reading tips

[alita7]

Has anyone else got any tips for helping my dsd read? dp and I are keen to help her progress. she's 10 but has a reading age of 5. I made her some flash cards with high frequency words that she struggles with at 3 levels of difficulty and some topic ones (eg animals) as it was clear to me that the schools way where she sounds things out all the time only works to an extent with English being so unpredictable so I thought I'd see if learning by memory helps and so far I think it has been helpful as she can read more words when she's reading books.
The trouble is she hates doing anything she finds hard and reading falls into that category, even in games she gets fed up. at school she pretends she can't read books she can (she tries it here but we know :p) she finds books that are bigger/ have more words that a toddler or reading practice book too overwhelming and is her speed is very slow so she gets fed up. We're not 100% sure she totally takes in what she's read.

so has anyone else got any tips to help?

[StarlightMcKenzie]

Have you tried Headsprout?

[tacal]

Toe By Toe is really helping my ds at the moment. What about having vision checked? My ds has just been prescribed glasses with green lenses in them. He just got the glasses today so I don't know how much they will help.

Montessori was recommended to me on here. It looks good but we are sticking to Toe by Toe for now because ds does not want to change and he is making progress.

[alita7]

thanks for the replies.what are head sprout and toe by toe?

she had her eyes checked a few weeks ago and has glasses now for reading, the lady wasn't going to give her any as the prescription is small but we wanted to try it. To be honest I think seeing the words clearer has set her back a bit as they don't look exactly how they used to.

[chocgalore]

HEADSPROUT

it is not free (but I think the first 2 or 3 episodes are available as free trail) but is money well spent.

[tacal]

Hi, I don't know how Toe by Toe compares to the others but it is working for my ds. It is a manual for teaching kids to read especially those who find it difficult to learn to read. It is supposed to help people who have dyslexia. It is a " highly structured multi- sensory reading manual for teachers and parents".

It is a book with daily exercises in it. I bought mine second hand from Amazon. Ds and I do ten minutes a day.

Maybe the other ones recommended to you on here will be better. Toe by Toe was the only one I had heard of at the time, that is the only reason we started it. I probably should have looked into it more.

It is good because it is very structured and it let's me see where ds is needing extra help and ds can see how much progress he is making.

[alita7]

ok I'll have a look on amazon :) It's worth a go, though I'm not confident that she will be any more up for doing it than any other type of reading :p

[tacal]

maybe something like headsprout would be better then. It does look like it might be more fun. Though not sure it would be better for my ds.

Good luck, I hope you find something that helps