Ideas to keep kindergartener from falling further behind in reading
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Anonymous
| My six year old is already a little behind in reading as compared to her peers, so I want to make sure she doesn’t fall further behind this summer. Are there any programs in DC to keep her up on reading? Any other ideas, other than reading with her daily? |
Anonymous
| Have her read to you. Library also has summer reading club. Reading eggs AP. Lexia if you can buy the ap. |
Anonymous
| Read with her, fun apps, workbooks. |
Anonymous
| Is a reading tutor affordable for you? Lots of teachers do this in summer months. |
Anonymous
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Read to them numerous times a day. Beyond that, relax. Reading is a skill set most learn between 5-7. Our perpetually lacking education system just pushed it earlier and earlier so perfectly typical kids that aren’t reading Harry Potter by first grade are told their behind. They aren’t.
I’ve taught hundreds upon hundreds of kids to read in my 40 years as an elementary educator and the worst thing you can do is apply undue pressure and make it a chore. If you speak the love of books the rest will follow. If your child does have a LD it will show within the next year or so and a militant reading curriculum will still cause harm. |
Anonymous
Not true. Early intervention can really make a difference for kids at risk of dyslexia. Having them read out loud to you is a really good way to work on it. You can find dyslexia screening checklists online, but odds are it's probably just from virtual school this year. OP, you may have trouble finding easy enough books. Try the BOB books. Dav Pilkey has a series called big dog and little dog. Once she's a little further along, the Elephant and Piggie books are great. |
Anonymous
OP here - I just downloaded reading eggs and she loved it!!! Any other app suggestions I should look into? |
Anonymous
| Having her practice writing short easy sentences each day could also be good. For example, my daughter has a "journal" where she writes stuff like "I love pink" or "Poop smells bad" (literally)... I let her choose the sentence, I write it with a yellow marker and then she traces it. She finds it hilarious and you can bet she can read these words after she writes them... |
Anonymous
| We did hooked on phonics when kids were younger and helped with sound recognition. We also supplemented with reading comprehension to make sure they understood what they were reading and then built off that with more challenging books. I also had them write to reinforce reading (even very simple sentences). Also look up rainbow words and practice sight words with them. |
Anonymous
Reading to them is good, because it strengthens comprehension and vocabulary. But few are the children who pick up reading by osmosis, and these are kids who unlikely to be described as "behind" after kindergarten. You may find this article interesting: https://www.apmreports.org/episode/2019/08/22/whats-wrong-how-schools-teach-reading OP, your child almost certainly went to a Kindergarten where phonics is given short shrift. Start with something phonics-intensive -- have heard good things about the Bob books mentioned earlier, but you might instead take a look at Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons, which is highly scripted and relatively easy for the parent to implement. |
Anonymous
| What can she do? Sound out CVC words? What do you mean by behind? |
Anonymous
| Maybe it just hasn't clicked yet. Kids start learning to read at 7 in many parts of the world for a reason. |
Anonymous
Mine loved endless reader. |
Anonymous
The earlier you catch concerns the better. If you wait till 7-9, school ramps up in 2nd and kids just get discouraged and fall further behind. |
Anonymous
| Kumon. or else buy a decodable reader set. |