Hi y'all, I'm hoping some of you have had a kid in a similar situation...
Dd is 7, just starting 2nd grade. She LOVES reading. She calls herself a bookworm. Only problem is... she doesn't like reading herself. She wants me to read to her instead. Which I do, quite a bit. I'm fairly laid-back about it, figuring as long as she loves books she'll eventually start to enjoy reading on her own.
But here is something I've noticed when we do sit down to read together: she actually reads quite well at a simple level, say the Amelia Bedilia books. But she is obviously relying on guessing words from context much more than decoding words. She'll skip some words, add others in that aren't there, or misread words because she guessed wrongly where the sentence was heading.
Dh has ADD and has real problems with tracking and reading. Dd hasn't shown any signs of ADD yet so I definitely don't want to jump the gun. But when I ask her why she doesn't like to read herself, she'll say "because when I read it, it's hard for me to understand. I can understand when you read it." and it sounds a little like my dh.
We've only got one kid, and myself and all of my sibs were early, voracious readers, so I have no yardstick to compare her behavior to. Is this a totally normal hump kids get over on their way to reading nirvana? Or is it unusual?
Dd is 7, just starting 2nd grade. She LOVES reading. She calls herself a bookworm. Only problem is... she doesn't like reading herself. She wants me to read to her instead. Which I do, quite a bit. I'm fairly laid-back about it, figuring as long as she loves books she'll eventually start to enjoy reading on her own.
But here is something I've noticed when we do sit down to read together: she actually reads quite well at a simple level, say the Amelia Bedilia books. But she is obviously relying on guessing words from context much more than decoding words. She'll skip some words, add others in that aren't there, or misread words because she guessed wrongly where the sentence was heading.
Dh has ADD and has real problems with tracking and reading. Dd hasn't shown any signs of ADD yet so I definitely don't want to jump the gun. But when I ask her why she doesn't like to read herself, she'll say "because when I read it, it's hard for me to understand. I can understand when you read it." and it sounds a little like my dh.
We've only got one kid, and myself and all of my sibs were early, voracious readers, so I have no yardstick to compare her behavior to. Is this a totally normal hump kids get over on their way to reading nirvana? Or is it unusual?
He would skip words, try to guess...it's that hump between phonics and being a fluent reader. They know enough to have an idea of where it's going but they jump the gun.
">this</a> book. It's called A Mind at a Time and is written by this really smart M.D. He runs a clinic for kids with learning issues (not at all suggesting your daughter has one here). Anyway the book goes into fairly specific detail about different areas where kids can have problems with learning. He talks about a lot of little areas that are often mistaken for ADD or ADHD because it's sort of the kid's way of coping with the problem. It's been a little while since I read the chapter on this area, but what you are saying is kind of ringing a bell in my head about one specific area he discusses in that book. I'm sorry I can't be more specific, but I really do think you might find an answer in the book.
