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I help moms of K-2 beginning readers, and 3rd - 5th grade struggling readers, teach their child(ren) to read by confidently modeling phonics skills at home!
31 Moms in 31 Days! 🍂 It's our OCTOBER COMMUNITY CHALLENGE!! When it comes to teaching your child to read, there is power in community with focused, like-minded moms, joining forces with other moms of little readers! Reader, will you help me grow our FREE Phonics Rules for Kids community on Facebook? If you're like, "Sure, Melanie! You've got it," then here are the steps: Share the group via text, or message a mom you know teaching her beginning reader in K-2, or struggling reader in 3rd-5th...
Remember the first time riding your bike with training wheels? Those little wheels that when your dad went to take them off, you had a moment of panic? You trusted those wheels, because you KNEW your bike wouldn’t tip over and you wouldn’t fall! Do you remember how accomplished it felt to ride without training wheels? Now, you could bike so much faster without cumbersome training wheels attached! Training wheels. Needed at first. Even if they slowed you down. Preparing you to ride your bike...
When I, Melanie, began teaching students to read (the right way), I reached out to a phonics coach. Yes, I had a phonics coach in my classroom, modeling simple phonics skills for K-2 readers! You can bet I was paying attention! Grateful for the opportunity to observe how she modeled phonics skills, I watched carefully, so that I could confidently lead students through the same phonics drills and skills too! The exact phonics skills you need to teach your child to read! Wondering how to model...