How to teach kiddo to read?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lots of ways. Depends on the child. Fun apps, put the closed captioning on with anything she watches, and either get the specific program above or buy fun readers and books, point to the words and help sound them out. And, flash cards.

+1 on closed captions

[Anonymous]

OP here. So that's what's going on? Because I was genuinely confused by the bombardment about word choice.

Kiddo is a word that you see frequently on forums populated by the lower middle class. Perhaps mom took a few college courses or graduated from the local university in a flyover state.

[Anonymous]

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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!

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.

Wrong. People are not jealous that OP wants to teach her kid to read. It really truly is the use of the word kiddo. I mean, kid is better. Why add the other two letters unless you are a very ingratiating person?

[Anonymous]

The kydow troll is an ex-Waldorf parent whose kiddeaux couldn't read until age 8. Just ignore it. Fact is, teaching your kid to read before school is the best antidote to unpredictable and bad school reading curricula. Your child can't have their literacy ruined by bad schooling if you do it yourself. This Lucy Caulkins look-at-the-picture-and-guess is pernicious and everywhere. Phonics all the way.