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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think supporting your kids in learning to read, and developing a love of reading, is a parent's job. I don't think that means you have to use a formal curriculum before or during K. Reading with your kids and practicing sounding words out will get most kids there eventually. It's important to make reading enjoyable. [/quote]
Unfortunately, many schools use curricula proven unsound, so yes, many parents do have to teach their children to read. [/quote]

This.  My experience with my older DC sounds very similar to OP's experience- lots of sight words in kindergarten, very little phonics, but when I'd express concern to his teacher about his progress she kept saying he was fine and it just takes kids longer to catch on.  I regret waiting so long to take action (I am not a native English speaker and did not grow up in the US so that probably factored into my ignorance)- at that point he was frustrated, lacked confidence, and was less receptive to doing lessons with me at home.  But I got some All About Reading materials based on the recommendation of another parent and it helped.  In second grade our school did introduce a phonics program and that helped too- kind of late for him but a positive step in the right direction.  It was slow going and for a long time reading was a chore for him.  But by 3rd grade he actually enjoyed reading!

Younger DC is now in kindergarten (at a different school) and it is night and day.  I don't need to "teach" at home because they are getting structured literacy in school; parents are expected to and provided resources to "support" their students rather than figure it out on their own.  We get a newsletter outlining the phonics skills they are working on, occasional video examples of how they teach the sounds and blending, and they bring home word cards to practice.  We still use the AAR decodable readers for practice but I have not had to crack the lessons books at all.[/quote]

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