6 year old really struggling sounding out words
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Anonymous
She's having trouble blending the sounds. Here are some teachers working on this with their students. Blending and Segmenting Games https://www.readingrockets.org/strategies/blending_games |
Anonymous
| You’re gonna need an Orton Gillingham Tutor |
Anonymous
| We used the finger tap method. Thumb and index together say “rrrr”, then thumb and middle “iiii”, then thumb and ring “pppp”. Then move the thumb across all three and say the word “rrrriiiiippp” |
Anonymous
| Today, she mixed up b and d, as well as p and q. She also read on as no. |
Anonymous
That can be a sign of dyslexia, but it can also just be developmental until about third grade. |
Anonymous
Mixing us letters at that age is very common. Here’s a hint for b and d: Have your daughter stick her hands out, giving themselves two thumb up, Fonzie style. The left hand looks like a "b" and the right hand looks like a "d". Then have her sing to herself the ABC song, moving her head along like she’s looking at the letters in a row. "A" would be to the left of her hands. "B" as the next letter would be her left hand, they can give it a shake. "C" would be between her hands. "D" would be her right hand. |
Anonymous
| I'd get her hearing privately tested. Our DC had speech issues and it wasn't until we took her to an ENT for auditory testing that we learned her ears were full of fluid. Poor thing couldn't hear words right. Her pediatrician, Minute Clinic lady, nurses, nobody else ever saw the fluid despite looking in her ears. She got ear tunes, and speech therapy, and speech was corrected quickly. |
Anonymous
| tubes not tunes |
Anonymous
| Can she blend orally? If you give her the sounds /m/ /a/ /t/, can she tell you the word mat? |
Anonymous
db/pq is TOTALLY NORMAL AT THIS AGE. |
Anonymous
Maybe 5% of the time, at most, and only with - at words. |
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The two kids in our family who fit the experience you are describing have dyslexia and dysgraphia. Gifted kids, doing amazing things. Get the early intervention. Do not delay.
Early childhood example: at age 2 had memorized and could recite long scenes from favorite movies. Huge uncanny vocabulary in talking to adults. People regularly commented on how intelligent the toddler was. Shown the alphabet, would repeat what you pointed out in close time, but asked to identify the letters independently later on, could not do it. Smart kids with strong memory can fake this for a long time. |
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Don’t panic. I used this workbook with my daughter at that age: Blast Off to Reading!: 50 Orton-Gillingham Based Lessons for Struggling Readers and Those with Dyslexia https://a.co/d/aoYLiV4
We just did the exercises together. It was worth it, she loves reading now at middle school age. Some really intelligent kids just take a little longer to “get” reading. My daughter didn’t have dyslexia and loves reading now. |
Anonymous
Ps: the “how to teach your child to read in 100 easy lessons” book did not work for us either. |
Anonymous
| She’s fine. This is a process. Reading takes time. Just keep working on it as you already are. |