First Steps to Reading

A course for parents who are teaching their children to read and want to make it a hands-on, play-filled, meaningful experience.

What does this course include?

• 90 minutes of video teachings from Kinsey, homeschooling mom and former kindergarten teacher
• How to teach letter names and sounds with motion and rhythm (My Letter Names and Sounds Workshop is included with this course!)
• Hands-on, playful, phonics-based reading activities
• How to bring reading practice into your daily flow, naturally
• Tips for creating a safe, confident learning environment
• How to gently correct reading mistakes
• Daily lesson plan example
• Printable ABC cards
• Printable word/picture cards (CVC, CVCC, CCVC)
• A booklist of over 100 favorite picture books

Learn through play...

• Letter recognition
• Letter names and sounds
• Building and writing words
• Blending sounds and reading words
• Reading sentences fluently
• Opening up your kindergarten reading books with confidence

This course can be used alone in the early days of learning to read, or as a companion to a phonics-based curriculum you already have, to help your child work off the page and get more playful and hands-on. No worksheets!

Begin anytime, and work at your child's pace!