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[quote=Anonymous]Even if she doesn't appear tired, I would try earlier in the day - I learned from my friends, that was their biggest redo if they had to do it over again.  After a long school day, we often underestimate how mentally tired they are - especially if processing takes more work than a normal kid.      Summer maybe a time that you can switch when you do that.  Weekends are great.    Agree that you need far more then 5 to 10 minutes a day, so you may need to chunk it up during the day.

I'm a huge fan of whisper sync on Kindle - though my DC is older.  Its audio but highlights each wordand  you can adjust font to be bigger.  The school and I saw a huge improvement in DC's reading - as well as comprehension and vocabulary.  For the kindle time, we had her read at least one grade level above, sometimes 2 grade levels.   DC was proud to "read" the books that other kids were into and would "read" hours.   It was a real confidence boost and brought back the love of reading.    It can get pricey, especially if you are doing a lot of shorter books.    You can buy the previous Fire Kindle version which amazon often runs on sale.   I don't think it works on the print only kindle or iPad.

Other things to try to "extend time",  in slightly harder books, you read one page, she reads the next (with your help).  Or in a early chapter book, you pick out the easy pages for her to read in a chapter (shorter pages/ pages with dialougue), and you read the harder ones.    Magic tree house  (thru book 28) is a good series for that and also is a series, where the author repeats the same words over and over and over.   (tedious to listen to , but works).

good luck
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