Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How do you make them read for 15min a day? My reluctant reader just looks at the pictures if he's doing it on his own (he hates not knowing a single word so doesn't even attempt to read) and if I try to have him do it outloud he loses patience very quickly.

His teachers haven't expressed any concern about his rate of progression so i'm hoping he's just getting enough practice in school

Does or did he memorize sight words? Do they work on phonics with him?

His school is very heavy in phonics so he will sound out any word he can but freezes in words you can't sound out easily even if the picture gives context clues.

My now voraciously reading sixth grader was like this through the first part of first grade. Was a much better reader than she herself knew. We had to basically teach her how to start memorizing words she could sound out and how to read fluently - she hates messing up and always has so she wanted to slow down and do everything right and that made reading a total chore for her.

With lots of encouragement, she moved past that. Learning to read silently to herself helped, I think.

My daughter was a reluctant reader as well. I kept suggesting books and topics and buying and checking out books that weren’t interesting for her. Around fifth or sixth grade she finally found her niche. Now she stays up late reading at night.

I found having highlights high 5 magazines around that they could flip through whenever helped. Initially they mostly looked at the pictures and did puzzles but slowly found themselves reading more of it.

David Milgram’s Otto books are excellent funny and easy to read books.

Anonymous wrote:DD is older now, but in first grade, nothing. I eventually gave up on making her read. I honestly doing that is fine, assuming that reading instruction at school is good and there are no learning disabilities. At our school, reading to our kid "counted" for the reading homework.

I recommended Mo Willem books for the mother to read to her. Soon she would start to recognize some words. I wouldn’t expect her to read alone.

I'd try Elephant and Piggie.

I find this age hard for independent reading. All the books are SO boring, because they need to be simple. When they are more fun, they are generally too hard to read solo. It's a hump to get over, but the other side is glorious and it only gets better after that!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How do you make them read for 15min a day? My reluctant reader just looks at the pictures if he's doing it on his own (he hates not knowing a single word so doesn't even attempt to read) and if I try to have him do it outloud he loses patience very quickly.

His teachers haven't expressed any concern about his rate of progression so i'm hoping he's just getting enough practice in school

Does or did he memorize sight words? Do they work on phonics with him?

His school is very heavy in phonics so he will sound out any word he can but freezes in words you can't sound out easily even if the picture gives context clues.

Frog and Toad
Little Bear

Dogman

My kid loved the Creepy Underpants / Creepy Carrots books and Jory John books like The Big Cheese, The Sour Grape. Lots of kids seem to like Bob Shea books, but they annoy me so I didn't buy them.

DD is older now, but in first grade, nothing. I eventually gave up on making her read. I honestly doing that is fine, assuming that reading instruction at school is good and there are no learning disabilities. At our school, reading to our kid "counted" for the reading homework.

Anonymous wrote:Mo Willems books and Taco & Pizza books. From there she quickly moved into Dog Man books.

Similar here. For us it was Mo Willems and Level 1/2 easy readers --> Taco Pizza and Frog/Toad --> Dog Man --> Book of Doom, Magic Treehouse

I say Book of Doom seems scary, which gets him to read it more so he can tell me about it and scare me (and reassure me that he's not scared at all of course).

Mo Willems books and Taco & Pizza books. From there she quickly moved into Dog Man books.