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23 sats \ 1 reply \ @Scoresby 9h \ on: We Bought a Homeschool Literacy Course #2 Education
I'm just finishing up getting our third child fully reading on their own. We're doing it in English, but I have a feeling some of the following tips will translate to most reading:
- We used the same textbook for all the kids (Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons)
- I read out loud a LOT to them, so by the time they are old enough to start on reading, they already think it's pretty fun
- I started each of them sometime after they turn 4 and they all got uninterested with it at some point during that process. No worries! we took a break from reading lessons for a while (maybe a few months) and then try again. One child took to it pretty quickly (my daughter), the boys took a bit longer -- my youngest is working on his fourth attempt at going through the book and it seems to be clicking this time.
- I've never done any phonics stuff, although sometimes when they are struggling with a certain phonic, I'll write out a whole bunch of words that use it and we will practice read that for a few days in a row.
- It's a mixture of gentle pressure helping them get through when it's hard and knowing when to back off a little so it doesn't become a chore or something they don't like.
- It's easier than you think. consistency wins!
I think what you say about perseverance is always the most important thing. We tend to give up on things when they don't go the way we want them to, but we shouldn't decide. In our case, our child likes us to read stories to him, and he's always with his books for us to read to. Sometimes we find him reading (or pretending to read) to his younger brother, and it's an impulse that we want to take advantage of.
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