Fun ABC Phonics Chant for Kids: A to Z Letter Sounds and Actions!

Teaching children to read has, for a long time, been based on sight words. Which has left many children feeling inadequate instead of excited and trying to wriggle their way out of that “read 20 minutes a night” deal any way they can.🤦‍♀️ I couldn’t bear seeing their tears any longer. After all, reading should be full of adventure and wonder and joy. But when many parents heard about phonics, all they felt was a sense of overwhelm. Enough. I created “Play to Read” which helps children learn to

Teaching our children to read and spell can be tough. We know they ARE excited about learning to read ... but the process can be so hard that they just lose interest. I remember one 5-year-old boy I was working with under the old system who dreaded reading so much he would do just about anything to get out of it. I tried to be as fun and engaging as I could as a person, but when I told him one day we had to read at least one page of his reader before we could do anything else, he turned to me wi

Teaching children to read has, for a long time, been based on sight words. Which has left many children feeling inadequate instead of excited and trying to wriggle their way out of that “read 20 minutes a night” deal any way they can.🤦‍♀️ I couldn’t bear seeing their tears any longer. After all, reading should be full of adventure and wonder and joy. But when many parents heard about phonics, all they felt was a sense of overwhelm. Enough. I created “Play to Read” which helps children learn to