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Phonics Rules for Kids | Homeschool Kindergarten Reading Curriculum, Teach a Child to Read, Online Reading Tutor

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Date created
2024/10/02
Latest episode
2026/02/02
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18 min.
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Do you worry that you won’t be able to teach your kiddo how to read? Are you overwhelmed by curriculum choice wonder which one is best? Do you wish you had an EXACT routine to follow for your child’s daily phonics instruction? I am so excited you’re here! It’s time to check the boxes for phonics instruction on your daily homeschool reading schedule. You’ll will get pro tips for teaching phonics skills so that your child can become a confident reader AND leave you feeling successful at the end of your homeschool days because you had an EXACT routine to follow! Hey, I’m Melanie. I am wife to Bill, mom to three hard-working teenagers, and have been teaching 4-7 year-old students to read for the last 10 years in K-2 classrooms. Reading God’s Word, the Bible, gives me hope and grounds me with peace in a world filled with chaos. As a beginning teacher, I taught kids to read using the wrong approach (old cueing system instead of phonics). Tired of teaching kids to guess what words they were reading by having them look at the beginning letter of a word and the accompanying picture, I knew there had to be a better way! Then, I discovered a sequential, step-by-step phonics-based approach to teaching kids to read. An instructional model that teaches kids to read simple to more complex texts, phonics skill, by phonics skill. An approach to teaching kids to read that I will forever use with beginning readers. And I’m ready to share it with you! If you are ready to finally find a simple, yet highly effective way to teach your child to read… Works in your homeschool schedule (while homeschooling kids with multiple learning styles). Boosts your confidence because you WHAT phonics skill to teach and HOW to teach it. Leaves you feeling successful because your child is reading with confidence. Then, subscribe to the podcast! You can find me: https://phonicsrulesforkids.com

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77. Homeschool Co-op Class Ideas for Elementary Reading: From Kindergarten Letter Sounds to Sentences!
2026/02/02
Homeschool Coop Class Ideas for Elementary Reading:  From Kindergarten Letter Sounds to Sentences!  Are you a homeschool co-op teacher wondering HOW to get through your next class in one piece? Wondering how to help students with their hands up, needing your help, but feeling defeated because there's not time to help them all! Lean in, teachers, and get 5 sanity-saving hacks for your next homeschool co-op reading class and Kindergarten - 2nd grade whole group phonics lesson!   💜 JOIN the FREE Community 📩 Weekly Phonics Note PLUS Can Your Child Read This QUIZ? 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!] Looking for an Online READING TUTOR? Start Reading in Just 7 Phonics Tutoring Sessions!   Website: https://phonicsrulesforkids.com   Email: [email protected]   🎲 PHONICS BUMP GAME: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/store/phonics-rules-for-kids
76. Why Can't My Child Sit Still? PHONICS and MOVEMENT with Homeschool OT, Sarah Collins
2026/01/26
Why can't your child sit still for a reading lesson at home? You’re 10 minutes into phonics drills and your child who was focused, right there with you, is now looking up at the ceiling and swinging his legs against the chair. You know as a mom that his ability to learn phonics skills at this particular moment is just not happening! Wondering HOW to get your child to sit still for reading activities at home? Meet Sarah Collins, an occupational therapist who helps homeschool families and their kiddos. Sarah hosts her own podcast, The OT is In, Homeschool OT. Sarah tells us EXACTLY what helps kids focus on learning. Something you NEED to be penciling-in multiple times each day as part of reading at home, especially if you’re a homeschool mom teaching your kiddo to read! Sarah Collins Podcast - HOMESCHOOL OT, THE OT IS IN! 💜 JOIN the FREE Community 📩 Weekly Phonics Note PLUS Can Your Child Read This QUIZ? 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!] Looking for an Online READING TUTOR? Start Reading in Just 7 Phonics Tutoring Sessions!   Website: https://phonicsrulesforkids.com   Email: [email protected]   🎲 PHONICS BUMP GAME: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/store/phonics-rules-for-kids
75. What to Do When Your 10 Year-Old Can’t Read? HELP for MOMS of Struggling 4th Grade Readers!
2026/01/19
What to do when your 10-year old can't read? It's tough to feel helpless to know how to help your child read when your daughter struggles to read grade-level texts. Even when you buy books that she loves. How can you help your child to read at home? Aways go back to the basics. Start with a simple phonics checklist. Then check for knowledge of word chunks. Reading fluency - if your child is reading slow. If you've done your best to help your struggling 4th grade reader, it may be time to consider getting outside help from a elementary reading tutor.    💜 JOIN the FREE Community 📩 Weekly Phonics Note PLUS Can Your Child Read This QUIZ? 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!] Looking for an Online READING TUTOR? Start Reading in Just 7 Phonics Tutoring Sessions!   Website: https://phonicsrulesforkids.com   Email: [email protected]   🎲 PHONICS BUMP GAME: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/store/phonics-rules-for-kids
74. Syllables for 1st Graders: Improve YOUR CHILD’S Reading and Spelling Scores NOW!
2026/01/12
Are you homeschooling your 1st grader? Discover 6 vowel-syllables to teach your 1st grade reader at home. Your child need to know these vowel-syllables, so that she can read and spell words correctly. The vowel types are: open syllables, closed syllables, r-controlled vowels, final stable syllable 'le' and long vowel syllables. Teach your 1st grade homeschooler these six vowel types, and put her on the path to becoming a confident reader!   💜 JOIN the FREE Community 📩 Weekly Phonics Note PLUS Can Your Child Read This QUIZ? 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!] Looking for an Online READING TUTOR? Start Reading in Just 7 Phonics Tutoring Sessions!   Website: https://phonicsrulesforkids.com   Email: [email protected]   🎲 PHONICS BUMP GAME: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/store/phonics-rules-for-kids
73. I’m Struggling to Teach My Kid to Read: DO This ONE Thing First!
2026/01/05
Are you struggling to teach your kid to read? Is your child still struggling to memorize hundreds of sight words? It's time to ditch the overwhelm of pure sight word memorization! Instead, teach your child to decode each sound in whole words, so that she can read sentences more quickly and with greater fluency. When you teach your child phoneme-grapheme phonics relationships, such as 'ch' spell /ch/ and 'ur' spells /ur/, then she can decode to read any word with greater ease. You must teach your child phonics-based reading strategies, so that she can become a strong, successful reader!   💜 JOIN the FREE Community 📩 Weekly Phonics Note Email Community PLUS Can Your Child Read This QUIZ? 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: [email protected]   🎲 PHONICS BUMP GAME: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/store/phonics-rules-for-kids
72. FREE Alphabet Worksheets? TRUTH: Be an Intentional Mom!
2025/12/29
Are you still printing off random alphabet worksheets 2 minutes before your child's phonics lesson at home? If you feel scattered, it's because you're not following a phonics scope and sequence for homeschool reading. A scope and sequence lists the phonics skills, typically by grade, and in which order to teach these letters and sounds (phonemes and graphemes), so that you can fast-track your child's reading success. Regardless of which phonics curriculum you choose, make sure you have a predictable schedule for phonics instruction at home, from simple phonics letter-sound relationships to more complex digraphs and long vowel teams. Mom, it's time to get organized and be intentional in your homeschool schedule when it comes to teaching your child to read using phonics skills as the foundation!   💜 JOIN the FREE Community   📩 Weekly Insider's Phonics Note AND FREE 'Can Your Child Read This? QUIZ!   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: [email protected]   🎲 PHONICS BUMP GAME: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/store/phonics-rules-for-kids
71. Homeschooling a Large Christian Family? Haydee Wenholz: HOW She Taught her Kids to Read!
2025/12/22
Are you homeschooling a large Christian family? Meet Haydee Wenholz, a fun, energetic homeschool mom, who taught her 5 kids to read at home! Haydee focuses on building relationships with your children as being vital to making progress in your homeschool schedule. She also shares how she taught her 5 kids to read, and the importance of flexibility in your homeschool schedule. She encourages homeschool moms to be patient, knowing each of your children are unique. You may have a child for whom reading came easily. Be patient with your other child isn't picking up reading as easily. If you become frustrated, you pass that on to your child, which only leads to frustration for both you and your child. Be encouraged that you can be the homeschool mom you want to be, given that you take care of your mindset through prayer each morning!    💜 JOIN the FREE Community   📩 Weekly Insider's Phonics Note AND FREE 'Can Your Child Read This? QUIZ! 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: [email protected]   🎲 PHONICS BUMP GAME: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/store/phonics-rules-for-kids
70. Alphabet Letters That Have 2 Sounds? WHY it's so Hard for Kids Learning to Read!
2025/12/15
Mom, are you wondering why your child is confused between the 'hard g' and the 'soft' g'? Why is the 'soft c' and 'soft g' in words so hard to remember? Why does the letter 'c' have two letter sounds anyway? Of course it's confusing. It's time to teach your 1st grade homeschooler basic phonics rules for 'soft c' and 'soft g', so that he can become a fluent reader who no longer gets stuck on words like 'city', 'cell', 'gem' and 'giraffe'!    💜 JOIN the FREE Community   📩 Weekly Insider's Phonics Note AND FREE 'Can Your Child Read This? QUIZ!   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: [email protected]   🎲 PHONICS BUMP GAME: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/store/phonics-rules-for-kids
69. What on Earth is a Digraph? (Phonics 101 for Moms!)
2025/12/08
What is a digraph? Have you looked at your homeschool phonics curriculum and noticed the word 'digraph'? Maybe you've even see the word 'trigraph'? What are these phonics skills, and how can you teach these to your beginning reader? Digraphs are sounds represented by 2 letters. Common consonant digraphs are 'sh', 'ch', 'th', 'ng', 'ph' and 'wh'. Vowel digraphs (vowel teams) work together to make one long vowel sound. When you teach your Kindergarten homeschooler to read, teach these basic digraphs first: 'sh', 'ch' and 'th'.     💜 Join the FREE Community   📩 Weekly Insider's Phonics Note AND FREE 'Can Your Child Read This? QUIZ!   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 HERE!   Website: https://phonicsrulesforkids.com   Email: [email protected]   🎲 PHONICS BUMP GAME: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/store/phonics-rules-for-kids
68. Home Education with Ease: Christine Furman Shares Homeschool Reading WINS!
2025/12/01
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: [email protected]   🎲 PHONICS BUMP GAME: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/store/phonics-rules-for-kids
67. Homeschool Kindergarten Reading Curriculum: P-H-O-N-I-C-S Spelled Out!
2025/11/24
Wondering which phonics-based homeschool reading curriculum is best for Kindergarten and 1st grade? What should know about choosing your phonics curriculum to get your child reading with success?  If you want to place your child on the path to becoming a confident, successful reader, then choose your homeschool phonics curriculum with these daily lesson criteria: lessons are cumulative and review previously learned phonics skills phonemic (letters sounds) awareness skills are part of each lesson clear order of simple to more advanced phonics skills quick recall of alphabet letters and sounds includes blending skills to read words segmenting skills to spell words teaches 1 or 2 sight words each lesson uses the fun word chain strategy for reading and spelling 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 [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: [email protected]   🎲 PHONICS BUMP GAME: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/store/phonics-rules-for-kids
66. Parenting a Young Reader with ADHD? 5 SURVIVAL Tips for Homeschool Moms Teaching Phonics!
2025/11/17
Are you parenting a young reader with ADHD? Break down your reading lesson at home into smaller chunks of time. Ask your child to focus on one phonics skills at a time, then allow for a quick movement break. Then, teach the next phonics skill in the lesson. Then take a break. If your child needs to move, stop fighting this. Movement is healthy and allows your child's brain (and yours MOM) to reset before teaching your child to read at home. Lean in to these 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: [email protected]   🎲 PHONICS BUMP GAME: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/store/phonics-rules-for-kids
65. Heggerty for Homeschool Reading? 6 Phonemic Awareness Drills for Kindergarten!
2025/11/10
📩 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: [email protected]   🎲 PHONICS BUMP GAME: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/store/phonics-rules-for-kids
64. Frustrated with Homeschool Paper Clutter? STOP Printing Random Alphabet Worksheets!
2025/11/03
Frustrated with homeschool paper clutter taking over your home, leaving your homeschool days feeling chaotic? Switch to whiteboards! The goal for teaching your child to read isn't to have them do a bunch of random tracing pages anyway. Lead your child through phonics drill and skills. Teach them to read instead of having them colour alphabet worksheets (again)! Tracing worksheets are busy work, but they won't teach your child to read. If you're serious about teaching your child to read using daily phonics lessons that actually move the needle for your child as a reader, it's time to cut the fluff and teach phonics like a PRO! My course, TEACH YOUR CHILD TO READ: CONFIDENTLY MODEL SIMPLE PHONICS SKILLS AT HOME includes a complete, printable Kindergarten Phonics Curriculum and Phonics Skills Tutorials for MOMS! Finally, you can know what trained teachers know about teaching children to read (without the paper clutter)!!       📩 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: [email protected]   🎲 PHONICS BUMP GAME: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/store/phonics-rules-for-kids
63. Teaching Your Kids to Read at Home? Homeschool Mom, Janae Daniels, Shares Her Experience!
2025/10/27
📩 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: [email protected]   🎲 PHONICS BUMP GAME: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/store/phonics-rules-for-kids

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4.9 out of 5
26 reviews
★★★★★
HomeschoolOT 2025/11/20
Practical steps!
Melanie is so knowledgeable about the progression of literacy. She speaks very practically while encouraging us all to understand the “why”. As an OT...
★★★★★
Terri L Lee 2025/10/01
Practical Encouragement for Homeschool Moms!
Melanie being a homeschool mom herself cuts to the chase of what's most important and teaching your kids to read. I would've loved to resource like th...
★★★★★
SarahW75 2025/09/27
Phonics Rules for Kids is an essential podcast for parents!
As a former educator who has trained teachers in phonics-based literacy instruction, I found Melanie’s episode content to be accurate and high quality...
★★★★★
Play_DR22 2025/08/10
So Important!!
I’m so glad that Melanie is teaching parents. These very important techniques to help kids learn to read and listen to sounds. As a speech pathologist...
★★★★★
Bethany Thomson, RDN 2025/08/09
Empowering, Practical Wisdom for Homeschool Moms
I’m so thankful for this podcast and the way Melanie equips moms to approach teaching reading with confidence, not pressure. As a homeschool mom sta...
★★★★★
Sanda Valcu 2025/08/09
Great Tool & Much Needed for Phonics Teaching!!!
I loved this podcast! I’m not a homeschool mom, but I’m an ESL teacher, and I found this super helpful as well! Melanie is encouraging and knowledgea...
★★★★★
Dizzyuber 2025/07/06
The help you need
Melanie is so knowledgeable. Such helpful information and tips for moms who are teaching their children how to read. I’m so glad this podcast is avail...
★★★★★
Aubree | Mom Intentional 2025/04/26
This is gold for any mom wanting to teach her kid how to read!
Melanie is a wealth of knowledge! I especially loved her episode on helping your kid with ADHD learn to read! Such easy and simple Hacks to try-I’m ex...
★★★★★
@theeringray 2025/03/12
A valuable resource!
I wish I had Melanie’s support when I was teaching my daughter how to read. This podcast is such a valuable resource for homeschool moms, making phon...
★★★★★
Sara E Moreira 2025/03/12
Empowering and informative!!
I have been wanting to homeschool my youngest children, but I was feeling very overwhelmed. I know it would be great for our family, but I didn't know...
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