Let school teach them. That’s what we pay them for.

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Anonymous wrote:My daughter struggles with comprehension too. There are some great workbooks on Amazon which she does while we get on with chores after school, but we got a UK based tutor to help her. Let me know if you want their details - they solved a lot of friction between me and my kids lol

Why UK based?

No preference for UK based - they were just a recommendation that just so happen to be based in the UK

In our household things got easier when DH took over the sports. He enjoyed it so it was easy for him to dive into it and it took one thing off of my plate.

Rather than telling your DH what to pick, maybe lay out all the options you listed above for things you do and ask him to pick up the slack. And then really expect him to do it - don't do a million reminders and nagging until he does it. If it doesn't happen, then oh well.

Find easy books that the kindergartener enjoys and have DH sound it out.

He can also have the 4th grader read and he can quiz on content and have her write something about it.

Anonymous wrote:My daughter struggles with comprehension too. There are some great workbooks on Amazon which she does while we get on with chores after school, but we got a UK based tutor to help her. Let me know if you want their details - they solved a lot of friction between me and my kids lol

Why UK based?

My daughter struggles with comprehension too. There are some great workbooks on Amazon which she does while we get on with chores after school, but we got a UK based tutor to help her. Let me know if you want their details - they solved a lot of friction between me and my kids lol

My husband helped my kids learn to read by using a phonics-based reading series from the 1960s that my mom used with me when I was little. My mom has a Master's Degree in early childhood development.

The first book is "A Pig Can Jig". Our family studies up to "King on a Swing". Make sure you get the readers. The readers are the core lesson books. Workbooks are for extra practice.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CSKH375K?binding=paperback&qid=1731299786&sr=8-1&ref=dbs_dp_awt_sb_pc_tpbk

Another thing my kids liked ok were Kumon books about cutting paper. These exercises build fine motor skills.

https://www.amazon.com/First-Book-Cutting-Revised-Ages-3-5/dp/195384507X/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?crid=B7EHC11LCYA5&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.JyZhIVVjN4WDNs9Vl5SiH3raN99ncI6u3uLwlCX22OCUJoV7_Ix7bsLqsX4ZZmR1NttPTBPnU_WvFSD3RqUjhPyCic2OFmYdY3JB4-NxXHKN4ERJipjBOSc9UqyXZQIE2slLWE6axs82hKMq-mtAXcRa24gh5kE8PgJ8PNDLKUJKBsBS_kf-qNXczbdoDlmMTGn-kfuPQowABt9oCr2gkg.qM5CektruWwOmkhCQPirf9wbBsRllkQ08uh6gCnwf40&dib_tag=se&keywords=kumon+cutting+books+for+kids+ages+3-5&qid=1731300183&sprefix=kumon+cuttinh%2Caps%2C166&sr=8-3

It's a shitshow in my house too. With my kindergartener I just do flashcards of sight words and practicing writing letters for a few minutes every day, and for my third grader, who also struggles with reading comp, I give him IXL for reading or the website readtheoryapp.com. You do what you can. Every little bit helps.

Consider getting a tutor instead.

Op here, I want my DH to help the kindergartener with learning to read. I want DH to help the 4th grader with reading comprehension and writing. Thank you.

I & DH both work full time but I have more work schedule flexibility. It has been me taking care of activities/classes outside of school for 2 kids for years, and it has been working great till this school year. I take care of kids interests, parities, kids friendship, and kids sports. This school year, my kindergartener with IEP is showing struggles on learning, and teacher assigns homework and relies on parents to help catching up/re-teaching because the class size is big with 25 kids. My 4th grader is starting to show signs falling behind on reading on MAP R test, and we need to reinforence reading habit and help for comprehension/writing.

I am frustrated and stressed with too many things on the table already. I don't have the extra energy and patience to helping with these new challenges. DH says he will help for weeks without doing anything, and if I ask, he loses his patience and he wants me to put them on our google calendar what he needs to do at what time and what day. Can someone help me to list what he could do for 2 kids on a weekly basis? We have hundreds of books at home.