My daughter needs help with reading?

Question

My daughter is 7years old & in the 1st grade. She is gonna be held back next year in 1st grade to help her catch up with reading (she's on a kindergarten reading level), but what can I do to help her & make reading fun? To make matter worse she'll be in the same grade as her little brother (next school year) since she's repeating 1st grade. So How can I help her adjust to that.

Answer 1

My son went though the same thing. He was held back at kindergarden. If it has to be done the younger the better. Leapster is wonderful. Comes with all kinds of books. My son is in reading recovery and is in 4 th grade its been a struggle but it coming. The one thing they had me do is when reading to your child and that is really important, read slower and use your finger for each word. Also take turns reading you read one page have her read the next. Does your school have there own web site most do and they have sites your daughter could go to. Talk to her teacher see if she has any ideas or books that you could use to help. Another thing is your local library. They have reading groups and such. Good luck to you and hang in there it does get better.

Answer 2

I would think about holding her back very seriously before doing it. I would find a summer school program to help her advance a little but I definately would not hold her back. My son would be devistated if he had to stay back and the rest of his class with all of his friends moved up. I couldn't imagine what that would do to his confidence level. Kids are really mean and there would be endless talk all throughout the rest of her school life. Definately get her into summer school and buy her reading materials such as leapster or games for the computer. Read to her every night before bed and be dramatic with it. Make it fun! Let her help read the story then go back and dress it up! If you make it fun then she will like it and try harder. Not to say that she doesn't try now but I know how frustrating it is. My son has dyslexic tendencies and he often switches everything around making it really hard for him to read it. He gets so upset but we just let him take a break and come back to it. She'll get it.

Answer 3

Listen to jess_n_flip. If she is emotionally ready to progress then you may not want to have her held back. Here in Texas you can have your child "placed" instead of promoted. Much of her confidence with reading will be helped from her self esteem. Holding her back may have an adverse affect, especially if she will be in the same grade as her brother.
The school should be providing you with tutoring and other special classes. to help her catch up. Check with the school and if they give you a hard time, contact the school district's main office if this is a public school.
Good luck.

Answer 4

First off i dont think the school can hold your daughter back and i think you should give this alot of thought. We went through this with our son, when we were informed that by law they cannot hold a child back unless the parent agrees to this. Our son is also in the first grade he will be 7 in July. Hes in title one reading and math programs offered through the school to help with his speech, reading and math. They take him out for 20 mins a day three times a week, and work with him and two other little boys around his age. Our son is also taking a special summer program for children having troubles with reading. Talk to your daughters school and find out if they know of any programs like this she can do over the summer. Its well worth it. Our son took this last year as well and it helped him so much. You need to have patience with her, and i know how hard this can be, but alot of kids learn at their own speed, and will catch up to their classmates, when they mature more. Thats where our son lacks. Hes a very young first grader so things naturally come tougher for him compared to a first grader who is say 8. ours isnt even 7 yet! Just talk with the school and find out what can be done. Dont hold her back if you have the option. Im not sure if this law varies from state to state. But if you have that choice, try to keep her with her friends and in the class she belongs to.

Answer 5

Well there are lots of things you can do, depending on the area she is having problems in. Is it the actual reading of the words? or is it comprehension?

If it is the reading of the words, you need to get books that use phonics as a base. they have the sight words in them and they use words that are simular in spelling and in sound.
read them. until she gets the pattern down and move on to the next.

I used to have my daughter read the story, she would draw a picture of her favorite part. and then we would practice a play based on the story so that she could entertaine daddy with it when he came home.

Her problem was with comprehention. She could read the word but had a hard time really understanding what she was reading.

She wasn't held back although some times I wish she would have been. I think it would have just been easier for her.

either way the only way to help your child to learn to read the words is to encourage her to read and to write the words give her easy words and do spelling tests at home a lot of schools don't do spelling.

If you make it fun she will drive you crazy to read. Just set up activiteis based around the book of choice we made our own board games, drew pictures, taped her reading the books so she could listen to the stories at bed time. I had her read to my youngest son when to help me out .

any thing that makes her feel important or is fun is going to help her want to read.

Just remember that if you are feeling frustrated then she is picking up on it. so walk away go do something for a minute and ask some one else to help her for a second. Return when you have got it out of your system it is difficult I know I lived through it.

Good luck. Hooked on phonics is a good program but it is a little pricey. Your local library usually will have these types of programs that you can check out and use.

They can also suggest the best books for learning to read and activities to use to build comprehension most of us don't even consider the librairian as a tool but they are a great asset. And are all to willing to help out.

Answer 6

leapster is good. so is summer school, if it's available. take her to the library and see if they have a summer program. read to her every day and have her read to you. talk about what you read. it would be good for both kids. as long as she's not in the same class as her brother, it shouldn't be a problem. talk to her teacher and the guidance counselor to help with the adjustment. some kids need to be held back now to prevent more serious problems later on.

Answer 7

I got my daughter a leapster. It has all different reading levels, and it is more like playing a game boy. Also, Reader rabbit for the computer is good. My daughter is also 7, and she is now starting to read great!!Good luck, and keep up the faith!!

Answer 8

My niece is starting to read(she is 6). She will sit there and sound out words perfectly. I think she enjoys it because she knows how to sound out the words.

What we do is first teach her what each letter sounds like. Then we teach her what each letter sounds like when combined with another letter. After that we read along with her and help her with any trouble she may have.

You should try that with your daughter. Don't just leave it to games like Leapfrog and Vtech. Becuase machines can't answer questions.

Answer 9

Please don't take this the wrong way but have you went and got her tested for ADD or anything.You might want to get puppets or read alones and read with her that helps simulate their minds.try that and see how that works

Answer 10

Well my brother is 6 in first grade a gate kid and at a 4th grade reading lever. and he is obviously better then your daughter so HAH!