Farmhouse Phonics LLC

04/21/2026

Have I mentioned how much I love teaching morphology!

04/16/2026

Spelling ough words is way more fun in a game!

04/15/2026

I’ve seen first hand how successful this is. Every. Single. One of my students had made impressive gains with this method. I meet kids where they are, and close gaps. 🩷

When it comes to dyslexia, explicit instruction is what allows students to move forward.

04/04/2026

Lesson planning with Blue!🩷

03/30/2026

A landmark 2025 study from Stanford, published in Nature Communications, used brain imaging to track what happens inside the brains of children with dyslexia during an intensive reading intervention.

What they found: the Visual Word Form Area — the part of the brain responsible for recognizing words automatically — actually grew in the children who received the right kind of instruction. It became detectable in kids where it hadn't been before.

Not medication. Not accommodation. Instruction.

But here's what most parents aren't told: the intervention that produced these brain changes didn't just target phonological decoding. It targeted orthographic automaticity — the ability to rapidly see and store letter patterns in words. Most reading programs only address one side of this equation. The research shows the brain needs both.

That's exactly why the PTO Reconnect Protocol™ targets both the Parietal-Temporal AND the Occipital-Temporal pathways — the complete posterior reading circuit. Not half of it. All of it. Every day.

Your child's brain is not broken. The research is clear. The circuit can be built — with the right method, at the right frequency.

👇 Comment "WEBINAR" below to find out how you can help your child rewire their brain for reading, too.

🧠 Mitchell & Yeatman (2025), Nature Communications

03/20/2026

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Sometimes the people we trust most say things that aren't true.

A teacher. A coach. A family member. Someone in a position of authority. Someone whose words carry weight — especially to a child who is still figuring out who they are.

This week, words were said about dyslexia that were not just unkind. They were factually wrong.

So let me be clear about what the science actually shows.

The dyslexic brain detects patterns others miss entirely. It visualizes in three dimensions. It connects ideas in ways other minds cannot. It is built — neurologically, measurably — for exploration, invention, and big-picture thinking.

That is not a consolation prize. That is three decades of peer-reviewed research.

No one — regardless of their title, their position, or the authority they hold — has the right to tell your child that their mind is lesser.

If someone has said that to your child, or to you: they were wrong.

Your child's brain is not a deficit. It never was.

Save this. Share it with a parent who needs it today.

03/16/2026

03/10/2026

Fractions are tough! But visuals are a must!

03/09/2026

When struggling readers encounter the same patterns, sounds, and words again and again, their brains build the pathways that turn effort into fluency.

I made up the game “Race to Red” to help build those pathways with gameplay! It’s a hit!

03/05/2026

Just finished 20 hours of mathematics training! I have SO many new tools!

02/28/2026

Vowel Team encoding!

02/28/2026

Spring Break looks a little different for everyone this year! With so many school calendars not lining up, I know families are off at different times.

That’s why I am OPEN all spring break long , no matter when yours falls!