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[quote=Anonymous]My ADHD DD didn't love reading out loud in 1st grade in part because she was tired at the end of the day, she wasn't a fluid reader yet, and she has super low frustration tolerance. Our routine is that she reads for 20 minutes from a book I choose that's at the appropriate reading level, and I read a different (harder) book out loud for about 10 minutes. We stuck with the routine as best we could last year. We skipped some nights, we only did 10 minutes total other nights, or we read 5 min here or there instead of doing it all at the end of the day. The point was just to keep reading and practicing. I also incorporated reading in other contexts, like at the grocery store or walking around the neighborhood. It helped her to see that reading wasn't just about sitting still and reading a book--it's everywhere and it's important! She's in 2nd grade now and it all finally clicked over the summer. She is ready much more fluently, isn't getting as frustrated, and will actually pick up a book and read to herself. I never thought she'd get there.

I should also add that having my kids read out loud to me helped me to reinforce different methods than they were being taught at school. For example, I started with phonics and teaching them out to sound out the words. They were learning different methods at school (at least at first). It also helps with reading comprehension--my kids would read out loud and then we'd discuss what they just read. I'd ask them questions, teach them how to go back to find the answers if they couldn't remember, etc.

All of this to say, reading is important and for me, it was a battle that I was willing to fight within reason. [/quote]

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