Learning to Read: Infant
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Sight Words
Asked by M.R. from Los Angeles
on August 13, 2007
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Hello
Is anybody doing sight words with their kindergardner? Any advice on how to teach a 5 yr old her sight words. I want to make it fun. Any advice would be gr...
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- Make "Matching Game" cards on index cards and have her tell you what the word is as you go. You can do both with the word or one with a picture, one with the word. Lik...
- Hi...My son is also 5 and starting kindergarden next week. We do sight words on flash cards. We do them in the bath tub, at bed time and also on car rides. After he ge...
- A very easy way to teach sight words is to point them out while reading your child a book (something, I'm sure you do every day already!) You could make a magic wand ...
WHY Do They Teach Sight Words Instead of Phonics?
Asked by A.C. from Savannah
on August 17, 2011
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Perhaps this is a silly question, but it bothers me. I'm asking here because there are a lot of teachers here, and a lot of moms who have done the "school thing". WHY ...
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- Well my kid's school, uses both.
- My granddaughter was taught sight words first and then learned to the sound them out thing. She's 3 and reads like a 4th grader.
- Are you sure you have the whole story? I haven't heard about any educational systems teaching sight words only. At my grandson's pre-K, they do have a couple of poster...
Reading
Asked by A.S. from Davenport
on July 21, 2010
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My daughter just turned 3 in June. Last evening she asked me to teach her to read. We were reading bedtime stories when she asked and, of course, she has pretty much...
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- I started reading when I was 3. My dad used to sit with me on his lap and follow the words with his fingers as he read aloud, and I just picked up on it on my own.
- I know it's possible for kids to be reading at 3, but it's also unusual. I think most kids who learn to read at that age read by sight, and not by skill--meaning they ...
- Totally agree w/ Riley. When there's an interest, she will just absorb it on her own. Just read, point to the words if you like... Its great, and then there are a...
My Baby Can Read
Asked by A.L. from Dallas
on August 16, 2009
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I am looking into purchasing My Baby Can Read for my two children 9 months and 3 years old. Has anybody done this program and what are the pro's and con's of it. I ...
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- I highly recommend it! My baby started at 3 months old. She loves watching the videos, reading the cards and books. Its not work but fun to her. Just like the comm...
- I know moms that are using this program and moms that think it's terrible. The reviews truely are mixed, but it boils down to your individual child. My sister-in-law i...
- I personally have no experience with this program, but I am a preschool teacher and am a full time college student studying child development. All the studies I've se...
First Words?
Asked by M.T. from Minneapolis
on April 5, 2007
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My son will be 1 in less than 3 weeks and has yet to said any words. He will babble dada, mama, baba, and nana, but not to anyone or anything specifically and more lik...
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- Is he your first child? I have 4 children, and my oldest was definitely the latest to really get a grip on language. I am a pediatrician too, and my biggest tip is t...
- My son will be one this month also. He doesn't really say any words either. There are times when I think he might be saying Hi or more, but I'm not really sure about...
- Hi M., I am speech language pathologist and work doing home therapy for kids birth to three. At one, most kids are not talking much, so that is very normal. If yo...
Struggling with Reading
Asked by C.S. from Champaign
on May 24, 2009
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My 1st grader is struggling with reading. We are holding him back this year and will probably homeschool. Any suggestions of programs / books to try? We have tried ...
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- Hi C., I've taught all three of my homeschooled children to read using 'Teach Your Child to Read in 100 easy Lessons' Each has required a different time frame. Having...
- Hi, I'm not sure where you live but my daughter goes to a place called SCORES in Naperville and she totally loves it. It's actually an online program that teaches...
- Have you considered a tutor. I know a wonderful one on the south side of Naperville. She works from her home in the summer. OR Sylvan learning center. Professional...
Teaching Reading- How, When?
Asked by P.G. from Dallas
on September 26, 2011
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Hi Moms,
My 4.5 year old attends daycare - not preschool. It is an educating daycare, but if you want them to learn phonics, etc., that's an extra cost which I can'...
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- No worries. Reading is truly one of those things he wont' learn BETTER by learning earlier. When I was little, my mom taught me to read before kindergarten. Which w...
- I wonder why this daycare charges extra for teaching children to read? I have asked a few parents to chip in on a program that I use. BUT, when they could not I had ...
- There is a book called Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons. It is very easy to use. I have taught several of my children to read using this book. It takes jus...
Kids and Reading
Asked by K.M. from San Francisco
on October 30, 2008
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Hi,
I have a four year old who will be turning 5 in two weeks. She is currently in Kindergarten and is the youngest of her class. They are now learning phonics and ...
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- My kids were not reading in kindergarten, it kicked in much later and both are very academic now. I know kids who could read at age 3 and 4, it really varies developm...
- K.- Our twins started reading at 4, phonics at 3. It was probably not the norm. They were at a Montessori pre-school starting at 2 years old. I used a dvd at ho...
- Dont worry about it! Just read with your children as often and as much as you can. Something I did with my son was to read and point to the words as I read them, s...
Reading Resistance
Asked by M.S. from Los Angeles
on August 3, 2008
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After getting such great advice for my last question, I thought I'd post one that's closer to my heart. My oldest daughter, now 6 1/2 and going into 1st grade, is very...
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- Hi M.! The first thing that came to mind was to limit TV, movies, and other forms of exciting stimulation. When things are quiet, reading is fun. When there is too ...
- Have her tested for vision accuracy, different than a vision test. Eye Care Center, in Fullerton has a great pediatric department. Most people would pass on the $$ for...
- i had the same issue with my daughter at that age. it turned into a power struggle and the brow beating, threatening, cajoling on my part still leaves a bitter taste i...
More Help with Reading
Asked by R.B. from Springfield
on November 6, 2007
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I have a daughter who is 10, and she has trouble reading. She likes to read, she likes books, but she struggles. She does well in every other subject, and is social ...
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- I have a daughter, now 27, that had trouble learning to read in school. We had her tested at the UMKC Reading Institute in Kansas City. Dr. Wheelock was the doctor a...
- Hi R., My son is virtually a non reader also. What is helping for us is to find the book on tape/cd and have him read along to the story. He has done it and was e...
- Thank you for bringing up this subject. My daughter is in Kindergarten this year and is struggling with phonics. Her teacher has noticed this and is setting her up w...
