How to teach kiddo to read?

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Anonymous wrote:First, don’t say kiddo as it’s not a word.

Ha. I clicked on this thread only to say that. Why do people do this? Just use child/daughter/son. So stupid.

In my experience it’s usually used by progressives who are in denial that sex exists and matters and are trying to pretend they don’t know the sex of their child for as long as possible by using ambiguous words and pronouns.

In my experience these threads are very triggering for parents of late readers, so they lash out by trolling about word choice.

Child is not yet reading age so that wasn’t the trigger for me. Having all my NIMBY, hypocritical progressive neighbors call their kids “kiddo” was.

Enough children are reading at age 3 to make 3 and up the reading ages, so your child is 2? Then why are you trolling here?

Planned to just read and scroll then saw kiddo and eye rolled.

Kiddo kiddo kiddo kiddo kiddo

[Anonymous]

Teach child a few vowels and consonants. A and EE for example. Then teach AT. Show how to write AT. Then have child write AT. Then teach C. Write CAT. Have child write CAT. Voila.

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Also, kiddo is very common amongst Indians and Arabs. Just let it be already.

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Kiddo

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Anonymous wrote:100 easy lessons is good for a kid that will sit still. I used it to teach my older child successfully at 5. My younger child was not the sit-still type so I used the Homer app along with a lot of tactile letter stuff to practice spelling simple words at age 4. In retrospect I probably started the younger one way too early, but oh well, he learned to read.

As others have mentioned, phonemic awareness is very important. Practice saying the individual sounds of the words and asking what is the first sound, what is the last sound, what sound is in the middle. From experience, first sound is easiest, last sound takes more work, middle sound is hardest. Good luck and don't get too disappointed if it doesn't click. Some kids just don't really take to it until around 6.

This.

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Anonymous wrote:First, don’t say kiddo as it’s not a word.

Ha. I clicked on this thread only to say that. Why do people do this? Just use child/daughter/son. So stupid.

In my experience it’s usually used by progressives who are in denial that sex exists and matters and are trying to pretend they don’t know the sex of their child for as long as possible by using ambiguous words and pronouns.

In my experience these threads are very triggering for parents of late readers, so they lash out by trolling about word choice.

OP here. So that's what's going on? Because I was genuinely confused by the bombardment about word choice.
But it was certainly counterbalanced by all of the great and helpful advice! Life is good!

I have you advise up thread and yes some people are sensitive about when their kids learned to read, but: no. A lot of people hate the word kiddo.

I don't totally hate it (have even used it) but using it in this context where you write it out DOES make you sound dumb. Not saying you are, just telling you the truth. Using cutesy language in writing with people who are not your friends or family is an affect, it comes off as insecure and like you are trying hard to get people to like you or find you nonthreatening. It's fine to talk like that in your own life with your kids and friends, but if you talk that way all the time, you should know it is really grating for a lot of people. You need to have a more adult, professional "voice" you can use to interact with people outside your bubble.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:First, don’t say kiddo as it’s not a word.

Ha. I clicked on this thread only to say that. Why do people do this? Just use child/daughter/son. So stupid.

In my experience it’s usually used by progressives who are in denial that sex exists and matters and are trying to pretend they don’t know the sex of their child for as long as possible by using ambiguous words and pronouns.

In my experience these threads are very triggering for parents of late readers, so they lash out by trolling about word choice.

OP here. So that's what's going on? Because I was genuinely confused by the bombardment about word choice.
But it was certainly counterbalanced by all of the great and helpful advice! Life is good!

Np. DCUM works best when you take the good and ignore the crazy, rather than engage them. Most people, even those of us who never use the word kiddo, don’t care that much whether someone else does.

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Anonymous wrote:Teach child a few vowels and consonants. A and EE for example. Then teach AT. Show how to write AT. Then have child write AT. Then teach C. Write CAT. Have child write CAT. Voila.

That works too, but from experience I recommend getting a curriculum -- book, app, whatever -- that has a lot of structure and presents the letter-sound combinations is a well thought out order, because some sounds are easier to grasp at first.

Alongside basic phonics, the good programs also introduce sight words at a steady pace. Words like the, of, you, etc., that have irregular pronunciation but are commonly encountered in text.

I liked using scrabble tiles and asking my kiddie-widdie to spell cat when given the c, a, and t tiles in a random order. A really good mental workout is to have them spell ten, net, and ent when given the t, e, and n tiles.

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I just read through BOB books with my 3 kids because I'm pretty confident on phonics myself, but All About Reading is great if you want a full curriculum.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:First, don’t say kiddo as it’s not a word.

Ha. I clicked on this thread only to say that. Why do people do this? Just use child/daughter/son. So stupid.

In my experience it’s usually used by progressives who are in denial that sex exists and matters and are trying to pretend they don’t know the sex of their child for as long as possible by using ambiguous words and pronouns.

In my experience these threads are very triggering for parents of late readers, so they lash out by trolling about word choice.

OP here. So that's what's going on? Because I was genuinely confused by the bombardment about word choice.
But it was certainly counterbalanced by all of the great and helpful advice! Life is good!

I have you advise up thread and yes some people are sensitive about when their kids learned to read, but: no. A lot of people hate the word kiddo.

I don't totally hate it (have even used it) but using it in this context where you write it out DOES make you sound dumb. Not saying you are, just telling you the truth. Using cutesy language in writing with people who are not your friends or family is an affect, it comes off as insecure and like you are trying hard to get people to like you or find you nonthreatening. It's fine to talk like that in your own life with your kids and friends, but if you talk that way all the time, you should know it is really grating for a lot of people. You need to have a more adult, professional "voice" you can use to interact with people outside your bubble.

A simple “no” would’ve been fine, but ok…

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Having DC work from paper, books, and other printed material does seem to work better than electronics for many kids. So that likeky the approach to try first.

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Anonymous wrote:Hi there! My 5 year old will be starting Kindergarten in August. She is very interested in reading… her current daycare/pre-k is not “allowed” to teach reading. (It’s a govt regulated facility which is play based… totally cool). But there’s so much out there. Where do I start? Thank you!

Hire a tutor so they can learn to use real words! Who knows, tutor might even enlighten you!

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The word kiddo makes me shudder.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:First, don’t say kiddo as it’s not a word.

Ha. I clicked on this thread only to say that. Why do people do this? Just use child/daughter/son. So stupid.

In my experience it’s usually used by progressives who are in denial that sex exists and matters and are trying to pretend they don’t know the sex of their child for as long as possible by using ambiguous words and pronouns.

In my experience these threads are very triggering for parents of late readers, so they lash out by trolling about word choice.

OP here. So that's what's going on? Because I was genuinely confused by the bombardment about word choice.
But it was certainly counterbalanced by all of the great and helpful advice! Life is good!

I have you advise up thread and yes some people are sensitive about when their kids learned to read, but: no. A lot of people hate the word kiddo.

I don't totally hate it (have even used it) but using it in this context where you write it out DOES make you sound dumb. Not saying you are, just telling you the truth. Using cutesy language in writing with people who are not your friends or family is an affect, it comes off as insecure and like you are trying hard to get people to like you or find you nonthreatening. It's fine to talk like that in your own life with your kids and friends, but if you talk that way all the time, you should know it is really grating for a lot of people. You need to have a more adult, professional "voice" you can use to interact with people outside your bubble.

A simple “no” would’ve been fine, but ok…

My sense is that OP needs things spelled out, actually.

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Geez people, let go the kiddo hate. It’s absolutely unnecessary.

Op, I would suggest looking up some “science of reading” and phonics videos on YouTube. There are some specific things that teachers use to teach phonics (like when you pronounce “t” you don’t say “tuh” and the b doesn’t say “buh” but you clip the sound. Just work on the sounds the letters can make. Read simple books together. Make sure she loves reading more than anything, make trips to the library frequently and bookstore trips special. I have two kids—one that began to read before K and one that began after. Both are still reading as teenagers (and nowadays, that is a big deal as so many prefer not to read). In my family the love of reading and hands in books worked. The teachers did the rest.

GL!