Guest guest Posted May 24, 2003 Report Share Posted May 24, 2003 help with reading > , thanks for your post. I totally agree that we all need to > support each other and talk about just how dang tough it is to deal > with all of this. We are the only ones who realize and live through > just how hard it is to watch our kids make amazing progress, then > regress for short periods of time. That said, I have a question for > the group. Have any of you ever had your children have a tough time > reading books? My 5 year old has been able to read sentences on > sentence strips for several months now. I bought her several short > books to read with the same sight words as the ones we'd been using > on the sentence strips. She couldn't or wouldn't read the books. I > took her to the eye dr to get her eyes checked thinking that the > print may be too small for her to read. That was not the problem. > The dr. wanted to know if maybe she was overwhelmed by having two or > three lines and all the pictures on the page. Could this be it? I > can go the route of covering up some of the stuff on the page, but is > this the best thing to do? I'm really hoping some of you have had > this experience. It's another case of nobody but another mom or dad > who's been through this will know..... Thanks for letting me spout > off here. Shona She could be overwhelmed, as the doctor said. Or maybe she's memorized the sentence strips and isn't sure of herself with the books. How are you asking her to read the books? Have you tried just pointing to one word at a time so she can focus herself a little bit? -Janna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 24, 2003 Report Share Posted May 24, 2003 Shona My soon to be 5 years old girl started reading this school year. She was having hard time at begining of school year. When people talk about she can read, I would not say a thing because I thought she just not ready at the time. We just persistantly read to her books, has her read a sentence or two of the book if she feel up to, and point out sound of the letters. now she is really reading. She still prefer read very short storys, and she can read small books. But it is much more fun for her if we read her a page of Curious , then she read one page, and let her off the hook if she does not want to read. Your child is doing very well if he or she can read at 5 years age. He may not ready to read the whole book on his own, or he may think reading as a choir if he have to read the whole book by himself. Make it easy for him, and read him a lot and ask him to help you out by read a few pages. Let him go if he is getting tired. Don't worry, step back a little, He will do fine. You will find it funny that your worried so much in a year or two. Only thing you need to do is read him often and ofer him to help you out. Jin > , thanks for your post. I totally agree that we all need to > support each other and talk about just how dang tough it is to deal > with all of this. We are the only ones who realize and live through > just how hard it is to watch our kids make amazing progress, then > regress for short periods of time. That said, I have a question for > the group. Have any of you ever had your children have a tough time > reading books? My 5 year old has been able to read sentences on > sentence strips for several months now. I bought her several short > books to read with the same sight words as the ones we'd been using > on the sentence strips. She couldn't or wouldn't read the books. I > took her to the eye dr to get her eyes checked thinking that the > print may be too small for her to read. That was not the problem. > The dr. wanted to know if maybe she was overwhelmed by having two or > three lines and all the pictures on the page. Could this be it? I > can go the route of covering up some of the stuff on the page, but is > this the best thing to do? I'm really hoping some of you have had > this experience. It's another case of nobody but another mom or dad > who's been through this will know..... Thanks for letting me spout > off here. Shona Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 24, 2003 Report Share Posted May 24, 2003 Shona, This is just to give you background, my son reads 60 page books at 6 years old. He has Asperger. For him, it was short stride from 1 sentence page to 3 sentence page. We did same by share reading. My daughter, who is NT, on the other hand, refuse to do anything with reading, writing, and math until after three years old, she is reading at same level as was around three. But that is fine with me. I think she will do fine on reading in school. This is must your first child, you will surprise how quickly they improve on reading at first and second grade. Jin > , thanks for your post. I totally agree that we all need to > support each other and talk about just how dang tough it is to deal > with all of this. We are the only ones who realize and live through > just how hard it is to watch our kids make amazing progress, then > regress for short periods of time. That said, I have a question for > the group. Have any of you ever had your children have a tough time > reading books? My 5 year old has been able to read sentences on > sentence strips for several months now. I bought her several short > books to read with the same sight words as the ones we'd been using > on the sentence strips. She couldn't or wouldn't read the books. I > took her to the eye dr to get her eyes checked thinking that the > print may be too small for her to read. That was not the problem. > The dr. wanted to know if maybe she was overwhelmed by having two or > three lines and all the pictures on the page. Could this be it? I > can go the route of covering up some of the stuff on the page, but is > this the best thing to do? I'm really hoping some of you have had > this experience. It's another case of nobody but another mom or dad > who's been through this will know..... Thanks for letting me spout > off here. Shona Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 24, 2003 Report Share Posted May 24, 2003 She takes her finger and points to each word just like she does with the sentence strips. I've even tried writing different sentences on a chalkboard and she can read those as I write them so I don't think it's memorization. It's so confusing. Shona > > Wrom: YXOEAIJJPHSCRTNHGSWZIDREXCAXZOWCON > Date: 2003/05/23 Fri PM 10:09:54 EDT > nids > Subject: Re: help with reading > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 24, 2003 Report Share Posted May 24, 2003 Thanks Jin. That's great advice. Shona > > Wrom: GAUTFJMVRESKPNKMBIPBARHDMNNSKVFVW > Date: 2003/05/24 Sat AM 12:06:06 EDT > > Subject: Re: help with reading > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 24, 2003 Report Share Posted May 24, 2003 Shona, Are the books in a different font? She might find the fonts confusing... such as when an " l " has serifs on top and bottom... think about it... it really looks a lot like a numeral one. You might want to try xeroxing one of the books' words and cutting the words up and working with them that way, then try the book again. Another thing you could try is to print out an alphabet of a rows of aaaaaaaaaaa bbbbbbbbbbb (but each letter in a different font) on a piece of paper (using the different fonts on your computer and show her how the letters can look different but still be the same letter). Sometimes our kids have trouble transferring ideas from one thing to another. Caroline > On 5/23/03 8:03 PM, " Shona Jordan " <chaia98@...> wrote: > , thanks for your post. I totally agree that we all need to > support each other and talk about just how dang tough it is to deal > with all of this. We are the only ones who realize and live through > just how hard it is to watch our kids make amazing progress, then > regress for short periods of time. That said, I have a question for > the group. Have any of you ever had your children have a tough time > reading books? My 5 year old has been able to read sentences on > sentence strips for several months now. I bought her several short > books to read with the same sight words as the ones we'd been using > on the sentence strips. She couldn't or wouldn't read the books. I > took her to the eye dr to get her eyes checked thinking that the > print may be too small for her to read. That was not the problem. > The dr. wanted to know if maybe she was overwhelmed by having two or > three lines and all the pictures on the page. Could this be it? I > can go the route of covering up some of the stuff on the page, but is > this the best thing to do? I'm really hoping some of you have had > this experience. It's another case of nobody but another mom or dad > who's been through this will know..... Thanks for letting me spout > off here. Shona Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 24, 2003 Report Share Posted May 24, 2003 My kiddo had this problem. For him, it was a combination of visual problems where he couldn't keep his eyes focused well enough to stay on the right word/line/sentence and processing/memory issues where once we got past one sentence, he had trouble comprehending what he'd read. With the visual issues, it would vary greatly with the size of the book and until his tracking was working well, wide books would be extremely difficult. A regular eye doctor doesn't usually check tracking and convergence so might say everything is fine (took three eye docs for us to identify a very severe tracking and convergence problem) when it really isn't. You can check this by holding a small object or picture in front of the child and asking him to watch it carefully. Move it back and forth and all around slowly -- the eyes should be able to stay on the object without jumping. For convergence, move the object slowly towards the child's face. The eyes should follow to the point of crossing and not pop back until at least an inch from the face. If they pop back sooner, the child will be seeing double at certain distances. In addition to the great suggestions from others, you might try easing him into longer passages using fun or silly sentences and/or directional sentences and then writing longer and longer ones, moving up to two at a time, etc. We found that silly directions written as a sentence, then two-sentence paragraph and on to longer paragraphs really helped my son better understand how things go together to communicate something as well as keep his motivation in building his ability to read and act on what he'd read. Gaylen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 5, 2005 Report Share Posted May 5, 2005 Hi , I understand your problem! I've seen a couple of things that might help. One is a pillow with a flat top and straps that come across to hold the pages down. While looking for it on the internet I came across this other idea - a wicker tray with short legs that has a stand to hold a book up. Here's a link http://www.everythinghome.com/bolowibedtrb.html. I just found a link to the pillow as well - http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/- /B000062ZB1/qid=1115259015/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/103-6360438-7016616? v=glance & spage=C050 & sterm=book_pillow & stterm=book_pillow. Maybe something like one of these will help. Beth > Hi All, > > My RA is affecting my wrists, arms, etc. I love to read for > pleasure but holding a book is agony and I wondered if anyone > can recommend a product that allows me to read in bed without > holding the book? > > Thanks so much! > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 5, 2005 Report Share Posted May 5, 2005 Hi, I'm a special ed teacher and have found that there is adaptive equipment for almost anything. Here's a link to a hands free book holderl http://www.phiferreader.com/ Just go to google and type in adaptive equipment book stand and see what you get . I think the one on the website is only about $20.00. Hope you get some relief. > Hi All, > > My RA is affecting my wrists, arms, etc. I love to read for > pleasure but holding a book is agony and I wondered if anyone > can recommend a product that allows me to read in bed without > holding the book? > > Thanks so much! > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 5, 2005 Report Share Posted May 5, 2005 Ooops! It was $40.00, not 20.00. Sorry! > Hi All, > > My RA is affecting my wrists, arms, etc. I love to read for > pleasure but holding a book is agony and I wondered if anyone > can recommend a product that allows me to read in bed without > holding the book? > > Thanks so much! > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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