Melissa & Lori Love Literacy ® | Science of Reading for Teachers

Melissa Krueger, Lori Sappington

Booking Overview

An interview-led literacy education show focused on the science of reading, structured literacy, and practical classroom instruction, typically featuring literacy researchers, authors, and experienced educators. Strong candidates include reading researchers, authors of evidence-based literacy resources, and teachers or instructional leaders with demonstrated success applying phonics, spelling, decoding, or intervention practices; booking difficulty is medium because guests generally need recognized expertise and practical credibility.

Metrics

Episodes: 352

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.8/5.0

Estimated listeners: 10k-100k

Gender skew: Female

Location: USA

YouTube: 3.9k subscribers

Instagram: 20.0k followers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

literacypodcast@greatminds.org

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Host

Melissa Krueger - Literacy educator and co-host focused on translating reading research into practical classroom instruction.

Lori Sappington - Literacy educator and co-host focused on helping teachers apply evidence-based reading instruction in real classrooms.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium

Typical Credentials:

Literacy researchers, authors, classroom teachers, and instructional leaders with demonstrated expertise in evidence-based reading, spelling, phonics, decoding, or structured literacy instruction.

Required Achievements:

Authored books or practical resources on literacy instruction, Conducted or applied reading research, Demonstrated successful classroom or intervention practices, Developed evidence-based instructional routines or tools

Recent Guest Discussions

Julia Lindsey - Decoding Skills, Foundational Reading Instruction, Research-based Routines, Purposeful Practice, And Building Student Confidence With Sounds And Words.

Wiley Blevins - Differentiating Phonics Instruction, Whole-group And Small-group Routines, Decodable Texts, And Meeting Diverse Student Needs.

Brennan Chandler - Research-based Spelling Instruction, Spelling Routines, Phonology, Orthography, Morphology, Retrieval Practice, And Transferring Spelling Knowledge Into Writing.

J. Richard Gentry - The Relationship Between Spelling, Automatic Word Recognition, Reading Development, Writing, And Science Of Reading-aligned Instruction.

Brennan Chandler - The Science Of Spelling, Explicit Instruction, Spelling Patterns, Morphology, Retrieval Practice, And The Relationship Between Spelling, Reading, And Writing.

Recent Topics

Education, Literacy Education, Science Of Reading, Phonics, Structured Literacy

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

Melissa & Lori Love Literacy ® | Science of Reading for Teachers

Phonics Routines Teachers Can Use Tomorrow with Caitlin Lucas

September 25, 2026

Episode 261 In this episode, Caitlin Lucas shares innovative routines for kindergarten literacy instruction, emphasizing consistency and active participation to build foundational skills. Caitlin also uses sign language as part of her routines and shares easy ways teachers can use it too. Resources Maximizing Instructional Time Through Routines and Rehearsal Looking for more literacy support and resources? Explore all of our podcast episodes, free listening guides, and classroom tools at li...

[Listen Again] Research-Based Routines for Developing Decoding Skills with Julia Lindsey

September 18, 2026

In this episode, we talk with Julia Lindsey about her book, Reading Above the Fray: Reliable, Research-Based Routines for Developing Decoding Skills. Julia shares why decoding is one of the most important skills we can help students develop and how research-based instructional routines can make that learning more efficient, effective, and joyful.Together, we explore the foundational skills that support decoding, the role of purposeful practice, and how consistent routines help students know w...

Routines for Differentiating Phonics Instruction with Wiley Blevins

September 11, 2026

Episode 260In this episode, Wiley Blevins shares practical strategies for differentiating phonics instruction in both whole group and small group settings. We explore high impact routines, effective use of decodable texts, and how to meet diverse student needs efficiently.Wiley walks us through how to design routines that are expansive enough to serve everyone in whole group, while using small group for the high-intensity, targeted practice that takes kids further faster. Differentiation does...

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