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[quote=Anonymous]Here’s some advice from a professor of reading education at Auburn about how to teach blending, that might provide some helpful ideas.

https://wp.auburn.edu/rdggenie/home/lessons/blending/

If the school will evaluate her, I can’t see a downside. Either you’ll identify a problem and be able to start remediation, or you’ll be reassured.

FWIW, I had a terrible time learning how to read. Everyone else in my class learned, but I was lost and frustrated. Eventually, it just clicked. I don’t know what combination of practice and maturity was responsible, but one day it just started to make sense, and I became a lifelong bookworm.

I’d recommend having her practice a little day, in short sessions.  (I remember those practices seeming like interminable torture sessions, even though it was only 5-15 minutes/day).  Use decodable readers (Bob books are good. The early ones are deadly dull, but they get better.). Above all, make sure she sounds out words and doesn’t start guessing. 
https://www.amazon.com/SCHOLASTIC-BOOKS-SB-0439845009-BEGINNING-READERS/dp/0439845009

In addition to having her practice a little each day, don’t stop reading to her.  That will help frame reading as a fun activity rather than just a dreaded chore*.
Also, let her see you enjoying reading for your personal pleasure.

* Once she has mastered reading, I think daily reading should no longer be required because it serves no useful purpose and just turns something intrinsically enjoyable into a chore. I can imagine no faster way to make someone loathe something than to tell them they have to do it every day, or else. Requiring reading for a purpose (to master the skill, to prepare for a class, to complete an assignment) makes sense and is useful. Forcing someone to read just for them to spend time reading, I think will ultimately lead to decreases reading time, because while they may do what’s required, they will be more likely to avoid it otherwise.

Good luck to you and your daughter, and don’t get discouraged. Reading is a complex and difficult skill to master, but I know you’re giving her the support she needs to conquer it. 
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