Farmhouse Phonics LLC

01/28/2026

Interesting article with new research about spelling instruction for dyslexic students.

https://irrc.education.uiowa.edu/blog/2026/01/does-spelling-practice-improve-reading-students-dyslexia?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQKNjYyODU2ODM3OQABHgdo9T7sTJOpC1GvC278SEJI3SGj6Mi2VD1ARud1go5u8AtTnJRtmlZrOdhs_aem_dY6BanQ5WoZ9MDTT5Or6CQ

Allocating more opportunities to read words with feedback may be more efficient than spelling practice to support multisyllabic word reading for upper-elementary students with dyslexia.

01/25/2026

“Effective reading instruction is complex, intentional, and grounded in research. When we teach with precision, students make progress-and that's the payoff.”

01/25/2026

Blue and I spent our snowy day learning more and more about dyslexia! Stay warm y’all!

01/22/2026

Quick session with this peach to explain the VV lion syllable type. She’s amazing and always thanks me for helping her. 🥹

01/20/2026

Blue loved practicing the Gentle Cindy phonics rule. 🤣

01/20/2026

Number sense support!!

01/20/2026

Update: Full! Reach out to be placed on the waiting list.

Update: 3 spots left!

Students already enrolled will be offered spots first. Please contact me before February 1 if you want a spot. After that, spots will be offered to wait listers.

01/08/2026

This is spot on! This is precisely why individualized learning works so well. Your student has my full attention and I can stop and teach at any moment of confusion. I swear by games.

01/03/2026

I can help!

This statistic comes from decades of U.S. research on reading and learning disabilities.
Dr. Sally Shaywitz, author of Overcoming Dyslexia and co founder of the Yale Center for Dyslexia and Creativity, has long highlighted that the majority of students identified with Specific Learning Disabilities struggle with reading, particularly decoding.

Large scale research and state guidance documents consistently summarize this as approximately 70–80% of students with Specific Learning Disabilities having reading related difficulties, including decoding challenges.
While this data is based largely on U.S. special education systems, the pattern is consistent internationally.

Reading difficulties, not lack of effort or motivation, are the most common reason students struggle.

This is why early screening and explicit, systematic instruction through a structured literacy approach matter so much.

12/23/2025

A little food for thought when it comes to standardized testing….

12/10/2025

Le syllable work with this sweety! At the end of our session, she thanked me for “making it all make sense”

I really do have the best job.

11/25/2025

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