Mary McCool Berry

Read Keys - TEACH SOMEONE TO READ!

Education EN ↓ 21 episodes

Mary McCool Berry, reading and dyslexia specialist, believes LITERACY for ALL is attainable. 'Teach Someone to Read' helps ordinary people teach another person to read systematically and explicitly. McCool Berry starts at the VERY BEGINNING. Follow each episode to teach your child, a stranger, or work colleague how to read. We can do this work together!

Author

Mary McCool Berry

Category

Education

Podcast website

www.buzzsprout.com

Latest episode

Nov 26, 2025

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Episodes

Dyslexia is Global 26.11.2025

Dyslexia is Global I am honored to come and talk to you today about something that transcends all borders, economies, and even languages. That is… Dyslexia. Around the world, Dyslexia is the most common neurodevelopmental learning disability. It affects 15-20% of the global population. That means, in a classroom, whether you're in Mumbai, New Delhi, Cleveland, or Cape Town, 1 in 5 students ha...

THE IRISH EDUCATOR and DYSLEXIA TRAILBLAZER 23.05.2025

Mary Moran is an Irish educator with 300 hours of Orton-Gillingham practicum and decades of experience teaching students with dyslexia. Moran wrote a systematic and explicit program used in 25% of Ireland's schools and by parents who wish to teach their children to read. Mary's program was written with computer coding in mind.  How would I teach a computer to read? This is how Mary Moran...

ALL ABOUT DYSLEXIA FOR TEACHERS AND PARENTS SHORT ON TIME 25.04.2025

Louise Selby is an award-winning dyslexia educator and author of several books: Today we will talk about- All About Dyslexia: Practical Guides for Teachers This book is an essential toolkit for parents, as well as primary and secondary educators. Why I love Louise Selby's book: The book is graphically pleasing with cartoon illustrations, bullet-pointed lists, charts, graphs, and provides EVID...

TEACH SOMEONE TO READ! 4 MINUTES- NEW EPISODE, ALL VOWELS AND CONSONANTS 27.10.2023

Join Ms. Mary and Honey Bun for a REVIEW of ALL LETTERS and SOUNDS. https://youtu.be/sUJfY9ns0Us?si=JP_fWIpTuXUzlSId hello@marymccoolberry.com

Read Alouds with Ms. Mary- Pie by Sarah Weeks-- Third grade and up! CHAPTER 1 31.08.2023

Go to the library and obtain the book Pie by Sarah Weeks. Join Ms. Mary as she reads aloud, and you follow along in your book! Pie is a great mystery story.  Book Summary When Alice's Aunt Polly dies, she takes the secret to her world-famous pie-crust recipe. Or does she? In her will, Polly leaves the recipe to her extraordinarily surly cat Lardo... and then leaves Lardo in the care of Alice....

TEACH A TODDLER OR PRESCHOOLER TO READ- SPELLING AND READING WORDS WITH B, G, and THE VOWELS 19.07.2023

Guess whose birthday is today? Honey Bun, the dog!  Ms. Mary is wearing a birthday cake on her head! Let's combine the consonants B and G with the VOWELS- A, E, I, O, U to make five words. Mary McCool Berry, M.Ed., is a reading and dyslexia specialist with 37 years of teaching experience.  Mary taught in a public school district for 32 years and is teaching students virtually across the U.S....

TEACH A TODDLER OR PRESCHOOLER TO READ- LETTERS G, H, J, K, L 03.07.2023

In this video, say "Hello" to Honey Bun, the dog, and see what Ms. Mary has on her head today! You will learn the sounds and letters- G, H, J, K, L and review the vowels and other LEARNED CONSONANTS! Learn sounds that match letters! Mary McCool Berry, M.Ed., is a reading and dyslexia specialist with 37 years of teaching experience. Mary taught in a public school district for 32 years and...

TEACH A TODDLER OR PRESCHOOLER TO READ- LETTERS B, C, D, F 12.06.2023

In this video, meet Honey Bun, the dog, and look at what landed on Ms. Mary's head! You will learn the sounds and letters- B, C, D, and F and review the vowels! Meet Honey Bun and learn sounds to match letters! PARENTS- PLEASE SUBSCRIBE INTENTION- LITERACY FOR ALL! Mary McCool Berry, M.Ed., is a reading and dyslexia specialist with 37 years of teaching experience. Mary taught in a public scho...

VOWELS IN A STRAW HAT TEACH A TODDLER/PRESCHOOLER TO READ! under 6 minutes 22.05.2023

PARENTS- PLEASE SUBSCRIBE INTENTION- LITERACY FOR ALL! Mary McCool Berry, M.Ed., is a reading and dyslexia specialist with 37 years of teaching experience. Mary taught in a public school district for 32 years and is teaching students virtually across the U.S. with dyslexia. Students range from grade 2 through adulthood. Mary McCool Berry is a reading activist who believes that literacy is a fundam...

LET'S GO WITH A READING AND SPELLING CHALLENGE FOR 2.1! 14 minutes 07.05.2023

Can you read words that are pseudo (not real)? This is a VERY CHALLENGING TASK for the brain to associate letters with sounds in WORDS YOU HAVE NOT SEEN BEFORE. Can you READ AND SPELL HIGH-FREQUENCY WORDS? LET'S GO! https://youtu.be/JfT5G8uhh0g hello@marymccoolberry.com

WATCH THE TRAILER- TEACH SOMEONE TO READ! 07.05.2023

WHY WATCH? READING NEEDS TO BE ACCESSIBLE TO EVERY PERSON ON THE PLANET. INTENTION- LITERACY FOR ALL! Mary McCool Berry, M.Ed., is a reading and dyslexia specialist with 37 years of teaching experience. Mary taught in a public school district for 32 years and is teaching students virtually across the U.S. with dyslexia. Students range from grade 2 through adulthood. Mary McCool Berry is a reading...

VOWELS IN A BERET! TEACH A TODDLER/PRESCHOOLER TO READ! 3 minutes 07.05.2023

PARENTS- PLEASE SUBSCRIBE INTENTION- LITERACY FOR ALL! Mary McCool Berry, M.Ed., is a reading and dyslexia specialist with 37 years of teaching experience. Mary taught in a public school district for 32 years and is teaching students virtually across the U.S. with dyslexia. Students range from grade 2 through adulthood. Mary McCool Berry is a reading activist who believes that literacy is a fundam...

LET'S GO WITH...READING SENTENCES AND STORIES! 2.1 under 20 minutes 17.04.2023

This episode continues what you learned in 2.1 -welded sounds (ang, ing, ong, ung, ank, ink, onk, unk). Today you will learn how to READ SENTENCES FLUENTLY and HOW TO READ A STORY with the glued or welded sounds. Let's read! Video link https://youtu.be/NlTv3vCMIFU hello@marymccoolberry.com

Let's Go... With Three Sounds Glued Together .. in under 15 minutes! 13.04.2023

Join reading and dyslexia specialist , Mary McCool Berry, for a NEW EPISODE. Learn the glued letters and sounds: ang, ing, ong, ung, ank, ink, onk, unk Learning letters together that make one sound helps the brain decode! hello@marymccoolberry.com

WHAT SAYS? LETTERS AND SOUNDS 24.04.2022

Mary McCool Berry, a certified reading specialist (M.Ed. K-12), Wilson Certified Dyslexia Practitioner and Certified Dyslexia Advocate PRESENTS PART 6 of a STRUCTURED LITERACY LESSON! Teach someone to read today! https://youtu.be/oiu4AwISEqE hello@marymccoolberry.com

TEACH SOMEONE TO READ EPISODE 6- PARTS 4 & 5 OF A STRUCTURED LITERACY LESSON 11.04.2022

LISTEN TO ALL SIX EPISODES IN LESS THAN 50 MINUTES! EIGHT PARTS COMPRISE A STRUCTURED LITERACY LESSON MARY MCCOOL BERRY, M.ED. READING K-12 AND WILSON CERTIFIED PRACTITIONER PRESENTS PARTS 4 AND 5 IN A STRUCTURED READING LESSON WORDLIST READING- PART 4 OF THE LESSON SENTENCE READING- PART 5 OF THE LESSON WHY DO WE SCOOP SENTENCES IN PART 5? MARY IS A READING SPECIALIST WITH DECADES OF EXPERIENCE T...

TEACH SOMEONE TO READ- EPISODE 5- NONSENSE WORDS, SUFFIXES, AND WORD CARDS 03.04.2022

JOIN MARY IN EPISODE 5 AS SHE SHOWS YOU WHAT A STRUCTURED READING LESSON IS! FOLLOW THE EPISODES TO TEACH SOMEONE TO READ! WHICH SUFFIXES CAN BEGINNING READERS LEARN? WHAT ARE NONSENSE WORDS, AND WHY ARE THEY USED? MARY WILL INTRODUCE YOU TO PART 3 OF A STRUCTURED LESSON- WORD CARDS EACH EPISODE IS LESS THAN 10 MINUTES MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO SOMEONE TODAY! hello@marymccoolberry.com

TEACH SOMEONE TO READ! EPISODE 4- WHAT IS A CLOSED SYLLABLE? WHAT ARE LOTTERY LETTERS AND WHEN ARE THEY USED? 27.03.2022

DID YOU KNOW THERE ARE SIX SYLLABLE TYPES IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE? BEGINNING READERS NEED TO KNOW EACH SYLLABLE TYPE IN ORDER TO DECODE LONGER AND MORE DIFFICULT WORDS.  MARY MCCOOL BERRY, M.ED. READING, INTRODUCES YOU TO TO THE FIRST SYLLABLE TYPE- THE CLOSED SYLLABLE. LOTTERY LETTERS ARE F, S, AND L.  WHEN ARE THEY USED? LISTEN TO EPISODE 4 IN LESS THAN 8 MINUTES! hello@marymccoolberry.com

TEACH SOMEONE TO READ- EPISODE 3- BUILDING WORDS! 20.03.2022

Mary McCool Berry shows how to teach someone to read. In this episode, you will begin building short words- consonant/vowel/consonant (CVC) WORDS. https://youtu.be/iPWbDj-QXQo hello@marymccoolberry.com

TEACH SOMEONE TO READ- EPISODE 1- CONSONANT SOUNDS AND SHORT VOWELS 20.03.2022

Mary McCool Berry is the founder of Read Keys an organization dedicated to eliminating illiteracy in the United States and globally. We all can teach someone to read! Follow Mary McCool's episodes in sequential order! Let us eradicate LOW LITERACY! https://youtu.be/So6BUMZaRxI Mary is a- Leader in literacy, dyslexia, and project-based learning  Academic Reading Specialist with Varsity Tutors...

TEACH SOMEONE TO READ! EPISODE 2, SOUND PALOOZA WITH DIGRAPHS AND VELCRO SOUNDS 20.03.2022

JOIN MARY MCCOOL BERRY IN EPISODE 2 - TEACHING SOMEONE TO READ! You will learn: What are digraphs? What are velcro sounds? How are they helpful to beginning readers? How are digraphs and velcro sounds taught? https://youtu.be/EcT3c-MmPc4 hello@marymccoolberry.com

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