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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’d like to teach my child to read.  There seem to be so many methods out there that I was hoping for advice on the best method for a preschooler.

Thank you!  [/quote]
How old is your child? What’s the rush?[/quote]

I’m not the OP but my kid kept asking to learn. He is also a preschooler. [/quote]

Just to chime in that it's highly unusual for kids to be reading in preschool. If you are teaching your child some early literacy skills because they are asking/showing interest - great! But overall, children are not usually developmentally ready to be really "reading" in preschool. Reading is a complex brain activity that requires many fundamentals (not all alphabet/phonics based) to be acquired first. There is no evidence that early teaching of reading equals greater success later in school/life and a lot of evidence that teaching reading too soon can actually be detrimental later on.

So OP, if your child is interested and you just want to support/encourage that interest with some relaxed supplemental activities great. But otherwise, there is no need to be teaching children to read in preschool. (Or in K for that matter)

[/quote]I have a first grader and have been watching several of her friends' parents panic now that they are getting reports that their kid is behind in reading.  They're paying for expensive tutors and canceling summer camps so their kid can go to summer school.  Absolutely meet your kid where they are, but I also wouldn't wait to introduce reading if your kid is ready.

I'm sure many will say that panic about a first grader's reading is unnecessary and their kid will eventuallu catch up, but I'm still glad I bought Bob books and started working with my daughter before it felt like an emergency. (For the record, we did 10 minutes per day of reading practice starting at 4.5 yo.  The rest of her life was play.  I can assure you that it didn't stunt her development.)[/quote]

Hmm...

Well, if your kid is behind in first grade reading, I would guess you would have had some trouble teaching them to read in preschool in the first place.  And getting some extra support in first grade from professionals whose job it is to teach children to read is probably the way to go.  So sounds like it all worked out.

This is what school is for.  This is why teachers have degrees.  The idea that parents need to teach their kids to read before schooling starts just in case they might be behind is really kind of crazy.

I have 2 kids.  They both went to preschool.  One really didn't show any organic interest in reading and letters prior to K.  Fine.  He still learned when he got to school.  The other did show more organic interest and was reading signs and things around her in preschool on her own.  Great.  She was generally ahead of the curve when she got to school.

With both, we read to them a lot at home and followed their lead.

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Have you had kids in school recently?  They're not doing a very good job of teaching them to read.

I'm one of those parents whose first grader is behind in reading (we're not in full-on panic mode, but we have made some adjustments to our days to help incorporate reading and writing into day to day activities at home).  Based on our experience so far, I am 100% planning to teach my younger child to read before she starts Kindergarten.[/quote]

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