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Posted: Nov 20 2006 at 12:51pm | IP Logged Quote humanaevitae
Karen,

I would definately capitalize on his strengths and teach more sight words. Once he is reading and has more confidence then you can hit phonics a little harder through spelling. I use the Writing Road to reading and it is heavy on phonics.

I am also one who does not enjoy teaching reading. I hate the mechanics and slow pace of it. Yes, I do try to disguise that from my children! I love teaching once they are already reading and can then pore over stories together discussing the information. I am a huge reader myself who loves to discuss characters, plots, etc...



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Posted: Nov 21 2006 at 8:12am | IP Logged Quote Karen E.
J.Anne wrote:
My daughter (6) has been reading very well for a year and a half but is hesitant to move to chapter books because she is nervous and thinks the words are too small. We're done all the early readers. She has some vision trouble, so I don't know if that is influencing things.


Jennifer,

I would think the vision trouble would probably be a factor, especially if it's making her feel nervous or insecure.

(Also, don't some vision experts even discourage independent reading in young children, since their eyes are still developing?)

But, even if she didn't have any vision trouble, I really wouldn't worry about it at age 6.

My oldest was an excellent reader early on, too, but it took her awhile to choose longer chapter books. It also took her awhile to start finishing every chapter book she picked up, but she got there. In her time.

Sometimes, they reach a plateau and just need to rest there awhile, before they're ready to scale the next height.

At age 6, you could just keep reading aloud, maybe with her looking over your shoulder and following along at times. I think Bridget's idea about alternating, in small chunks, is nice, too. I did that with my second child, who was a much later reader than my first.

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