Rising 1st Grader still can't read

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Another NP, and another one highly impressed by 14:26's post. Thank you!

You are so welcome!

[Anonymous]

OP here - thank you all so much. I really don't feel like she has a problem, she's just not progressing in that the lightbulb has not gone off yet. I ordered the book linked in the dyslexia thread. I think part of it is definitely me getting frustrated. She can read words if she wants to, it's that she's kinda lazy about it and seems to prefer me reading even when I think she could with a bit of help.

Again, thanks, esp to the teacher for your extra insight. You have made me feel better and hopefully she'll get it by Thanksgiving like PP.

[Anonymous]

Does she like to look at books on her own? My son does in his room and he reads to himself (skipping or making up words he doesn't know). Sometimes when the pressure is removed, they can do things you wouldn't expect. Books om CD also help as they can follow along in the book.

[Anonymous]

OP -- did you order Reading Reflex (link on that thread:
http://www.amazon.com/Reading-Reflex-Foolproof-Pho...Graphix-Teaching/dp/0684853671 )

I'm the teacher (14:26 or whatever it was) -- and that was also me on the other thread last year, recomending that book!

Good luck -- although from was you have described, your child seems to be doing fine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here - thank you all so much. I really don't feel like she has a problem, she's just not progressing in that the lightbulb has not gone off yet. I ordered the book linked in the dyslexia thread. I think part of it is definitely me getting frustrated. She can read words if she wants to, it's that she's kinda lazy about it and seems to prefer me reading even when I think she could with a bit of help.

Again, thanks, esp to the teacher for your extra insight. You have made me feel better and hopefully she'll get it by Thanksgiving like PP.

My DD hated reading and was lazy about it. I would read to her at night and finally I decided that I would read one page and she would read the other. Eventually I made it no stories unless we did this, so she read. Then she started reading more than just her page and now she reads alone. She now loves to read because I let her read as long as she wants to at night and since she likes to stay up late, she will read.

I know it's purely anecdotal but my friends and I have all noticed that our children are ready to read once their teeth fall out. They may have had knowledge before then but not the maturity.

[Anonymous]

We got a "learning to read" book that had a few words on each page highlighted in yellow for dc to read, and that gave dh the idea to go through other books with a highlighter. It really made the prospect of "reading" much less daunting when he didn't have to read the whole book. We then progressed to reading alternate pages. Now we read alternate books.

[Anonymous]

She sounds normal. Like another poster said, I'd be more concerned if she were going into 2nd grade. It's not fair to compare her to a few advance kids in her K class.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
I know it's purely anecdotal but my friends and I have all noticed that our children are ready to read once their teeth fall out. They may have had knowledge before then but not the maturity.

I have noticed the same thing with my 2 kids! No interest in reading and then a sudden burst -- right around the time that first tooth falls out! Weird!

[Anonymous]

Do keep an eye on it though. We discovered in second grade that our DD has mild dyslexia, and I began to have worries the summer before first grade. The PP who is the teacher had some great suggestions for monitoring it.

One of the dangers with mild LDs is that kids can develop work arounds so it's not so obvious that the LD is there. Eventually, though, the LD will catch up with them. Maybe a child should otherwise be at the top of the class in the highest reading group but is just at grade level due to dyslexia or something else -- she would still be tracked as being on target and the problem might be missed.

I'm not at all suggesting that your DD has an LD, but it's good to just monitor things and not just accept it when the teachers say she's fine.

[Anonymous]

I didn't learn to read until 4th grade and I still can't count.

Well, on second thought maybe there is a problem, but not with your daughter. She's fine, you're doing all of the right things. Seriously, it's relatively recently that kids have been expected to demonstrate advanced skills like as reading at such early ages.

Worry not she's fine and by asking such questions you are doing a good job of parenting.

[Anonymous]

OP here- interesting she is also one of the holdouts on losing her teeth. Most of the other kids have lost their first tooth, even the few that are younger than her in the class. Well now I'm even more anxious for the tooth fairy to get here!