This summer, my bookings are lower—and I wanted to give you a real, honest online teaching update instead of pretending it’s all sunshine and full calendars. I share what my first summer with Outschool has looked like for me, what I’m teaching right now (so you can steal some class ideas), and how I’m thinking about planning ahead when the “summer slump” hits. If you’re newer to Outschool, I also talk through the reality that it can take time for classes to gain traction, and why I’m still building and testing even when my schedule isn’t packed. I also chat about what I’m seeing on the VIPKid side, including a friend who’s finding bookings on VIPKid Global using certifications like Adult Speaking Course and Guided Reading—so if you have access to those, it’s worth looking at them. And because you know I’m always going to bring it back to strong reading instruction, I share what I’m offering for families who want private support: a phonics and phonemic awareness based course rooted in the Science of Reading. We’re talking structural literacy, decoding (not guessing), and building skills in reading, spelling, and writing using sound-symbol knowledge—like learning that “-eigh” can say long /a/.