Most children do not read until first grade. Thanks to television, our kids have become dependent on moving images to explain everything they need to know.
If you are lucky enough to send your child to a tutor or school capable of making preschoolers actually read a string of 3 or more letters, then you probably have nothing to worry about. However, if your child is already in early elementary and still encounters difficulty in properly reading 5-or-more lettered words, consider this:
1. Limit television and play time. There should be enough time for these two things as well as training for academic skills.
2. Use labels around your house (i.e., ‘cupboard’ or ‘drapery drawer’ or ‘toxic agents’) so that your child could retain these words and develop a better liking for reading. This, of course, means that you have to involve your child in your house chores so that he or she may be forced to read the labels you have dutifully placed all over your house.
3. Take your child shopping for books. Perhaps he or she dislikes reading because the books you buy do not interest him or her? Ask your child about his or her interests, and don’t impose any reading that he or she admits is “too thick” for him or her.
4. Allow your child one hour of solo internet surfing a day. It does not even matter if your child only ends up playing on-line games. He or she will have to read everything alone just to get to the playing stage.
5. If it is your sort of thing, karaoke could guarantee you some family bonding time and lots of reading, although not exactly singing perfection, but that can be addressed later.
6. Play reading games where you child gets a prize each time he or she reads a challenging word correctly. The prize doesn’t have to be material, it can be a simple but relaxing 1-minute back rub. Now, if he or she can read 60 difficult words a day, I don’t think you’d mind doing an hour-long massage.
A normal child would find reading fun because “all the grown ups do it.” It is important that you share your time in developing your child’s reading. If you still detect much difficulty after giving these tips a run for a few weeks or even months, I suggest immediately consulting a doctor if in the worst case your child has reading disorders.
If you are lucky enough to send your child to a tutor or school capable of making preschoolers actually read a string of 3 or more letters, then you probably have nothing to worry about. However, if your child is already in early elementary and still encounters difficulty in properly reading 5-or-more lettered words, consider this:
1. Limit television and play time. There should be enough time for these two things as well as training for academic skills.
2. Use labels around your house (i.e., ‘cupboard’ or ‘drapery drawer’ or ‘toxic agents’) so that your child could retain these words and develop a better liking for reading. This, of course, means that you have to involve your child in your house chores so that he or she may be forced to read the labels you have dutifully placed all over your house.
3. Take your child shopping for books. Perhaps he or she dislikes reading because the books you buy do not interest him or her? Ask your child about his or her interests, and don’t impose any reading that he or she admits is “too thick” for him or her.
4. Allow your child one hour of solo internet surfing a day. It does not even matter if your child only ends up playing on-line games. He or she will have to read everything alone just to get to the playing stage.
5. If it is your sort of thing, karaoke could guarantee you some family bonding time and lots of reading, although not exactly singing perfection, but that can be addressed later.
6. Play reading games where you child gets a prize each time he or she reads a challenging word correctly. The prize doesn’t have to be material, it can be a simple but relaxing 1-minute back rub. Now, if he or she can read 60 difficult words a day, I don’t think you’d mind doing an hour-long massage.
A normal child would find reading fun because “all the grown ups do it.” It is important that you share your time in developing your child’s reading. If you still detect much difficulty after giving these tips a run for a few weeks or even months, I suggest immediately consulting a doctor if in the worst case your child has reading disorders.
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