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Worldly_Narwhal_4452 t1_jdxgzuz wrote

Reply to comment by TargetMaleficent in Story time: About my son and his love of reading...Should be mad but proud instead. Thank you for your time. by DuxBellorumUthred

This is a bit off topic, but I’m a reading tutor as well. I’ve had lot of success with high school/college kids, but I just got my first 1st grader last week. As you can imagine, I don’t really know too much about teaching little kids. He has trouble with all of the things you listed, and cannot read at even a kindergarten level. How do you recommend teaching these things?

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aculady t1_jdz92jv wrote

Check out Orton-Gillingham method. It's the most evidence-based way we have to teach reading to dyslexic people.

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TargetMaleficent t1_jdxsz97 wrote

Struggling readers at 1st are often lacking in both sight words and confidence. Find easy books where he can read some parts, like Piggie and Gerald books. Read the same book over and over so he can memorize it. Quickly help him out with any word over 4 letters. School generally does a good job teaching the phonics and spelling, but schools typically can't provide students with enough time spent actually reading and learning sight words. As a result many kids in K-2 struggle with words that don't "follow the rules".

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