, music, and a sneak peek of short i’s hit song. This is the perfect screen-free learning experience for early readers, packed with movement, imagination, and Science of Reading-aligned fun.

Perfect for ages 4 to 8, classrooms, car rides, and cozy listening time.

Bonus Episode: Meg and Her Red Pet Ned
In this bonus Rocking and Reading podcast episode, we meet Meg and her red pet, Ned, in a fully decodable short e sound story designed to build early reading skills through sound play, rhythm, and imagination.

This short and sweet phonics adventure follows Meg as she cares for her pet and navigates a few surprises along the way. Perfect for preschoolers, kindergartners, and early first graders, this story uses only one-syllable, short e words and Pre-K–1st grade sight words to support independent decoding and phonemic awareness.

• Fully decodable story using the short e sound

• Aligned with the Science of Reading and speech-to-print approach

• Interactive sound segmentation activity ("Break It On Down")

• Great for classrooms, homeschools, and car rides

Kids can listen along, tap out sounds, and answer comprehension questions to support critical thinking and reading fluency. This podcast is screen-free, musical, and rooted in research-backed literacy instruction.

Listen, move, and read with Rocking and Reading with Mizz KT.

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https://www.youtube.com/@mizzkt

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Get ready to swing with Short E!

In this episode of Rocking and Reading with Mizz KT, we’re on a jazz-filled sound adventure to help the short e find its voice—and its perfect bandmates!

Along the way, kids will:

- Explore the short E sound in fun, interactive ways

- Blend sounds together to make new words

- Sing along to the short E’s big musical number: "I Say /e/!"

This screen-free literacy journey helps kids build phonemic awareness, blending skills, and early reading confidence—all through the power of story, song, and sound.

Whether you're in the classroom or in the car, Mizz KT brings the joy of reading right to your ears. Let's make reading rock!

Get ready to break it on down with the short A sound! 🎶

In this bonus Rocking and Reading episode, Mizz KT shares a short decodable story starring a sleepy cat, a sneaky rat, and a surprising tap!

Kids will practice:

Segmenting CVC words with finger taps (like Elkonin boxes!)

Listening comprehension with story questions

Reading-readiness skills through playful sound awareness

Perfect for car rides, circle time, or bedtime wind-downs, this short-and-sweet episode helps kids rock their early reading journey—no screens required!

Before your child can read it—they’ve got to hear it!
In this glittery, groovy adventure, Mizz KT guides kids through the short A sound—/a/ like in “apple" or "ABBA!"

In this episode, your child will:

Tune their ears to the short A sound (and its consonant sound friends)
Chant, sing, and move to the rhythm of learning
Build phonemic awareness through imagination and music
Feel like a star in their very own reading concert!

This screen-free episode launches our Star Sound Series, where each month we spotlight a new sound to help build confident, joyful readers.

Because learning to read should feel like a concert—not a worksheet.

Welcome to Rocking and Reading with Mizz KT! 🎶
What if your child could start learning to read—before they ever pick up a book?

Hosted by early literacy educator and musical performer Catherine Dugger (aka Mizz KT), this imagination-powered podcast helps kids develop strong phonemic awareness skills—the first step in learning to read.

Each episode takes listeners on a sound adventure, using music, movement, and storytelling to make reading joyful, effective, and screen-free.

Perfect for:

• Preschool–2nd grade learners

• Homeschoolers and teachers

• Parents looking for smart, sound-based learning on the go

Because reading should feel like a concert... not a worksheet.
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