Need tutor to help with kindergartner to read

[Anonymous]

We are looking for a tutor who can help a rising kindergartner pick up some reading skills.
DH and I are working with DS on reading - but he takes us far less seriously than pre-school teachers.
We think additional help from someone other than DH and myself will be beneficial.
We are in Cherrydale area. Any suggestions for resources?

[Anonymous]

Yes. Your child's school teacher in the fall. As long as you're reading to your child now, your kid will read when he reads.

[Anonymous]

Hiring a tutor for a child four months shy of starting kindergarten to "pick up some reading skills" is developmentally inappropriate. Take him to the library once or twice a week and to story time, read to him each day (if he runs away, read to him while he's playing in the bath so he's 'stuck'), and when he interrupts you when you're reading say "Just a minute, I'm reading" and then look up when you've finished the sentence or paragraph. If you have a pet, ask him to "read" his books to the pet - tell them the story based on the pictures on each page.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hiring a tutor for a child four months shy of starting kindergarten to "pick up some reading skills" is developmentally inappropriate. Take him to the library once or twice a week and to story time, read to him each day (if he runs away, read to him while he's playing in the bath so he's 'stuck'), and when he interrupts you when you're reading say "Just a minute, I'm reading" and then look up when you've finished the sentence or paragraph. If you have a pet, ask him to "read" his books to the pet - tell them the story based on the pictures on each page.

+ Get some audio books and put them on in the car at first. Most libraries have decent selections in the children's sections.

[Anonymous]

You do NOT need a tutor to help your child who is going into kindergarten. Kindergarteners are NOT expected to be reading. The BEST thing you can do is to read aloud to your child. Model a love of reading. Talk about the story. Go to the library and choose books together. Get some fun poetry books that have rhyme. This can help build your child's phonemic awareness. But again, do NOT hire a tutor. You will send the message to your kid that reading is a chore and that he/she is not good at it.

[Anonymous]

If you have a wiggly boy like mine, try to get some engaging books to read and talk about at night that are a little longer than he's used to. That will help build his reading skills and also help him focus during circle time when kindergarten starts.

[Anonymous]

He probably isn't ready/not mature enough yet to start reading. Back in the day before all the craziness, students didn't begin to learn how to read until the second semester of first grade.
Save your money and let him be for a while. He's just a little guy.

[Anonymous]

You run a bigger risk of putting the kid off reading. It may not happen until 1st grade, but it will happen. Get advice from the teacher next year. In the meantime, Read higher level books to him.

[Anonymous]

Agree with everyone else. My son didn't learn to read until Christmas in kindergarten, then didn't progress until Christmas in first grade. Now, ending first grade, he can read almost anything.

Most important is to read to them. Interesting stuff. Everyday. Foster the love of reading first.

And I still read to my son nightly. Big chapter books. And will continue. Just read read read. And enjoy.

[Anonymous]

Get the book, "Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons"
and spend 10 minutes a day doing a lesson or two.

[Anonymous]

Don't do formal instruction at this stage. Read fun books. Make him LIKE books. That is step #1. Too much tutoring might discourage that.

[Anonymous]

Reading early does not translate into later success.

[Anonymous]

and when he interrupts you when you're reading say "Just a minute, I'm reading" and then look up when you've finished the sentence or paragraph

Great advice. One more thing: let him see you reading books, magazines, whatever. Studies have shown that kids who see their parents reading learn to be good readers.

[Anonymous]

Hi,

I am an experienced teacher and tutor. Reading is my specialty. Please contact me if you are interested in learning more.

Thank you,
Rebecca

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[Anonymous]

You may want to focus on a lot of read alouds. Kids need lots of verbal background knowledge so that once they learn to decode which will happen in kindergarten your kid can leverage that knowledge to read more extensively.