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My son is 7 years old and is doing really well in all subjects except for reading? I have been doing flash cards with him and having him read from a joke book and short stories on line. I have tons of ready to read books that I am going to bring out again. I noticed he tries to guess at new words and words he hasn't memorized yet or he will read the word back wards. I know this is normal early on, but I have been teaching him to read sense he was 3 and I know his capability of reading should be much higher by now.
I am thinking the problem might be with his eyes because during our reading time he says his head hurts. Then again he really doesn't like to read so I am not entirely sure if he just says this to get out of reading.
Have any of you had this problem before and if so how did you fix it?
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| Posted by lisa s on 04/22/2008 11:04 AM
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| What I did with mine is I would read and read and read to them in quite entertaining and funny voices until they heard the story so many times, they could start following the words along with the help of your finger and then after a lot of repetition, they could read on their own. This worked for me with stories that they heard me read over and over and helped them with confidence to do on their with words(after a a lot of repeated stories) and then I found confidence was already installed when reading stories they had never heard before..does that make sense???? |
| posted by Justine on 04/22/2008 11:45 AM
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| If he's saying his head hurts, I would have his eyes checked. It's certainly not going to hurt anything and if he needs glasses, that might help. I know it sounds crazy but my son is almost 7 and he really does read better with his glasses on. He kept telling me his head hurt when reading too. |
| posted by Gidget on 04/22/2008 11:59 AM
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Hi Lisa
Also try focusing on teaching him how to form the syllables so that he gets comfortable approaching words he has never seen before. I think the joke books, books with funny songs, rhymes, puns and any other humorous plays on language might make him more likely to enjoy the ready. If its fun rather than a task it may grow on him.
I always think back to how my interest peaked most in learning Spanish, I was learning classical guitar from a non-English speaking instructor and my interest in the music soon had me more interested in understanding and communicating in the language.
Good Luck! |
| posted by Afihtan on 04/22/2008 11:59 AM
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| A great site that has helped a lot with my oldest son and now my younger son to read is www.starfall.com You will of course have to work with him too not just the site but it was so much more fun for them to learn through that site. It's free too. It teaches them letter sounds and has upper level stuff too. They also have some free stuff you can print too. You can order stuff for reasonable price if you want too. If it is his eyes though he might catch up really well once he get's glasses. |
| posted by Jody on 04/22/2008 04:41 PM
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First off, I would get his eyes checked.
Secondly, I would read to him as much as possible. His eyes will likely start following the words without any extra effort by you.
Thirdly, I don't believe in the existance of people that don't like reading. It is my belief that they just haven't found the right books yet. There is a number of great books about children's books that may help you find books he'd be interested in. Some of my favorite books like this are Valerie Walter's Best Books for Children: A Lively, Opinionated Guide and Great Books about Things Kids Love. There are a lot of books out there and not everyone is going to like everything, but if you introduce your child to enough quality books, they will likely find something they like and take off with their reading.
The second and third things are what I did with my oldest and he is now in second grade and reading at a seventh grade level. |
| posted by Indigo Ottyr on 04/23/2008 10:13 AM
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