Not sure how to help struggling readers and writers? I've got everything you need for your phonics interventions!

If you are searching for a way to strengthen your phonics instruction, I definitely recommend making it a multisensory experience for...

I love phonics instruction. Maybe it's just part of my K-2 heart, but I love watching readers grow as a result of explicit, skill-based...

Confession: I love the "fancy" teacher stuff. I love shopping on Amazon, perusing Pinterest, and envisioning all the shiny, new things in...

Discover the TallyTales Beginning Consonant Blends MegaPack: Bingo, Stories, Poems, Sorts, & Much More!—a comprehensive resource designed to make teaching consonant blends engaging and effective.

I recently had some questions about the syllable bags my students create in our class. Today, I want to elaborate on this a bit. I am...

I am so excited to share this product with you. This was, by far, one of my favorite resources to create. It's not a new concept at all,...

Yesterday, I released a brand new product, my first collection of Decodable Reading Passages to support your Phonics Instruction . Today, I am excited to share the digital resources for this product! The contents of the product are the same as the product in the pdf version: it contains over 40 decodable reading passages - all of which focus on a specific phonics skill. This is SO HELPFUL to me, because far too often I struggle to find materials that are truly decodable and

I am so excited to share a brand-new TallyTales product with you today! I'll take a minute to explain these new materials, and at the end of the post, I have a sweet surprise to share! This product contains over 40 decodable reading passages - all of which focus on a specific phonics skill. This is SO HELPFUL to me, because far too often I struggle to find materials that are truly decodable and well-aligned to an Orton Gillingham-based phonics sequence. The passages I have

R-controlled syllables (commonly referred to as "Bossy R") are difficult for all of my students, and I am constantly searching for new...

One of my goals for this site is to highlight very specific strategies and resources for multi-sensory phonics instruction. This is a...

Spelling with -ng and -nk can be particularly tricky for students...

Reading fluency graphs are important - not because we are stressing speed-reading, but because we are highlighting progress. Helping struggling readers see their progress is paramount to their motivation.

... or CK, of course? Doesn't this decision often pose a challenge for our younger spellers? Today's post focuses on phonics instruction with C and K! Knowing when to use C, K, or CK does, typically, confuse our younger students. Luckily, there is a fairly trustworthy rule for spelling the sound /K/ in most words. I have created the following tips and materials that help students apply this concept in a fun ny way as well! >>> Hang around until the end of the post, and you'l

So... you want to spend more time teaching syllable division in your daily instruction? WONDERFUL! But... you don't know exactly where to...

As previously described, it is my goal to develop a variety of phonics-based resources to support classroom instruction with specific...