Thank you so much for your patience with us! This whole podcasting platform is new to us, and we are learning how to balance this with everything else we, as teachers, have going on. Sound familiar? We bet your life is just as hectic!

On today's episode, we are answering some listener questions about phonics: the best books for teaching phonics; how parents can support their child's phonics learning; the best way to teach phonics; and effective strategies.

Resources cited in today's episode include the following:

• Wiley Blevins/Patricia Cunningham
• https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/self-paced-phonics-a-text-for-educators_roger-s-dow_g-thomas-baer/707884/item/11247599/?gclid=Cj0KCQjw7KqZBhCBARIsAI-fTKITBYab8XKGpGQeJvzFkj-IubS7cH0XoKe5YYt0OyUcXHUfIedeohoaAinZEALw_wcB#idiq=11247599&edition=6907156
• https://www.amazon.com/Phonics-Teachers-Self-Instruction-Methods-Activities/dp/0131115243
• https://www.google.com/search?gs_ssp=eJzj4tFP1zc0SiooNzTMyzZg9JIpyUhVSExKVkjMS1FIzMlRAPIzixRKijKTs4sBL4IOeQ&q=the+abc+and+all+their+tricks&rlz=1C1GCEA_enUS914US915&oq=The+abc+and+al&aqs=chrome.1.0i355i512j46i512j69i57j0i22i30j0i15i22i30j0i22i30l2j0i390.4774j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
• https://www.lakeshorelearning.com/products/ca/p/RR207/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=ppc&utm_campaign=performancemax&gclid=Cj0KCQjw7KqZBhCBARIsAI-fTKLYjbkFibzmqHwEAHuvGgTh4BNnds-SruTzK0IeYYEY3sUAx8SqyQ8aAsvHEALw_wcB
• https://www.amazon.com/Making-Words-First-Grade-Hands/dp/0205580955/ref=asc_df_0205580955/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312111868709&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=7375841918534434879&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9026490&hvtargid=pla-434692992882&psc=1
• https://www.learningresources.com/word-families-rhyming-center-pocket-chart