Does anyone have any tips on teaching my daughter to read??

Question

My daughter is 3, almost 4 and we are still working on the whole concept of reading. My mom says that I was reading before I was anywhere near that old and I feel bad because I know my daughter has the desire, as well as the capability. I am a single mother in college and if finding the time to do my schoolwork is hard, finding the time to sit down and focus on something so anal is harder! I have a very short attention span and very little patients, which makes me feel terrible, but at least I am aware of it. I try! I just have a hard time feeling like I am actually doing any good with the situation. If I don't see quick results, I lose interest. My daughter has the basic concepts down, but we are having a hard time getting past the basics. I am considering getting her Hooked on Phonics for her birthday, along with a Bratz laptop that teaches reading skills along with math and spanish. Does anyone have any other good suggestions for products that would give us a structured environment?

Answer 1

Don't worry so much about teaching her academics. You don't want her to know the curriculum before she starts school or she will end up bored. It's like learning German before you take a German class.

What is most important is social and emotion development. Make sure she gets lots of experience with other children (one on one and in groups). Consider sending her to preschool not more than 3 days a week and no more than 3 hours (up a day when she turns 4 and than 5). If you can't do this, find other ways for her to be around other children. Children who have good social and emotional skills do well in school.

Help her to gain self confidence. Don't use extrinsic motivators ("Good job!", candy, stickers). Children who are extrinsically rewarded care more about what others think of them rather than how they feel about themselves. Use intrinsic motivators. Say things like "Look how high you can climb! You did that by yourself! You used so many colors on that painting!" These phrases are all great confidence builders.

These are some basic skills that your daughter should have before starting school: hold a pencil in an orthodox way, recognize her name, write her name (upper case first letter followed by lower case), know 8 basic colors, cut with scissors, dress herself, take care of bathroom needs. She should learn a few letter sounds and recognize numbers and quantities. You can play "I spy" to teach letter sounds "I spy something that starts with "mmmm." Show her the symbol of that letter. Play counting games. Count all the cars you pass or count out how many forks you will need for dinner. Keep it fun! Here is a link to some more readiness skills http://www.srvusd.k12.ca.us/schools/regi...

Also, check out http://www.enchantedlearning.com

Good luck!

Answer 2

dont feel bad .......the child will pick up reading at the right time , you can read to the child , show great interest in the story while reading , explain the pictures and make it a very fun event .Never try to force the child to repeat the words or force them to try to read , by all means while reading pick several key words in the story and stop and say Can you say Elephant for example, this way she can learn , I will start thinking pre school real soon also ,my boy started it when he was four , he is in Kindergarten now and doing just what is expected of him, Moms always have a condluded idea of how things went down and of course her parneting skills were better than yours , she probally believes it too . Dont let Mom chastise you for your daughters reading ability, Just do all you can to be a great parent , reading to your child is very imporntant and will help them ..Go out and have some fun with that little girl they grow up way to quick and they are doing too much before you realize it. Dont worry about what she cant do yet, She will do plenty for you to worry about later , Just have fun .......

Answer 3

It's fantastic that you are so interested in your daughters education. Many children who learn the alphabet then have difficulty because English sounds are made up from 44 phonemes rather than simply the 26 alphabet single letter sounds. A card game I found helpful is made of these letter combination sounds. It is called Screech and is on Ebay.

Answer 4

Does anyone have any tips on teaching my daughter to read?? Lead by example. You read to her!!!! Point to the words as you read. After a few weeks, see if she recognizes the words. Read the same book over and over, especially if she likes it. Then let her read it. At first, she will look at the pictures and give her version of the story. It will work

Answer 5

While wewas living in Europe, all the children in my daughter's class learned to read when they were in Kindergarten. When I enrolled her in First Grade the teacher refused to teach her since all the other kids already knew. Instead of making a big stink and souring my child on school right from the beginning, I taught her to read reading Dr. Seiss Books with her. We started with Hop on Pop and worked our way up.In 6 months she had caught up with some the class and surpassed many of the others.
Good luck! Don't stress her... English is hard to learn because our spelling is so weird and illogical.
Here's a web site to refresh you on how difficult it is
http://www.say-it-in-english.com/englishfun.html
Good luck!

Answer 6

I have a four year old and the best way to get started, is to buy picture books with the word at the bottom or make flash cards. They start by identifying the simple three letter words.

Answer 7

There is a book called "Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons". It is a very good book. Check it out.

Answer 8

It's possible to spend plenty of time and money trying to find approaches to show your kids how to read and enhance their reading skills. Is difficult to teach a tiny kid how to see, and actually engaging them to learn is difficult in itself. However it does not have to be like that as you got the help of this program https://tr.im/Bnq7T , Children Learning Reading program.
With Children Learning Reading you may train your child how to separate your lives seems and break phrases into phonemes, an essential thing as soon as your kid is just understanding how to spell.
The examining program from Children Learning Reading program makes it easy for kids to read easily and properly, from simple words to sentences till they learn to learn stories.

Answer 9

language starts with listening and she has been listening to others now for a while, yes? you write down all the words she can speak and use properly, then show her how to form those same words on paper - then her first reading becomes what she is familiar with and her confidence will soar. also take a look at The Riggs Institute

Answer 10

You are doing a good job! she is only three after all. Don't compare her with yourself or anyone else, just make sure reading is a positive experience. Read a lot of books to her and model reading by reading your own books. I tried and tried to get my daughter to read, and the summer before she went into Kindergarten it just clicked. I ordered a set of books from starfall.com. they are really good and she liked them. Don't stress. :)