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Subject: Re: Improving ways to help your child learn to read

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Carole Hales

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Date Posted: 22:39:33 04/24/11 Sun
In reply to: Jeannette Anderson 's message, "Improving ways to help your child learn to read" on 14:23:15 03/29/11 Tue

I am currently working with a number of children with reading problems - though they have not been diagnosed as dyslexic. I am completing my certificate at the moment so still feel I have a lot to learn myself. However, I have found that it helps to allow the child to have some choice in the reading material we use. I have purchased a number of Barrington Stoke books and these are proving quite popular. We spend some time reading aloud and we vary what we do. I give the child the choice of reading to me or sharing the reading. I am also careful to provide an unknown word so that they do not become stressed. That said, sometimes they try to sound out the word with my help. We may also discuss the meaning of different words as well as taking time to recap on what they have already read. We discuss what the characters do in the novel, and sometimes relate their own similar experiences. For younger children they like to look at the pictures in the story and discuss these. What we do each time may reflect where the student is at on that day - sometimes they are keen and successsful, sometimes tired, sometimes making a lot of errors. Above all we try to make the sessions enjoyable and stress free - they need to find some enjoyment in their reading. Hope some of these ideas will help you.

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