☀️ Join my email community here! Today's interview is with Danielle Mimbs from STEAM Made Simple (@steammadesimple on Instagram) Danielle is a former teacher, learning behavior specialist, and mom of three boys. After leaving the classroom to stay home with her boys, Danielle founded STEAM Made Simple, where her mission is to help parents build strong foundations with their children in the early years. Listen in on my conversation with Danielle as she shares: 💜 Her journey in education and...

☀️ Join my email community here! Today's interview is with Maria Golden from Growing in Literacy (@growinginliteracy on Instagram) Maria is an educator, reading specialist, and mother of three young children. After years of teaching young readers and writers, she noticed a strong need for developing early literacy skills during the early childhood years. While shuffling between diaper changes, naps, and play dates, she built a small business called Growing in Literacy, where she educates and...

☀️ Join my email community here! Today's interview is with Sher Marshall from Your Reading Teacher (@yourreadingteacher on Instagram) Sher is a retired elementary school teacher who absolutely loves her business, which focuses on teaching kids to read online, specifically those with dyslexia. Listen in on my conversation with Sher as she shares: 💜 Her journey in education and why she loves her second career as an online reading tutor 💙 What dyslexia is, what it isn't, and what red flags to...

☀️ Join my email community here! Today's interview is with Heather O'Donnell from Kindergarten Ready Skills (@kindergartenreadiness on Instagram) Heather is a mom of 2 & former kindergarten teacher. She's the owner & founder of Kindergarten Ready Skills, where she helps preschool moms prepare their kiddos for kindergarten by making learning fun & easy. She's also the creator of Kindergarten Ready Club, a monthly membership which supports hundreds of families with done-for-you...

☀️ Join my email community here! Today's interview is with Mariah Choate from Wholistically PsychEd (@wholistically_psyched on Instagram) Mariah is a mom of two and former school psychologist who, after seeing the pitfalls of public education, decided to create digital resources for parents & educators to learn how to advocate for children's learning needs.   Listen in on my conversation with Mariah as she shares:   💜 The most important special educational law all parents should be...

☀️ Join my email community here! Today's interview is with Shannon Moore from Moore Literacy Leaps (@mooreliteracyleaps on Instagram) Shannon is a certified reading specialist who helps K-5 students and teachers with proven intervention methods so they can be successful in the classroom.   Throughout her 20 year career, Shannon has held many roles as an educator, including classroom teacher, reading specialist, Response to Intervention (RTI) coordinator, instructional coach, consultant, and...

☀️ Join my email community here! Today's interview is with Chanty Macias, host of the Preschool Made Easy Podcast (@chanty.macias on Instagram) Chanty is a former Kindergarten teacher and mama. She helps make preschool life fun for teachers and parents so they can get their kiddos ready for Kindergarten while keeping things simple. Her days are filled with matcha lattes, creating preschool resources, and a whole lotta Netflix! Listen in on my conversation with Chanty as she shares: 💜 Advice...

☀️ Join my email community here! Today's interview is with Alex John from The Kindergarten Connection (@thekindergartenconnection on Instagram) Alex is a new mom and former early childhood educator on a mission to bring PLAYful learning into ALL classrooms! Through The Kindergarten Connection and its teacher membership, The Print and Play Club, educators all over the world are creating developmentally appropriate classrooms filled with PLAY…and their students are thriving because of...

☀️ Join my email community here! Today's interview is with Erin Vanek from The Gifted Perspective (@the.gifted.perspective on Instagram) Erin is the founder of The Gifted Perspective, the goal of which is to provide resources to parents and educators of gifted children. She has a master's degree in education and over a decade of experience in educating gifted learners. Erin has three children, two of which are twice-exceptional, so she understands firsthand the complexity of raising a child...

☀️ Join my email community here! Today's interview is with Meghan Conway from HomeBloom Education (@homebloom.ed on Instagram) ​ Meghan is a former kindergarten teacher and now stay-at-home-mom to three daughters. After she left the classroom, Meghan felt compelled to bridge the gap between home and school by working with parents and offering tutoring services for early elementary students. She is passionate about supporting preschoolers with their transition to the big world of...

☀️ Join my email community here! Teaching your child to read does NOT require a degree in education or experience being a teacher. But it DOES require you to have a basic understanding of the steps your child must follow to become a reader AND the order in which those steps should be taken. Today's episode wraps up our series on the 5 Steps for Reading Success and shows you how to put all the steps together and what you should do next! Prefer to watch this episode on YouTube? Click here to...

☀️ Join my email community here! Teaching your child to read does NOT require a degree in education or experience being a teacher. But it DOES require you to have a basic understanding of the steps your child must follow to become a reader AND the order in which those steps should be taken. Today's episode dives deep into a BONUS Step for Reading Success: Handwriting. Prefer to watch this episode on YouTube? Click here to check it out! This is the seventh episode in a series all about how to...

☀️ Join my email community here! Teaching your child to read does NOT require a degree in education or experience being a teacher. But it DOES require you to have a basic understanding of the steps your child must follow to become a reader AND the order in which those steps should be taken. Today's episode dives deep into Step 5 for Reading Success, which is called Heart Words. Prefer to watch this episode on YouTube? Click here to check it out! This is the sixth episode in a series all about...

☀️ Join my email community here! Today's interview is with Alex Klann from Tiny Bite Wellness (@tinybitewellness on Instagram) ​ Alex is a picky eating specialist, mom of 2, and self-proclaimed foodie. She has a background in feeding therapy and works as an occupational therapy practitioner. Alex knows the struggle of not knowing what to serve your child for meals. Every child is totally unique, and even with her specialized training, she found navigating meals with her two boys (each with...

☀️ Join my email community here! Teaching your child to read does NOT require a degree in education or experience being a teacher. But it DOES require you to have a basic understanding of the steps your child must follow to become a reader AND the order in which those steps should be taken. Today's episode dives deep into Step 4 for Reading Success, which is called Blending & Segmenting. Prefer to watch this episode on YouTube? Click here to check it out! This is the fifth episode in a...

☀️ Join my email community here! Today's interview is with Dr. Calli Studebaker from Confident Kids Therapy (@confidentkidstherapy on Instagram) ​ Calli is my first repeat guest on the podcast...she joined me in episode 124 to discuss a holistic approach to kindergarten readiness. Calli is back today to debunk some common myths around kindergarten readiness AND to help me announce a fun project we've been working on... Introducing the Learn and Play to K Kindergarten Readiness Virtual...

☀️ Join my email community here! Teaching your child to read does NOT require a degree in education or experience being a teacher. But it DOES require you to have a basic understanding of the steps your child must follow to become a reader AND the order in which those steps should be taken. Today's episode dives deep into Step 3 for Reading Success, which is Letter Knowledge. Prefer to watch this episode on YouTube? Click here to check it out! This is the fourth episode in a series all about...

☀️ Join my email community here! Today's interview is with Kristina Harrill from Sweet for Kindergarten. ​ Kristina is a former kindergarten teacher turned stay-at-home-mom of 3. Her oldest daughter is in kindergarten this year, and she has 2 younger ones still at home with her full-time. Kristina began blogging about what she was doing in her kindergarten classroom almost 10 years ago, which then led her to create resources for other kindergarten teachers through her store, Sweet for...

☀️ Join my email community here! Teaching your child to read does NOT require a degree in education or experience being a teacher. But it DOES require you to have a basic understanding of the steps your child must follow to become a reader AND the order in which those steps should be taken. Today's episode dives deep into Step 2 for Reading Success, which is called Phonological and Phonemic Awareness. Prefer to watch this episode on YouTube? Click here to check it out! This is the third...

☀️ Join my email community here! Today's interview is with Sarah Paul from @snippetsbysarah on Instagram. ​ With over 20 years experience in teaching literacy, Sarah was one of the early adopters of structured literacy way back in 2014 (before the Science of Reading movement even began). Sarah is a wealth of knowledge when it comes to best-practices for teaching phonemic awareness, phonics, morphology, and more! Listen in on my conversation with Sarah as she shares: ❤️her journey of...

☀️ Join my email community here! Teaching your child to read does NOT require a degree in education or experience being a teacher. But it DOES require you to have a basic understanding of the steps your child must follow to become a reader AND the order in which those steps should be taken. Today's episode dives deep into Step 1 for Reading Success, which is called Oral Language. Prefer to watch this episode on YouTube? Click here to check it out! This is the second episode in a series all...

☀️ Join my email community here! Today's interview is with Emily Lawson from @byemilylawson on Instagram & TikTok. ​ Emily is a former classroom teacher turned stay-at-home mom of 2. With her oldest child, Emily created in-depth preschool activities & lesson plans to prepare her for kindergarten (similar to what she used in her classroom). But with her younger child, Emily realized he learned in a MUCH different way, so she pivoted to creating activities that took 2 minute or less to...

☀️ Join my email community here! Teaching your child to read does NOT require a degree in education or experience being a teacher. But it DOES require you to have a basic understanding of the steps your child must follow to become a reader AND the order in which those steps should be taken. Luckily today's episode will give you just that...an overview of the 5 steps for reading success! Prefer to watch this episode on YouTube? Click here to check it out! This is the first episode in a series...

☀️ Join my email community here! Today's interview is with Anne Wahlgren from Printable Parents. ​ Anne is a kindergarten-2nd grade reading specialist with two master's degrees in education. She is also an Orton-Gillinghmam tutor who focuses on helping parents work with struggling readers, especially those with dyslexia. Not only does Anne have professional experience working with struggling readers, she also has personal experience, as her daughter is diagnosed with dyslexia and...