Littles Love Learning Podcast

☀️ 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 dives deep into a BONUS Step for Reading Success: Handwriting. Prefer to watch this episode...

☀️ 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 dives deep into Step 5 for Reading Success, which is called Heart Words. Prefer to watch th...

☀️ Join my email community here ! Today's interview is with Alex Klann from Tiny Bite Wellness ( @tinybitewellness on Instagram ) ​ Alex is a picky eating specialist, mom of 2, and self-proclaimed foodie. She has a background in feeding therapy and works as an occupational therapy practitioner. Alex knows the struggle of not knowing what to serve your child for meals. Every child is totally unique...

☀️ 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 dives deep into Step 4 for Reading Success, which is called Blending & Segmenting. Pref...

☀️ Join my email community here ! Today's interview is with Dr. Calli Studebaker from Confident Kids Therapy ( @confidentkidstherapy on Instagram ) ​ Calli is my first repeat guest on the podcast...she joined me in episode 124 to discuss a holistic approach to kindergarten readiness. Calli is back today to debunk some common myths around kindergarten readiness AND to help me announce a fun project...

☀️ 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 dives deep into Step 3 for Reading Success, which is Letter Knowledge. Prefer to watch this...

☀️ Join my email community here ! Today's interview is with Kristina Harrill from Sweet for Kindergarten. ​ Kristina is a former kindergarten teacher turned stay-at-home-mom of 3. Her oldest daughter is in kindergarten this year, and she has 2 younger ones still at home with her full-time. Kristina began blogging about what she was doing in her kindergarten classroom almost 10 years ago, which the...

☀️ 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 dives deep into Step 2 for Reading Success, which is called Phonological and Phonemic Aware...

☀️ Join my email community here ! Today's interview is with Sarah Paul from @snippetsbysarah on Instagram. ​ With over 20 years experience in teaching literacy, Sarah was one of the early adopters of structured literacy way back in 2014 (before the Science of Reading movement even began). Sarah is a wealth of knowledge when it comes to best-practices for teaching phonemic awareness, phonics, morph...

☀️ 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 dives deep into Step 1 for Reading Success, which is called Oral Language. Prefer to watch...

☀️ Join my email community here ! Today's interview is with Emily Lawson from @byemilylawson on Instagram & TikTok. ​ Emily is a former classroom teacher turned stay-at-home mom of 2. With her oldest child, Emily created in-depth preschool activities & lesson plans to prepare her for kindergarten (similar to what she used in her classroom). But with her younger child, Emily realized he lea...

☀️ 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. Luckily today's episode will give you just that...an overview of the 5 steps for reading success! Prefer to...

☀️ Join my email community here ! Today's interview is with Anne Wahlgren from Printable Parents. ​ Anne is a kindergarten-2nd grade reading specialist with two master's degrees in education. She is also an Orton-Gillinghmam tutor who focuses on helping parents work with struggling readers, especially those with dyslexia. Not only does Anne have professional experience working with struggling read...

☀️ Join my email community here ! One thing that drives me crazy as a literacy specialist & reading teacher is the amount of misinformation online surrounding early reading skills. There are SO many myths about early reading shared on social media, and they're harmful to parents who are not familiar with reading research or how kids learn to read. Today I'm sharing 4 of the most common myths I...

☀️ Join my email community here ! Today's interview is with Elizabeth Doherty from Manhattan Speech, Language & Literacy, LLC. ​ Elizabeth founded her practice over 10 years ago with the goal of providing students knowledge and skills necessary for career success in the 21st century. With the unique perspective of both a speech-language pathologist and reading teacher, Elizabeth supports both...

☀️ Join my email community here ! Do you believe there is one perfect age for every child to learn to read? I don't. I believe every child is unique, and some children who are gifted might be ready to learn to read EARLIER than you think. We should not hold these kids back from unlocking the English phonics code! Today's episode shares a little bit more about the importance of teaching gifted kids...

☀️ Join my email community here ! Today's interview is with Maya Smart, author of "Reading for Our Lives: A Literacy Action Plan from Birth to Six." ​ Maya is an award-winning journalist, writer, parent educator, and literacy advocate who has served on the boards of numerous library and literacy organizations. Her goal is to help parents raise kids who thrive and promote a literacy-rich lifestyle...

☀️ Join my email community here ! Let me start by saying this...you absolutely do NOT have to teach your child to read before kindergarten. Every parent gets to make the decision that's best for their child and family. BUT...if you WANT to teach your child to read before kindergarten, I'm here to support you every step of the way. Today's video shares 5 reasons why you might want to start teaching...

☀️ Join my email community here ! Today's interview is with Megan Penrod and Laura Hillesheim, the founders of Developing Readers Academy. ​ Megan and Laura met while working together as reading specialists. They saw their students struggling to read, but they didn't know the best way to help until they took the LETRS training and dove headfirst into the Science of Reading. After seeing how effect...

☀️ Join my email community here ! Let me ask you a question...who do you think is responsible for teaching your child to read? Is it their teacher in school? Or is it you, their parent/grandparent/caregiver at home? Today's episode dives deep into this question! I'm sharing my opinion on who I think should be responsible for teaching reading (and why I think that way), plus I'm sharing a secret ab...

☀️ Join my email community here ! Today's interview is with Kelli Fetter from Handwriting Solutions. ​ Kelli completely pivoted her occupational therapy practice to focus on kids (and adults!) who struggle with their handwriting after her daughter was diagnosed with dysgraphia and dyslexia. Kelli is a Certified Handwriting Specialist and has practiced occupational therapy for 10+ years. She h...

☀️ Join my email community here ! Teaching your child to read is a beautiful experience, but sometimes parents can feel frustrated and overwhelmed if their children are struggling. Instead of jumping to blame, stress, or shame, I want you to focus on the 3 Cs to help your struggling reader so you can move forward together. Keep listening to learn about the 3 Cs and how they can be applied to any s...

☀️ Join my email community here ! Today's interview is with Christina Rothstein from Evergreen Educational Services. ​ Christina has worked professionally as a certified special education teacher in public and private school settings and has a Master’s degree in Special Education. Through her private practice in Fairfield County, Connecticut, Christina provides direct academic intervention and sup...

☀️ Join my email community here ! Today's interview is with Becca Pratt from Literacy Evolution LLC. ​ Becca has 12 years of experience in education and has devoted her professional life to exploring evidence-based approaches for teaching students to read. Over the years, she's successfully guided HUNDREDS of kids (and their parents) through these methods, witnessing the transformation of their re...

☀️ Join my email community here ! English is a complex language to learn, but we can make it easier for kids by teaching them more about the structure of English. One of these structures we can teach them is SYLLABLES . Most parents & teachers already teach kids to clap out syllables in words, but how can we go deeper on this topic? Let's teach our kids the 6 syllable types in English so they...