Melanie Jeffrey Online Reading Tutor and K-3 Phonics Curriculum

Phonics Rules for Kids | BEST Homeschool Kindergarten Reading Curriculum, Teach Child to Read, Online Reading Tutor, child has dyslexia

Hello Homeschool Mom! Do you wonder if you have what it takes to teach your child foundational reading skills? Are you thinking, ”But, I’m not trained as a teacher. Where do I even start?” It’s time to ditch the overwhelm of curriculum clutter and learn simple phonics strategies to teach your child to read with confidence! See you inside the podcast!

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Melanie Jeffrey Online Reading Tutor and K-3 Phonics Curriculum

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Jul 6, 2026

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76. Why Can't My Child Sit Still? PHONICS and MOVEMENT with Homeschool OT, Sarah Collins 26.01.2026

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 activiti...

75. What to Do When Your 10 Year-Old Can’t Read? HELP for MOMS of Struggling 4th Grade Readers! 19.01.2026

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 readin...

74. Syllables for 1st Graders: Improve YOUR CHILD’S Reading and Spelling Scores NOW! 12.01.2026

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 o...

73. I’m Struggling to Teach My Kid to Read: DO This ONE Thing First! 05.01.2026

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 /c...

72. FREE Alphabet Worksheets? TRUTH: Be an Intentional Mom! 29.12.2025

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 chil...

71. Homeschooling a Large Christian Family? Haydee Wenholz: HOW She Taught her Kids to Read! 22.12.2025

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 homesch...

70. Alphabet Letters That Have 2 Sounds? WHY it's so Hard for Kids Learning to Read! 15.12.2025

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...

69. HOW do I Teach Digraphs? Phonics 101 for Moms of Kindergarten Readers! 08.12.2025

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 o...

68. Home Education with Ease: Christine Furman Shares Homeschool Reading WINS! 01.12.2025

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!  ...

67. Homeschool Kindergarten Reading Curriculum: P-H-O-N-I-C-S Spelled Out! 24.11.2025

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...

66. Parenting a Young Reader with ADHD? 5 SURVIVAL Tips for Homeschool Moms Teaching Phonics! 17.11.2025

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...

65. Heggerty for Homeschool Reading? 6 Phonemic Awareness Drills for Kindergarten! 10.11.2025

📩 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 f...

64. Frustrated with Homeschool Paper Clutter? STOP Printing Random Alphabet Worksheets! 03.11.2025

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, bu...

63. Teaching Your Kids to Read at Home? Homeschool Mom, Janae Daniels, Shares Her Experience! 27.10.2025

📩 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 f...

62. Need a Reading Tutor? Get Reading RESULTS in Just 7 Sessions! 20.10.2025

Wondering if your child needs a reading tutor? You want a reading tutor who knows her phonics curriculum inside-out AND someone who actually has proven, classroom experience teaching children to read.  You want to know that your child's reading tutor aligns with your family values and understands when you child needs a 30 second movement break during a tutoring session! An elementary reading and p...

61. Sound Wall vs. Alphabet Wall! Who Wins the Literacy Battle? 13.10.2025

Should your beginning reader have a 'sound wall' or an 'alphabet wall'? This can be a larger chart on a wall poster, or table-top chart for your child to use for 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...

60. Unlocking Reading Success: 3 Morpheme TIPS for Moms of Struggling 3rd Graders 06.10.2025

Wondering how morphemes can help your struggling reader in 3rd - 5th grade? Keep your child engaged by using bigger words! Simple morphology skills in your mom reading teacher toolbelt will help you get the job done! It's time to uplevel your 3rd graders engagement in phonics by upleveling from CVC words to higher level words!   📩 Join the Phonics Rules for Kids Insider's List!   ✔️ Get the FREE...

59. Stuck Sounding Out Words? 3 Blending Boosts for Beginning Readers! 29.09.2025

📩 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!   🙋🏼‍♀️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!'     W...

58. Is Homeschooling the Right Choice for Your Kindergarten Reader? Leigh Nguyen Shares Her Journey (A Mom Who Never Thought She’d Homeschool!) 22.09.2025

Wondering if homeschooling is right for you? How can you teach your child to read when you're not trained as a teacher? Leigh Nguyen shares how she never intended to homeschool, but is now a dedicated homeschool mom encouraging other moms choosing this path for their children! Leigh's Podcast Little by Little Homeschool Leigh's Little by Little Homeschool Conference Join the TEACH YOUR CHILD TO RE...

57. WHY is My 3rd grader STRUGGLING to Read? Why Buying More Books Won’t Help! 15.09.2025

Does your 3rd grader struggle to read at grade-level? Is your child losing confidence as a reader? Are you wondering what else you can do to increase your child's reading ability? Will buying new books actually help you teach your child to read? Or, is it time to pinpoint gaps in your child's foundational phonics skills? Mom, if your child struggles to read, let's invite her to do a baseline readi...

56. Teaching Your Child to Read Feel Impossible? All Kids Can Learn Phonics! (Dyslexia Therapist Kristy Haworth) 08.09.2025

Are you teaching your child phonics concepts, but nothing's 'sticking'? Does teaching your child to read at home feel impossible? Meet Kristy Haworth, Dyslexia Therapist and Family Coach! Lean in while Kristy shares how she helps children struggling with dyslexia apply phonics skills to become successful readers!   ALL KIDS CAN (Kristy's Podcast) All KIDS CAN  (Kristy's Website) Join the TEACH YOU...

55. When Should You Teach Long Vowel Sounds? Quick Guide for Grade One Homeschool Reading! 01.09.2025

Happy Labour Day Monday to all of my American and Canadian moms joining the show today! So, you know that there are long vowel sounds and short vowel sounds, but you’re wondering WHEN should you introduce these 2 separate phonics skills? What’s the difference between long and short vowel sounds? How do I teach long vowel sounds to my child?   Join the PHONICS 101 Course Waitlist!     📩 Join the P...

54. STOP Making Phonics Difficult! 5 Mistakes You’re Making Teaching Reading at Home 25.08.2025

Feel like you’re lost in beginning phonics lessons? Wishing someone would SHOW you HOW to teach a simple phonics lesson for your beginning reader at home. Well, I have good news. Great news! I'm working on something special that will calm the fear you feel in your stomach. Something that will... Give you the phonics skills [you didn't know you needed] Tell you exactly where to start in phonics ins...

53. Are you a Homeschool Mom Teaching Kindergarten Reading? Avoid These Alphabet Blunders! 18.08.2025

Do you fear that you’re dropping the ball? Before you’ve even started? Juggling all the responsibilities of being a mom first, let alone homeschooling your child? Teaching them to read, maybe even for the first time? Back to School season is here and you’re wondering if you have what it takes to teach your child to read?  Today, we’re busting through alphabet blunders to avoid when teaching the al...

52. Child Struggling with 'L' and 'R' Sounds? Here's HOW to Help with Speech Pathologist, Dinalynn Rosenbush 11.08.2025

Homeschool Phonics listeners, you are in for a treat today. Speech and Language Pathologist, Dinalynn Rosenbush,  joins us on the podcast. Dinalynn is a Speech and Language Pathologist who helps moms of children who struggle to properly articulate sounds AND to communicate by increasing their access to vocabulary in order to  express what they need or how they feel when connection feels hard. Home...

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