Join Mizz KT for a screen-free Rocking & Reading Sound Adventure featuring the short O sound! In this bonus podcast episode, kids will:

• Listen to the decodable story Bob the Octopus

• Answer fun comprehension questions

• Practice segmenting words like Bob, Box, and Dog

• Break it down to a hip-hop beat with the “Break It On Down” song 🎶

Grounded in the Science of Reading (SOR) and aligned with UFLI best practices, this episode helps children build phonemic awareness and early reading skills in a joyful, music-filled way. Perfect for parents and teachers looking for engaging, screen-free literacy fun.

Join Mizz KT for a Rocking and Reading Sound Adventure featuring the short O sound /o/. Kids will sing along with the Break It On Down segmenting song, practice identifying the short O star sound, and blend sounds together in the Collaborate Song. Along the way, we also explore /sh/ as in sheep, /s/ as in snake, and /k/ as in duck.

This episode ends with short O’s own country song, showing how music makes phonics fun and memorable. Rocking and Reading is designed to help preschoolers, kindergarteners, and early readers learn to read with phonics through music, movement, and interactive play.

Want to be part of the adventure? Share your child’s thought for a future episode by emailing mizzktandfriendz@gmail.com.

Dive into this bonus Rocking and Reading adventure with the short i sound!
Today, we meet Fin the Fish and follow his splishy-splashy story while practicing our short i phoneme. Along the way, we’ll break down words into sounds, blend them back together, and rock out with some short i reading fun.

This episode is packed with:

• Phoneme practice for the short i sound

• Sound-by-sound word building for early readers

• A fun, fishy tale to bring the learning to life

• A final Rock and Read session to wrap it all up

Perfect for preschoolers, kindergarteners, and early readers, this screen-free sound adventure builds confidence, fluency, and a love for reading.

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