[blindkid] reading speed?

[oandemom .]

Wow, does your daughter sound like mine!  Part of it is just age I think,
she is only six.  I think when you read at home, you just have to do it and
it will sink in that she has to do it.  It took us until 2nd grade to get
my daughter to accept homework and not just sit and whine about it.  We
also started reading together, taking turns, she reads a page, then I read
a page and she likes it b/c she feels like she isn't reading as much.
Really she is, but its just broken up between the two of us and she gets a
rest.  Her friends speed really got better in 3/4th grade using this
method, so I'm hoping this year my daughters speed will really jump too,
she is in 3rd grade now.  Comprehension is big though too, I don't want her
to read so fast that she then isn't comprehending the story...  so its a
give and take.

Good luck!
Traci




On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 2:35 PM, Lydia Anne Schuck <lydia.a.schuck at wmich.edu
> wrote:

> Hi Julie,  as I read your email, it occurred to me that your daughter may
> either need to increase her reading speed so she just won't want to take
> her fingers off the page, or may need more challenging content.  One way we
> worked on reading speed was that I got the same book my daughter had, and
> we took turns reading.  I read fairly fast, without telling her what I was
> doing, to force her to get used to moving her hands faster.
>
> The social things are tough.  We used something called social stories,
> which I won't go into here, but the stories reinforce positive behaviors.
>  Or your daughter may need a defined behavior plan with goals she wants to
> reach because she will get a reward.  This worked for us.  You can search
> "social story" on the web.  They are often used with kids who have autism
> and do not understand social situations.
>
> Lydia
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Julie <julietnan at aol.com>
> To: blindkid at nfbnet.org
> Sent: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 13:57:45 -0500 (EST)
> Subject: [blindkid] 6 yr old having trouble staying focused while reading
>
> My 6 yr old daughter is having trouble staying focused while reading
> braille. Actually, while doing most school work. She is at or above grade
> level in math, reading and spelling so its not an academic issue more of a
> behavior issue that her teacher is getting frustrated with.
> She fidgets a lot while reading. She doesn't keep both hands on the paper,
> she twirls her hair, makes funny words, wants to talk instead of read, etc.
> She is the youngest in her first grade class, 6 yrs old with a july
> birthday. She is a bright girl but I am wishing we had waited until she was
> 6 to start K . We had similar behavior issues in K last year and I wanted
> to hold her back so she could catch up emotionally/socially but was
> discouraged from doing so because they were concerned she would be bored
> which would lead to more behaviors. Any suggestions, ideas, strategies on
> ways to help her focus? Have any of you had "focus goals" put into the IEP?
> Im thinking of asking for focus goals and behavior goals.
> Her behaviors are things like  interrupting, wanting immediate attention,
> impatience, and sometimes being sassy with teachers.
> Thanks in advance you guys have always been so helpful and supportive!
> Julie
>
>
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