[blparent] reading tips with child struggling in reading

[Nicole Helmkamp]

Hi Dawn,
That is my goal. To get his confidence back up. I know I need to get him much lower level reading books because the ones he has are above what he can do and they just frustrate him. I'm going to get him a couple of books from the library that are much easier and hopefully won't be as frustrating for him. 

Nicole
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> On Jul 22, 2015, at 8:22 AM, dawn stumpner via blparent <blparent at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> Hi, Nicole
>    I agree with the person that said to try some books more at his level.  If you can read braille, maybe get a few twin vision books, or there are books with the print and braille almost aligned, but I like the twin-vision ones because they have the pictures kids like.  The reason I suggested getting the book in a format you can read too is that sometimes in the beginning when I worked with my kids who struggled with reading, they were just overwhelmed by how "long" the book was we were going to read.  The book wasn't long, it was just a book like the arthur books, etc., but they would sometimes get hung up on how many pages there were.  At the beginning, I would let them read one page, and I would read 1-2, and as their speed and tolerance for reading grew, I had them read 2 to my one, until I finally let them read all of it.  You might even consider starting at something just below his level to build his confidence, and when he sees he can do it, go to his level.  But don't move up to the next level the first day he seems to get it because the frustration can quickly return.  It'll seem like things aren't working and he's frustrated, but just say calm, always calm, and all of a sudden, he'll get it! When he gets his level up enough that he's reading more on his own, my sons really enjoyed those choose-your-own-adventure books where it tells you to go to one page if you want the characters to do one thing, and go to another if you choose another action.  It really kept their interest around that age.  Good luck! He'll get there!
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