Reading??????

Question

I have a 5yr old daughter who I am tring to teach to read. We have phonics books, computer games, and tons of grade level books, but my daughter is still getting board. Is there any one thing that helped you keep you childs attention while teaching them to read????

Answer 1

Bob books, there's a whole series of them.

You start off with a word per page. She can finish an entire book in one sitting.

Gradually they get harder. It was a kickstarter for my daughter, we would work on Dr. Seuss until our eyes bleed. At that rate we would cover 2-5 pages a sitting.

Sat down with the first Bob book, she read the whole thing, part of the next, and couldn't wait to read the first one over again. She had read a book, a whole and complete book!

After that it took her another month before she could start reading Dr. Seuss in one sitting. ( A great book for those struggling is "Fox in Socks")

Answer 2

I would maybe give her a break for awhile. My son recognized some words before kindergarten but didn't learn to actually read until he was in the classroom setting. Now he's in the 3rd grade reading at a 6th grade level. It sort of sounds to me like you may be forcing this down her throat a little and she just may not be interested right now. Some kids just don't get into reading at all. I'm not saying you shouldn't encourage your child, but there is no law that she needs to know how to read before she starts school. Leave the teaching to the teachers, play games and enjoy your time with your daughter, she'll have plenty of time for learning when she's in school.

Answer 3

Maybe she feels that it is too structured.I commend you on taking the time to help your daughter to read.It is a skill that is necessary for success in school..Just try reading a story together.I found my grand daughter enjoys the books that have words as well as pictures (i.e. a picture of a dog so the child says the word dog).Your daughter will learn about sentence structure and patterns as well as absorb some words.It is relaxed and time to share together.I don't mean to sound like you are making your daughter stressed I'm just tossing out ideas.When reading you could also ask your daughter what she thinks will happen next. Every child learns at different rates so don't be discouraged.

Answer 4

My six year old is just finishing kindergarten and is reading pretty well. His teacher tells me he is at the top of the class in reading. I'd like to think he's gifted, but in all honesty, I think he just has a parent that works with him at home.

I have read aloud to him daily since he was born. I still do even though he is reading.

We use a variety of reading materials from the teacher, a-z series, I can read books (most libraries have a bunch), richard c owen books, pm storybooks.

Every other day he writes in a notebook. He uses a date stamp at the top. He's not allowed to take pages out and he has to write from front to back, top to bottom. He draws a picture and writes a phonetic sentence to match. I take the sentence and type it correctly on the computer. We print it in large print. He reads it and I cut the words apart. I mix up the words and he has to put them back in order.

I hope that helps and he's not so bored!

Answer 5

Your daughter has signs of being extremely bright.

So take her to the library - get some books that are above her level - see if you read a few sentences to her - if it gets her attention.

They also have books on tape. There are english, math, and language and other cd's that help you learn while using the computer.

Perhaps you can try as I did - reading to my daughter at night. I had 3 minute bunny stories - and at first I thought she memorized the words.
Then one day - she read a bunny story to me - and she was about 4 or 5.
Today she's 17 and almost finished her senior year - and in most of the advanced classes.

She could be bored because she's bright like mine is.

GOD bless us always.
MBA-Boston Univ.

Answer 6

Have you tried the I Spy Books? My daughter is 6 and loves to read these books. She is so excited to read them and then find the item. The books are also good about including discriptive words, for instance the picture might show a clown but the sentence will say "I spy a clown with red hair."

Answer 7

Have you tried the natural way....you teach her. You sit with her and show her how to sound out words and put words together. Maybe buy a new book she would want to learn to read.

Answer 8

First off - the normal range for 'getting' reading is up to 8 years old.

Second, do you read all the time, modeling for her how important and wonderful reading is? Does she see growing up in your house that books are used for cooking, pleasure, information, planning, etc? If not, get on it.

Third, does your daughter 'get' reading? That is, does she really understand that there are 26 letters that make a few sounds each and are combined over and over to form words? Does she get the sounding out process? No matter how strong a child is on letter and sound knowledge, until the click, you're not going to get her reading. That's okay - the click comes for all kids in their own time.

I never sat down and taught reading and my boys are excellent readers. It's a lifelong process that develops naturally. So, starting from when I was reading books to them as toddlers, I would point out a letter now and then, and say the letter sound. I would point out letters all over town on signs. I put signs on index cards all over our house labeling everything. We had many glorious alphabet books. They are funny, gorgeous, whimsical, scary, informative, and everything in between. Get a bunch in her interests and read about talk about the pages. Dr. Suess has a fun alphabet book. Alphabet books are a great way to immerse onself in letter shapes and sounds.

Take all the work out of it. There should be no formal teaching time for this. You will burn her out and turn her off reading, the worst possible outcome, I'm sure you'll agree.

Grade level books are usually a big bore. Kids need real books, real literature to care about. When she likes a storybook, you should read it to her as many times as she wants.

Are you working with Dr. Suess books? Hop on Pop and Green Eggs and Ham are fun and good for practicing reading.

Also, they love their own books. Write down stories she tells you, a few sentences to each page. Have her illustrate the pages, bind the books with ribbon. She will love those books.


Also, make games out of putting new beginnings on words.

"I have an -at" How many words can we make with this?" You can do that verbally if she's good that way, or with cards you make up - a stack of every letter, plus a stack of those -ats, uts, ums, etc.

Don't bore her! Follow her lead. Don't teach her, just let her learn!

Answer 9

i don't have a child, but i have a just-6 yo little brother. he likes word games, me reading 2 him with funny voices 4 different characters, picking his own books, the magic tree house series, scrabble, being praised, and also being independent (choosing how much he wants 2 read, when he wants 2 read, etc) good luck! it's a tuff job!

Answer 10

bring her to the library let her sit in on their kids reading sessions then let her choose some of her own books .also make up stories together, all my kids are readers with both girls being in advanced reading classes.at that age sitting feels like forever to them . my son has me read to him while he is playing with his cars or while grocery shopping( read a word , grab a can , read a word, get the milk lol)