Ranked #1
#014 The Science of Teaching Reading with Educational Expert Toni Hatten-Roberts.
#014 The Science of Teaching Reading with Educational Expert Toni Hatten-Roberts.
Episode 14 unpacks The Science of Teaching Reading with educational expert Toni Hatten-Roberts. Toni shares her expertis... Read more
30 Oct 2019
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16mins
Ranked #2
003 Sounds Vs Letters...Why I Tore Down My Word Wall!
003 Sounds Vs Letters...Why I Tore Down My Word Wall!
Episode 3 Takes you on a controversial journey into the age old debate of Sounds verse Letters and looks at Sound Walls ... Read more
16 Jul 2019
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17mins
Ranked #3
#018 'Sound to Print' Vs 'Print to Sound' - The phonics Showdown
#018 'Sound to Print' Vs 'Print to Sound' - The phonics Showdown
The most successful early reading instruction studies, by reading scientists, have been ones using a linguistic phonics ... Read more
26 Nov 2019
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15mins
Ranked #4
#020 The 6 Step Guide To Navigate The Online Teacher Resource Marketplace
#020 The 6 Step Guide To Navigate The Online Teacher Resource Marketplace
Have you ever found yourself wondering just how much you can rely on the materials found on the internet? Or maybe you h... Read more
14 Jan 2020
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18mins
Ranked #5
#23 How This One Single Flawed Teaching Strategy Is Causing Reading Difficulties
#23 How This One Single Flawed Teaching Strategy Is Causing Reading Difficulties
Episode 23 reveals one very common teaching strategy, that is widespread in our classrooms today. This flawed strategy a... Read more
5 Feb 2020
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13mins
Ranked #6
#010 The Secret Strategy To Fast Track Reading Success
#010 The Secret Strategy To Fast Track Reading Success
Imagine if you could give every student in your classroom a foundation so strong that your vulnerable learners were neve... Read more
17 Sep 2019
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18mins
Ranked #7
#022 5 Simple Changes That Transformed Struggling Students Into Enthusiastic Readers
#022 5 Simple Changes That Transformed Struggling Students Into Enthusiastic Readers
Episode #22 takes you on a personal journey of how one teacher made 5 small but mighty changes to her literacy program a... Read more
28 Jan 2020
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12mins
Ranked #8
#017 Not All Phonics is Good Phonics
#017 Not All Phonics is Good Phonics
‘Which phonics program will be the most effective to ensure every child learns to read?’ Call it 'The Reading Wars' or '... Read more
21 Nov 2019
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15mins
Ranked #9
#027 The Proven Method to Improve Early Spellers
#027 The Proven Method to Improve Early Spellers
I’m pretty sure you’ve had students in your class at the end of Kindy, Grade 1, Grade 2 and in fact every grade, who can... Read more
11 Mar 2020
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13mins
Ranked #10
#016 Supercharge Student Learning (and results) With This Proven Strategy
#016 Supercharge Student Learning (and results) With This Proven Strategy
In Episode 16 I take a close look at a very underestimated teaching approach to teaching phonics and early reading skill... Read more
13 Nov 2019
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17mins
Ranked #11
#015 Science Based Phonics- What’s In, What’s Out?
#015 Science Based Phonics- What’s In, What’s Out?
Did you know there are 5 types of phonics instructions? Some instructions are backed by science and are proven methods f... Read more
6 Nov 2019
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14mins
Ranked #12
#019 Phonics In The Foundation Year – Why We Have To Get It Right
#019 Phonics In The Foundation Year – Why We Have To Get It Right
During Episode 19 I look more closely at the way phonics is being taught in many classrooms across the globe. I also ex... Read more
18 Dec 2019
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18mins
Ranked #13
#021 How To ‘Marie Kondo’ Your Classroom To SPARK Learning!
#021 How To ‘Marie Kondo’ Your Classroom To SPARK Learning!
It seems like everyone is decluttering or organizing something... be it their homes, their lives, their minds or pretty ... Read more
22 Jan 2020
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13mins
Ranked #14
#007 (Part 2) The 90 Minute Literacy Block - What a 'Sound' Literacy Block Should Look Like
#007 (Part 2) The 90 Minute Literacy Block - What a 'Sound' Literacy Block Should Look Like
There is a clear pathway for teaching every child to read. Science has proven this over and over again. I can’t wait to ... Read more
19 Aug 2019
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21mins
Ranked #15
005 The Simple Lesson Sequence to Promote a Vocabulary Rich Classroom - Takes less than 10 minutes!
005 The Simple Lesson Sequence to Promote a Vocabulary Rich Classroom - Takes less than 10 minutes!
In episode 5, I unpack the 7 simple lesson sequence that takes less than 10 mins to introduce new vocabulary in your cla... Read more
30 Jul 2019
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17mins
Ranked #16
#006 The 90 minute Literacy Block – What a ‘Sound’ Phonics Program Looks Like
#006 The 90 minute Literacy Block – What a ‘Sound’ Phonics Program Looks Like
Episode 6 unpacks the quality teaching strategies needed in a 90 minute literacy block, using research based strategies ... Read more
6 Aug 2019
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21mins
Ranked #17
#011 What Does Spelling Look Like in the First Year of School?
#011 What Does Spelling Look Like in the First Year of School?
Poor spelling impacts a child’s literacy development, it impedes the writing process and can limit participation in subj... Read more
23 Sep 2019
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18mins
Ranked #18
#024 What Is The One Resource Every Foundation Teacher Needs?
#024 What Is The One Resource Every Foundation Teacher Needs?
Have you ever spent hours scouring TPT and Pinterest looking for resources for your literacy program, found a great game... Read more
12 Feb 2020
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17mins
Ranked #19
#025 Two Simple ‘Rocket Fuel’ Drills to Launch Your Students Into The Reading Success Stratosphere?
#025 Two Simple ‘Rocket Fuel’ Drills to Launch Your Students Into The Reading Success Stratosphere?
Episode 25 will give you two very simple rocket fuel daily drills that will successfully launch all of your students int... Read more
23 Feb 2020
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17mins
Ranked #20
008 How to Create a Safe Learning Space for Children to Engage, Learn and Thrive
008 How to Create a Safe Learning Space for Children to Engage, Learn and Thrive
What if, along with creating a fabulous lesson plan, you also gave more thought to creating the ideal conditions for lea... Read more
27 Aug 2019
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18mins