http://practicalmum.com/2010/07/slow-reader/ Practical Mum Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:31:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://practicalmum.com/2010/07/slow-reader/#comment-1332 sally Sat, 07 Aug 2010 09:22:40 +0000 http://practicalmum.com/?p=3399#comment-1332 Encourage it as much as you can but don’t stress about it. I have a friend who home school her son and has read a lot on child literacy. Did you know that in a lot of countries they don’t even bother to start teaching kids to read until they are more like 10-12 years of age? And those kids end up being able to read fluently in a very short period of time. I don’t know why we torture our kids at such an early age to read. Experts say we shouldn’t even bother till age 7 since that part of their brain hasn’t even clicked on yet (with the rare exception). Think of it this way – do you know any of your friends or peers that doesn’t know how to read? I’m guessing not – everyone learns how to read eventually. Encourage it as much as you can but don’t stress about it. I have a friend who home school her son and has read a lot on child literacy. Did you know that in a lot of countries they don’t even bother to start teaching kids to read until they are more like 10-12 years of age? And those kids end up being able to read fluently in a very short period of time. I don’t know why we torture our kids at such an early age to read. Experts say we shouldn’t even bother till age 7 since that part of their brain hasn’t even clicked on yet (with the rare exception). Think of it this way – do you know any of your friends or peers that doesn’t know how to read? I’m guessing not – everyone learns how to read eventually.

]]> http://practicalmum.com/2010/07/slow-reader/#comment-1222 aleks Mon, 02 Aug 2010 09:56:36 +0000 http://practicalmum.com/?p=3399#comment-1222 I have the same issue with my son. What seems the most successful with him is I let him choose the book (then at least I know he wants to read it) then we take turns reading a page each. He seems to be happy with that compromise. Sometimes I still end up reading the last part of the book but at least he read some of it. I have the same issue with my son. What seems the most successful with him is I let him choose the book (then at least I know he wants to read it) then we take turns reading a page each. He seems to be happy with that compromise. Sometimes I still end up reading the last part of the book but at least he read some of it.

]]> http://practicalmum.com/2010/07/slow-reader/#comment-1205 joey-jo-jo Thu, 29 Jul 2010 06:32:59 +0000 http://practicalmum.com/?p=3399#comment-1205 It doesn’t matter what they read, as long as they read. So give farmer browns chickens the heave ho and go get a star wars magazine! Or Ben Ten or Bob the Builder, or whatever your little man is into. He’ll be more motivated when he actually enjoys the content. It doesn’t matter what they read, as long as they read. So give farmer browns chickens the heave ho and go get a star wars magazine! Or Ben Ten or Bob the Builder, or whatever your little man is into. He’ll be more motivated when he actually enjoys the content.

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