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My 7 year old struggles with reading

My 7 year old struggles with reading

Signs of Dyslexia in 6 year olds

Signs of Dyslexia in 6 year olds

When do Kids Learn the Alphabet?

When do Kids Learn the Alphabet?

Early Signs of Dyslexia

The Brain and Reading

The Brain and Reading

Dyslexia and Dysgraphia – What Parents Need to Know

Dyslexia and Dysgraphia – What Parents Need to Know

Dyslexia Spelling Worksheets

Dyslexia Spelling Worksheets

How to Help Your Child with Dyslexia at Home

How to Help Your Child with Dyslexia at Home

No lies detected. What’s the funniest thing yo No lies detected. What’s the funniest thing your child has done to get out of school work?
We’ve all been there⤵️ You’re trying to m We’ve all been there⤵️ You’re trying to make dinner while your child works on their homework. “Mom, how do I spell ‘said?” your child shouts across the living room. You show your child the letters s-a-i-d for what feels like the hundredth time, As your pasta water boils. So here’s your easy button to learning tricky words: Hit save so you can remember this strategy. 1️⃣ Say the word Ask your child to repeat it. They need to hear and feel themselves say it 2️⃣ Draw a line for the number of sounds. It’s great if your child does it. This connects sounds to spelling for them. 3️⃣ Explain each sound. In said, the s and d are spelled in a predictable way. It’s just the letters ai spelling the sound /e/ that’s unexpected. I like to write predictable sound-spellings in green, and unpredictable in red because color coding can be helpful. Practice this once a day for 1-2 weeks and “said” will be a lot more memorable for your child. Which word do you want to see next? #strugglingreaders #strugglingspellers #spelling #spellingtips #sightwords
Get your help here ⤵️ I have been there. I’ve walked the journey through it. Now we’re on the other side. And I’ve helped hundreds of other moms get to this place. Where they text me because their second grade son who scored in the first percentile in phonics in first grade asked for books for his birthday. And tried to walk out of the bookstore with a stack too large for a child to carry. There are two main ways that you can get started: 1️⃣ if your child is still struggling to sound out one syllable words, you need to check out my program Sounds School. Comment SOUNDS 2️⃣ If they are struggling now with bigger words, check out Syllable School. Comment SYLLABLE For less than a week of soccer camp, you will have a blueprint to DIY reading tutoring at home. #strugglingreaders #learntoread #dyslexic #dyslexia #learningdisabilities
Has this happened to you? Your child and you sit Has this happened to you? Your child and you sit on the couch after a long day at school and work to do their assigned 10 minutes of nightly reading. Your child labored through sounding out words, and finally reaches the bottom of the page. You say, “tell me about that you just read?” And your child bursts into tears. They spend all that energy sounding out only to not remember a single thing. I’ve been there too, and there is a solution: 1. Reading things your child can actually sound out with relative ease, 2. Start with comprehension of sentences Just like you put your child in an infant car seat and then a toddler seat, using sentences is a stepping stone to the ultimate goal. Comment COMP or head to my stories for the link for new sentence comprehension bundle.
⤵️ reason why I’m teaching him But first h ⤵️ reason why I’m teaching him But first hit follow if you’re look for tips for struggling readers The main reason I am teaching my five year old to read prior to starting kindergarten: We have a family history of dyslexia and other learning disabilities These tend to run in families. We have a lot of suspected and diagnosed dyslexia in my mom’s side of the family. Our daughter is dyslexic. A sibling of a dyslexic child has about a 40% chance of also being dyslexic. I can’t change whether my son is also dyslexic. By working on early reading skills for about 5 minutes a day, I am minimizing the amount of struggle he could potentially have. As a reading specialist, I help mend the shattered self-esteem of 11 year olds who can’t read beyond a first or second grade level. Much of this struggle is unnecessary if children are simply taught the correct way from the beginning. Double tap if you want to see the rest of this series this spring and summer! Decodable stories from @decodableadventureseries #learntoread #dyslexiamom #kindergartenready
⤵️Unpopular statement but 100% true. The lat ⤵️Unpopular statement but 100% true. The late bloomer theory has been disproven. It’s not that your child needs more time. Longitudinal studies demonstrate that 90% of children who are struggling with reading at the end of first grade will likely be struggling in fourth grade. (Juel, 1988; Francis et al, 1996; Shaywitz et al, 1999). Time isn’t the answer, and the most recent 2024 NAEP report card continues to validate this. 🎉But there is good news! The cause is usually skill deficits. And you can give your child some serious support. You can DIY reading tutoring at home if it you aren’t reading specialist. I’m Anne, and I’m mom to a former struggling reader. We know she’s dyslexic now, but it’s not the battle it once was when she was in first grade. Now she stays up late with Harry Potter or another novel. There are two important thing you can do: 1️⃣Change your child’s experience of reading time. Ditch the book, and try playing games. Your child avoids it because it’s too hard so let’s make it easier to practice. 2️⃣Work on phonics skills. 80% of US schools are still using a disproven method of teaching - called Balanced Literacy. Your child needs more than a sprinkling of phonics. They need systematic phonics and they need way more repetition than you’d think. 🗣️Comment SAMPLE and my handy Printables Bot will send you the link to five free phonics games you can print and try to today. They include a variety of skills so you can find which one is closest to “just right” for your child. Then DM me and I can help you decide which skill to try next. #strugglingreaders #learntoread #firstgradereading #readingspecialist #dyslexia
So many parents and teachers make this mistake: T So many parents and teachers make this mistake: They get fixated on the challenging behavior. ✅He just refuses to try. ✅She cries and says she is dumb. ✅He broke a pencil! The behavior is the least important part of this conversation. Instead of: ❌Explaining ❌Bribing ❌Threatening Give the child a hot minute to recover, and then choose an action that will give your child some momentum: ➡️Switch to game ➡️You take a turn reading ➡️Draw a picture of what they already read Then think back to what happened prior to the challenging behavior. ✅What skill is missing? ✅How will you teach that? This takes practice, but it’s nothing short of life-changing once your lens on behavior shifts from “kids being manipulative” to “kids need better skills.” Hit follow for more tips for struggling and dyslexic readers.

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