Reading preschooler to read

[Anonymous]

Hi, I’m looking for recommendations for programs to teach my almost 4 year old son to learn to read. He already knows his letters and sounds and enjoys reading with me at bedtime and generally. I’m looking for ways to teach him how to read. Please recommend your favorite programs, apps, books, or whatever methods you recommend to teach him to read. Thank you!

[Anonymous]

I practice letter sounds with mine and sounding out words. So far she’s only successfully read oops and sorry (both with significant encouragement/prompting from me) but today she voluntarily sounded out the letters on one of her brother’s books (it was vehicle a word I don’t actually think she knows so this doesn’t count as reading but I was happy she had got the hang of the idea and wanted to try on her own). When we read alphabet books I sometimes have her do the letter sounds for me before I read the sentence/word associated with the letter.

[Anonymous]

Check out developing readers academy. It’s an excellent, fun online program.

[Anonymous]

I've been using this book with my just turned 4 year old.

Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons: Revised and Updated Second Edition https://a.co/d/cObSHJ9

[Anonymous]

Parent and teacher here. I strongly recommend you leave the teaching to his teachers. Just read to him, play rhyming games....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've been using this book with my just turned 4 year old.

Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons: Revised and Updated Second Edition https://a.co/d/cObSHJ9

+1
My friend highly recommends this. My pre K child just learned to read so I did t get to try it. And in case you think that’s a humble brag I take no credit since my older didn’t learn until K

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Parent and teacher here. I strongly recommend you leave the teaching to his teachers. Just read to him, play rhyming games....

My kid was a really good rhymer and then just sort of started reading "The Fat Cat Sat on the Mat" on day. It just all clicked. She was 3. We did nothing. Other kid was not really close to reading till 7 despite all kinds of focus.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Parent and teacher here. I strongly recommend you leave the teaching to his teachers. Just read to him, play rhyming games....

My kid was a really good rhymer and then just sort of started reading "The Fat Cat Sat on the Mat" on day. It just all clicked. She was 3. We did nothing. Other kid was not really close to reading till 7 despite all kinds of focus.

This is how it went at our house. We knew he knew letters and rhyming and one night we asked him to read to us…and he did. He was 3. I let his preschool teacher know and she said she knew — she’d found him reading through an evaluation folder that had been left on a table. We are very much a household of readers, but there was no explicit reading instruction – it just clicked.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Parent and teacher here. I strongly recommend you leave the teaching to his teachers. Just read to him, play rhyming games....

With due respect— I disagree with this advice. My sister is a teacher and she encourages all parents to teach their children to read as soon as they show readiness. A kid falling behind or struggling in reading has their entire academic future impacted. We taught our daughter at 3 through games, reading to her, some lessons.

[Anonymous]

reading.com app - I thought it went too fast for my 4 year old, but yours sounds more prepared.

[Anonymous]

I did the same thing with both my kids, reading and pointing out text. One of them could read before he could talk (he was in EI and his therapist figured it out). By kindergarten he coul read virtually anything. The other will be 6 in October and can't read anything other than his name.
So it might just be genetic.

[Anonymous]

My kids are in high school now, but do people not use the BOB books anymore? They were magical for me when 2 of mine showed interest in reading. 1 child didn't show interest so I didn't use, I just continued to read to him.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I did the same thing with both my kids, reading and pointing out text. One of them could read before he could talk (he was in EI and his therapist figured it out). By kindergarten he coul read virtually anything. The other will be 6 in October and can't read anything other than his name.
So it might just be genetic.

Being able to read at a young age without being taught is actually pretty common in children on the autism spectrum.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I did the same thing with both my kids, reading and pointing out text. One of them could read before he could talk (he was in EI and his therapist figured it out). By kindergarten he coul read virtually anything. The other will be 6 in October and can't read anything other than his name.
So it might just be genetic.

Being able to read at a young age without being taught is actually pretty common in children on the autism spectrum.

Found the insecure parent of a late reader.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I did the same thing with both my kids, reading and pointing out text. One of them could read before he could talk (he was in EI and his therapist figured it out). By kindergarten he coul read virtually anything. The other will be 6 in October and can't read anything other than his name.
So it might just be genetic.

Being able to read at a young age without being taught is actually pretty common in children on the autism spectrum.

Found the insecure parent of a late reader.

This is sad to me that you read that comment so negatively. There are lots of ways to learn. Picking up reading early is a superpower in neurodiverent children.