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Comment KINDER ⤵️ My Printables bot will send you Comment KINDER ⤵️ My Printables bot will send you a link for a free printable checklist. 👋 Hi, I’m Anne. I’m a former kindergarten reading intervention teacher now in private practice as a reading specialist. I’m also mom to three. I want parents of kindergarten students to know exactly what their child needs to be able to do by the end of the year. When parents team up with teachers, reading takes off 🚀 Your child’s school will probably teach more skills than this, but these are the core skills most kindergarten students need to know by this point in the school year: 1️⃣ Letters Believe it or not, knowing the letter names is just as important as knowing the letter sounds. Research has shown this time and again. It is important for spelling but it’s also because most letter names have the sound embedded. Say B. Do you hear the sound /b/? 2️⃣ Sounds Your child needs to see a letter, and say the basic sound immediately. If they are thinking, it’s not automatic and they need more practice. 3️⃣ Handwriting The ability to write letters easily is linked to being able to read and spell letters and sounds. Just practice one letter at a time at first. Once your child knows a few, start to include a review of the learned letters each day. —— Want that checklist with 16 skills for kindergarten reading? Comment KINDER and make sure you’re following so the link gets through! #learntoread #kindergartenreading #readingspecialist
3 steps here ⤵️ I know it’s tough when your child 3 steps here ⤵️ I know it’s tough when your child is struggling and you don’t know how to help. That was me with my own daughter. I learned more and got her caught up in ✨6 months.✨ Now I help parents like you. This is what to do: But first, you need to understand that these three steps are the foundation for good reading and spelling. It seems simple but just like going for a walk, you do it often, it will build a muscle. 1️⃣Sound Drill Some schools or programs call this the visual drill or the flashcard drill. You show your child that a letter or group of letters (like tch or dge) represent a sound by teaching it on a flashcard. These flashcards come from my program Sounds School but you can DIY with index cards and a marker. 2️⃣ Blending Drill Seeing how the sound cards can be arranged to make a word is 🤯MIND-BLOWING for most beginning and struggling readers. ❌Do not skip this step. You take for granted that words are made of sounds. Your child needs to visually see it. Just lay them down three cards on the table and show your child how to blend it into a word. 3️⃣ Spelling Drill In some programs and schools, this is called an auditory drill. 👂🏽But it’s really just listening and then spelling sounds all by themselves. 📚Want me to teach this to you the basics of all the sounds and this simple routine in video lessons? Comment SOUNDS for the link to my program Sounds School so you can learn more. It’s on sale right now! Make sure you are following so the link gets through. #learntoread #strugglingreaders #dyslexiaeducation
My own daughter caught up in ✨six months✨ Everyth My own daughter caught up in ✨six months✨ Everything | did with her, l put in my program Sounds School. It’s on sale now. If you want this for your child, comment SOUNDS and my bot will DM you the link. Make sure to hit follow so the link gets through. #strugglingreaders #learntoread dyslexia
Here’s the real talk⤵️ You can’t teach your child Here’s the real talk⤵️ You can’t teach your child something you were never taught yourself. 💛
 Most of us grew up with Whole Language (later called Balanced Literacy). Even in 2019, most teachers were still using it instead of a structured phonics approach. Those programs assumed English: 🚩was too unpredictable (it’s not!) 🚩that kids should just memorize words (our brains don’t learn well that way). So let me teach you what actually works. ✨ I had to learn it the hard way… My own daughter started struggling with reading and spelling in 1st and 2nd grade. That’s what pushed me to become the reading specialist I wish she had back then… and now I get to help you too. Hi! I’m Anne 👋, your friendly reading teacher on Instagram, here to explain the stuff no one told us in school. If your child is having a tough time reading: 
👀go take a peek at posts A, B, C, and D on my feed. 🖨️Want a printable list of all 8 jobs for silent e, comment SILENT and my Printable Bot will DM you the link. Make sure you’re following and make sure to check your hidden messages to get the link. #learntoread #strugglingreaders
It’s not what you think ⤵️ Not all signs of dysle It’s not what you think ⤵️ Not all signs of dyslexia look like letter reversals. Sometimes they look like a child who: 🏃🏽‍♂️avoids reading 😢melts down over homework 🤹is the class clown Many children would rather be the “bad” kid in class than the “dumb” kid. For my daughter, she told her teacher “I don’t want to do this” and refused to do her work. My intuition was there was an underlying learning issue because my daughter wasn’t defiant in PE, art, or math. Only reading and writing time. I researched dyslexia and eventually had her evaluated by a neuropsychologist. Later, I took a graduate level class and learned dyslexia is way different than what most of us think. 🚩There are signs much earlier than second grade. If you want a simple checklist of early signs to watch for, comment EARLY. My Printables Bot will send you a link to this freebie so you can put it on your fridge. But make sure you’re following and check your hidden messages. #dyslexiaawareness #learntoread #strugglingreaders
Save this💾 We didn’t learn this in school. No h Save this💾 We didn’t learn this in school. No hate to 2nd grade teachers - it’s just that phonics fell out of favor when most millennials were in school. So we feel a little clueless helping our kids read. Now first thing - you’re not going to teach your child this all at once. The point is that YOU as the parent understand so you don’t say things like “just memorize it” or “English doesn’t make sense.” You definitely need to teach 1, 2, and 4 to your 2nd grader. The rest you can bring up over time when you read together. Here are the 8 jobs of silent E: 1️⃣Makes the vowel long. Ex: make, vine 2️⃣ Prevents words from ending in u and v. Ex: argue, serve 3️⃣Creates a written vowel in a final stable syllable. Ex: title, pickle 4️⃣ Makes c and g soft. Ex: mice, cage 5️⃣ Makes th spell its voiced sound. Ex: bathe vs. bath, teethe vs. teeth 6️⃣Shows a word is not plural. Ex: mouse, tease 7️⃣Makes words look longer. Ex: are, ewe 8️⃣Clarifies meaning. Ex: or & ore, by & bye, teas & tease 🖨️Want a printable list of these silent e jobs to put on your fridge. Comment SILENT and my Printable Bot will DM you the link. Make sure you’re following and make sure to check your hidden messages to get the link. #phonicsforkids #phonicsfun
✨success story ✨ When a coaching client with a st ✨success story ✨ When a coaching client with a struggling third grade student first signed up to work with me, she dreaded practicing reading with her son. Those 20 minutes of nightly reading…. a battle.😩 You too? I get it… ☘️But lucky for them (and now you too), she started using my phonics games. We chose an easy skill for him to start with: 💪 he strengthen his weaker skills and 📚 built up to more complex patterns. By starting where he would be successful. less correction was needed in general. So reading time was positive. 🎉 See when your child is struggling with reading, they’ve already had so many negative messages about their skills. So they hate it. 🏁The first step is to actually change the reading experience for your child and you. If it’s a fight, you will be exhausted.🥱 If your child begs play the games and cheerfully participates in reading time, you will feel energized! 🤩 And now it’s your turn to experience this⬇️ Comment the word SAMPLE below and my bot will you a sample of my free phonics games. Make sure you’re following though so the message comes through. (and note, children do need books, too! It’s just isn’t the best starting place for a lot of struggling readers) #learntoread #strugglingreaders #dyslexiaeducation

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