Littles Love Learning Podcast

☀️ Join my email community here ! Today's interview is with Lisa Chan from TheLisaChan.com. Lisa is a former Pediatric Occupational Therapist with over a decade of experience who specializes in transforming high-conflict family dynamics and addressing complex behavioral patterns. Lisa's approach targets the root causes of family dysfunction, offering strategic interventions when traditional parent...

☀️ Join my email community here ! Today's interview is with Malia Hollowell from Playdough to Plato. Malia is a Starbucks-loving, red-nail-polish-wearing, Sharpie-obsessed former teacher on a mission to make learning fun and easy! Back in her classroom days, Malia spent way too much time searching for lessons that actually worked. She wanted activities that were simple, engaging, and—most importan...

☀️ Join my email community here ! Today's interview is with Emily Cadiz from Finnegan the Dragon. Emily is a proud mom to three girls, drawing inspiration from her family and personal journey to create impactful educational solutions. A graduate of Columbia University, she holds advanced degrees in early childhood education and music, combining her expertise to innovate approaches to pre-reading s...

☀️ Join my email community here ! Today's interview is with Savannah Campbell from Campbell Creates Readers. Savannah is a K-5 reading specialist who, for 13 years, worked at the elementary school she went to as a child! In 2022, Savannah was named Teacher of the Year for both her elementary school and all elementary schools in her district. She holds two master’s degrees in education from the Col...

☀️ FREE End of Year Literacy Goals for Pre-K & Kindergarten here ! When you're teaching your child to read, it's common for them to know all their letters and sounds...and yet they still can't read. That's because they're working on blending, which is the ability to take the letter sounds they know and fluently blend them together into words. Keep listening for tips on how to help your child w...

☀️ Join my email community here ! Today's interview is with Lina Miller from Decode by Heart. Lina is a wife, mother of two boys, and an educator. She has 20+ years of experience as an elementary school teacher in Delaware and is currently an academic interventionist. She always thought of herself as a "math person," but ever since she taught first graders, she fell in love with teaching children...

☀️ Join my email community here ! Today's interview is with Jessica Farmer from Farmer Loves Phonics. Jessica is a literacy advocate in the world of education on social media. With a bachelor's degree from Florida International University, Jessica also holds a reading endorsement in the state of Florida. Her journey into the science of reading began in 2020, spurred by the onset of the pandemic. I...

☀️ FREE End of Year Literacy Goals for Pre-K & Kindergarten here ! One of our main goals in preschool and kindergarten is for kids to master letter names and sounds. Our little ones need letter fluency and automaticity in order to become strong readers and spellers. Using an Alphabet Arc is a great way to work on letter names and sounds in a fun, hands-on, playful way! But do you know all the...

☀️ Join my email community here ! Today's interview is with Lisa Parnello from Parnello Education Services. Lisa is a dyslexia expert with over 18 years of experience (working in both public and private schools) who focuses on helping students with learning differences such as dyslexia and dysgraphia. Lisa provides 1-on-1 dyslexia therapy through her in-person practice as well as supporting parent...

☀️ FREE End of Year Literacy Goals for Pre-K & Kindergarten here ! When teaching your child to read at home, it's important to give them a chance to practice their phonics skills by having them read decodable books after each new skill they've learned. *You can learn more about my favorite decodable books in THIS video! But instead of just handing them a decodable book to read, you want to fol...

☀️ Join my email community here ! Today's interview is with Brandy Hawthorne from The Joyous Classroom and Mighty Math Minds. Brandy is a mom of 4, wife of 36 years, and native Texan who has lived and taught across the US in cities like Louisville, Dallas, Cleveland, and the suburbs of Chicago, New Orleans, and St. Louis, just to name a few. She is a 30+ year education veteran with a varied career...

☀️ FREE End of Year Literacy Goals for Pre-K & Kindergarten here ! When teaching your child to read at home, you need 3 different types of books in order to build both their independent reading skills AND their language comprehension skills. These books are perfect for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten kiddos. Keep listening to learn about these 3 types of books and hear my favorite recommend...

☀️ Join my email community here ! Today's interview is with Welsley Jongko from Little Literacy Nook ( @littleliteracynook on Instagram ) Welsley is a mom of two little boys and a K-5 literacy coach outside of Atlanta. She's also an in-house literacy expert for LovEvery as well as the author of Teach Me to Read, a parent-guided student workbook for beginning readers. For the past 13 years, Welsley...

☀️ Join my email community here ! Wondering how to teach the FLOSS phonics rule to your beginning reader? If you're teaching your child to read based on the Science of Reading, you need to understand this spelling rule! This rule is important for beginning readers and spellers (kindergarten and first grade) because it will help them spell more words correctly. Keep listening to learn all about the...

☀️ Join my email community here ! Today's interview is with Danielle Mimbs from STEAM Made Simple ( @steammadesimple on Instagram ) Danielle is a former teacher, learning behavior specialist, and mom of three boys. After leaving the classroom to stay home with her boys, Danielle founded STEAM Made Simple, where her mission is to help parents build strong foundations with their children in the earl...

☀️ Join my email community here ! Today's interview is with Maria Golden from Growing in Literacy ( @growinginliteracy on Instagram ) Maria is an educator, reading specialist, and mother of three young children. After years of teaching young readers and writers, she noticed a strong need for developing early literacy skills during the early childhood years. While shuffling between diaper changes,...

☀️ Join my email community here ! Today's interview is with Sher Marshall from Your Reading Teacher ( @yourreadingteacher on Instagram ) Sher is a retired elementary school teacher who absolutely loves her business, which focuses on teaching kids to read online, specifically those with dyslexia. Listen in on my conversation with Sher as she shares: 💜 Her journey in education and why she loves her...

☀️ Join my email community here ! Today's interview is with Heather O'Donnell from Kindergarten Ready Skills ( @kindergartenreadiness on Instagram ) Heather is a mom of 2 & former kindergarten teacher. She's the owner & founder of Kindergarten Ready Skills, where she helps preschool moms prepare their kiddos for kindergarten by making learning fun & easy. She's also the creator of Kind...

☀️ Join my email community here ! Today's interview is with Mariah Choate from Wholistically PsychEd ( @wholistically_psyched on Instagram ) Mariah is a mom of two and former school psychologist who, after seeing the pitfalls of public education, decided to create digital resources for parents & educators to learn how to advocate for children's learning needs.   Listen in on my conversati...

☀️ Join my email community here ! Today's interview is with Shannon Moore from Moore Literacy Leaps ( @mooreliteracyleaps on Instagram ) Shannon is a certified reading specialist who helps K-5 students and teachers with proven intervention methods so they can be successful in the classroom.   Throughout her 20 year career, Shannon has held many roles as an educator, including classroom teache...

☀️ Join my email community here ! Today's interview is with Chanty Macias, host of the Preschool Made Easy Podcast ( @chanty.macias on Instagram ) Chanty is a former Kindergarten teacher and mama. She helps make preschool life fun for teachers and parents so they can get their kiddos ready for Kindergarten while keeping things simple. Her days are filled with matcha lattes, creating preschool reso...

☀️ Join my email community here ! Today's interview is with Alex John from The Kindergarten Connection ( @thekindergartenconnection on Instagram ) Alex is a new mom and former early childhood educator on a mission to bring PLAYful learning into ALL classrooms! Through The Kindergarten Connection and its teacher membership, The Print and Play Club , educators all over the world are creating develop...

☀️ Join my email community here ! Today's interview is with Erin Vanek from The Gifted Perspective ( @the.gifted.perspective on Instagra m ) Erin is the founder of The Gifted Perspective, the goal of which is to provide resources to parents and educators of gifted children. She has a master's degree in education and over a decade of experience in educating gifted learners. Erin has three children,...

☀️ Join my email community here ! Today's interview is with Meghan Conway from HomeBloom Education ( @homebloom.ed on Instagram ) ​ Meghan is a former kindergarten teacher and now stay-at-home-mom to three daughters. After she left the classroom, Meghan felt compelled to bridge the gap between home and school by working with parents and offering tutoring services for early elementary students. She...

☀️ Join my email community here ! Teaching your child to read does NOT require a degree in education or experience being a teacher. But it DOES require you to have a basic understanding of the steps your child must follow to become a reader AND the order in which those steps should be taken. Today's episode wraps up our series on the 5 Steps for Reading Success and shows you how to put all the ste...