RE: read to kids
BY: Ken Woodard to All on Tue May 14 1996 22:28:00
 > What, besides the ability to sit still....do you all perceive (and see)
 > as advantages that your children have had because you've read to them
 > out loud? (Besides the fact that they ABSOLUTELY LOVE it, I probably
 > wouldn't continue it...since it certainly doesn't seem to have helped
 > either one learn to read....one is 5 and the other is almost 7.)
The best things a child gets out of it are closeness with a parent and
language developement...vocal skills as well as reading.
 > I think the way to improve reading is to read...However, if it were that
 > simple, why aren't all children "catching" up.....(My daughter's
 > improvement has been tremendous and she is making leaps and jumps toward
 > reading at beginning second grade level...I think...and we hope to be
 > there by the end of summer...but then again, I've never worked with a
 > slow reader before.....when I taught, it was on the high school level in
Each child is different, learning at different rates. That's the main reason
leading me to the homeschool decision. Both my older girls read at above
grade level, but my oldest daughter can't grasp math as readily as many
others her age. So I made the discision to teach her myself, at her pace.
Personally, I think that if your daughter is almost second grade age (7) and
reading at nearly second grade level, you should just relax and keep doing
what you're doing. Don't rush her...she'll be fine :)
                                ...peace...
                                Alinda Sue...
                                      
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