How to help 6 year old with reading skills?

Question

My boyfriends son is 6 (almost 7) and in the first grade. He is having severe problems with reading and I'm looking for easy book suggestions that I could buy for him and help him to be able to read. Books that maybe have a few words per sentence, per page.

Thanks!

Answer 1

Get books on tape that are short and simple that will read along with him. Look into the Leap Pad too for reading, it makes it a game and kids dig it.

Additionally, have his vision and hearing checked. It sounds silly, but perhaps it could be visual or auditory instances that are making it harder for the boy.

Answer 2

It's wonderful that you care about this boy and are interested in helping him learn to read. What do his teachers say? Some kids attain this skill a little earlier or later than others. It's amazing how "reading readiness" can change a non-reader into a great reader virtually overnight. See what suggestions the teacher and the learning center in the school have. Often they will have tons of materials you can borrow - level-appropriate readers, games, flash cards, etc.

Do you or your boyfriend read to him on a daily basis? Those who are read to pick up the skill a lot faster. Follow the words along with your finger as you read them so he understands where you are. Let him read with you, saying those really simple words he can decipher. Then talk to him about what you have read, asking questions about what he thinks and remembers. Comprehending is all part of the game.

Finally, go to the library with him and ask the librarian for the beginning reader section. Let him pick out several books that appeal to him and work together to read them.

I'm assuming he's been tested for sight and hearing ability and come up okay? Has he been assessed for dyslexia or other learning problems? If all is well, but he's having real problems, see if there is some extra reading tutoring available at the school. Many offer programs.

Good luck - don't worry, he'll get it one of these days!

Answer 3

If his school uses accelerated reader, his teacher should be able to tell your boyfriend what AR level he is on. Then, you should be able to go the library and check out books that are on his level. He needs to be read to, to read along with someone, and read to anyone he can. Books on tape are good if you can find some on his level. There is probably a reading specialist at his school that can help you with materials and how you can help. If there's not a reading specialist, then the teacher should be able to provide the same.

Answer 4

I found a ton of "Early Reader" books on Ebay. They helped a bunch and you can get a really good price on them used. (Even the new ones are relatively inexpensive.) The key is to make it fun to read - not a chore. I found that some books bored the heck out of my son... I found a few silly or funny books that held his interest and he actually WANTED to learn that way. Try it out! Oh, and a good, funny book to try: "The Pigeon and the Hot Dog" (I think that's the title!) Good luck - and what a wonderful person you are for caring enough to help him!!

Answer 5

My child did not want learn to read. than I had a great Idea: I printed some sheets with pretty picture and one or two short sentence in the bottom, I taped the pictures in her room, she wanted know what was write in the pictures, I answered:- If you want know you need learn how to read, after days, I thought the idea was really stupid because looked she not had any interest in those, but they were pretty and I left on the wall. Two weeks after she called me in her room, she was screaming I run in her room and she told me, really happy, here there is write: "The cat is in the mat" and here....... Try, with my daugther worked soooooooo wellllllll.
BOOKS:
Now I' m reading! are sets of books from level 1 to independent.
Hello Math Reader are a series of book for learn math and to read in the same time.
Website:
http://www.starfall.com/ This site is wonderful for learn to read and is FREE
If you need more help, for more information about websites, books or ideas for learning to read, feel free to contact me.

Answer 6

save your money what i did for my some was to get blank flash cards and label everything tape (the word chair to a chair) it to what it is he will learn the words from site if you do that he will be reading no matter what he is doing but he will not know its work and then when he sits down to read a book the words he sees every where in the house will be in the book as he learns a word by heart you take it down put it in a folder makes with his name and ( word he knows ) then learning to read will be fun for him and not so stressful you can also get him to read to you and dad for 15 min a night and as he gets better give him longer to read if he has younger Sib's he can read to them before bed

Answer 7

some books are in levels, which would be great for him, so go to your local book store, they should have some, or will know where you can find some. Also phonics, is great , they teach letter sounds and how to blend, maybe that is his problem. also reading to him every night is very important, and getting him to follow along!

Answer 8

My daughter has a learning disability. Her major problem is reading. She has been in special education resource room since first grade. She is now in third. I realized with the lettering getting smaller that she couldn't see. It turns out that she needed glasses. She got them last week and is doing so much better.


I know this is probably not the case but I also realize that kids aren't checked for far-sighted, only near.

Just thought I would pass that along because it would have made her school career thus far so much easier if she could actually see clearly.

As far as books go look into the levels. Scholastic and other books have books that would start at level one. Here is the whole explaination from the scholastic website.

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Also the scholastic reading level for first grade is A-I. I believe that is the same as the schools use. You can ask his teacher for his reading level and have her suggest some books.

Hope that helps.

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Answer 10

Choose words from his lessons at school and have him write about them. That way you know it's at his level, but he will also be more interested in reading it.