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My 7 year old struggles with reading

How to help a child with reading difficulties

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One bonus tip⤵️ The letter f is a continuous soun

One bonus tip⤵️

The letter f is a continuous sound so it’s easy to blend.

Words like bed and dog are often given to new readers.

But /b/ and /d/ are stop sounds. 🛑

/f/ is easy to stretch out until you hit the vowel sound making it easier to blend words:

✅ /fffffiiiiit/ … fit
❌ /b/ /eeeed/ ….. bed

So if your child is having a hard time blending, start with some words that have continuous sounds like /f/ and /m/.

Hi! I’m Anne 👋—your friendly reading teacher on Instagram, here to explain the stuff no one taught us in school.

My own daughter started struggling with reading and spelling in 1st and 2nd grade.

That’s what pushed me to become the reading specialist I wish she had back then… and now I get to help you too.🫶

If your child is having a tough time reading,
 1️⃣go take a peek at posts A, B, C, D, and E on my feed. 📚

2️⃣Comment GUIDE for my free 16 page PDF Reading Gains.

It will walk you through the steps of helping your child at home.

Make sure you’re following and make sure to check your hidden messages to get the link.

#learntoread #strugglingreaders #dyslexia

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It’s totally natural when our children are struggling to read to want to find just the right book.

For older struggling readers, even graphic novels series like Dog Man feel too long and too hard.

Treat it like marathon training.

✅ Start with words
✅ Then practice in sentences

After that, I can help you find a book series for your older child.

#dyslexia #strugglingreaders #learningdisability

Comment KINDER ⤵️ My Printables bot will send you

Comment KINDER ⤵️

My Printables bot will send you a link for a free printable checklist.

👋 Hi, I’m Anne. I’m a former kindergarten reading intervention teacher now in private practice as a reading specialist. I’m also mom to three.

I want parents of kindergarten students to know exactly what their child needs to be able to do by the end of the year. When parents team up with teachers, reading takes off 🚀

Your child’s school will probably teach more skills than this, but these are the core skills most kindergarten students need to know by this point in the school year:

1️⃣ Letters

Believe it or not, knowing the letter names is just as important as knowing the letter sounds.

Research has shown this time and again.

It is important for spelling but it’s also because most letter names have the sound embedded.

Say B. Do you hear the sound /b/?

2️⃣ Sounds

Your child needs to see a letter, and say the basic sound immediately.

If they are thinking, it’s not automatic and they need more practice.

3️⃣ Handwriting

The ability to write letters easily is linked to being able to read and spell letters and sounds.

Just practice one letter at a time at first.

Once your child knows a few, start to include a review of the learned letters each day.

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Want that checklist with 16 skills for kindergarten reading? Comment KINDER and make sure you’re following so the link gets through!

#learntoread #kindergartenreading #readingspecialist

3 steps here ⤵️ I know it’s tough when your child

3 steps here ⤵️

I know it’s tough when your child is struggling and you don’t know how to help.

That was me with my own daughter. I learned more and got her caught up in ✨6 months.✨

Now I help parents like you.

This is what to do:

But first, you need to understand that these three steps are the foundation for good reading and spelling.

It seems simple but just like going for a walk, you do it often, it will build a muscle.

1️⃣Sound Drill

Some schools or programs call this the visual drill or the flashcard drill.

You show your child that a letter or group of letters (like tch or dge) represent a sound by teaching it on a flashcard.

These flashcards come from my program Sounds School but you can DIY with index cards and a marker.

2️⃣ Blending Drill

Seeing how the sound cards can be arranged to make a word is 🤯MIND-BLOWING for most beginning and struggling readers.

❌Do not skip this step.

You take for granted that words are made of sounds. Your child needs to visually see it.

Just lay them down three cards on the table and show your child how to blend it into a word.

3️⃣ Spelling Drill

In some programs and schools, this is called an auditory drill.

👂🏽But it’s really just listening and then spelling sounds all by themselves.

📚Want me to teach this to you the basics of all the sounds and this simple routine in video lessons?

Comment SOUNDS for the link to my program Sounds School so you can learn more.

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My own daughter caught up in ✨six months✨ Everyth

My own daughter caught up in ✨six months✨

Everything | did with her, l put in my program Sounds School.

It’s on sale now.

If you want this for your child, comment SOUNDS and my bot will DM you the link.

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Here’s the real talk⤵️ You can’t teach your child

Here’s the real talk⤵️

You can’t teach your child something you were never taught yourself. 💛 
Most of us grew up with Whole Language (later called Balanced Literacy).

Even in 2019, most teachers were still using it instead of a structured phonics approach.

Those programs assumed English:
🚩was too unpredictable (it’s not!)
🚩that kids should just memorize words (our brains don’t learn well that way).

So let me teach you what actually works. ✨

I had to learn it the hard way…

My own daughter started struggling with reading and spelling in 1st and 2nd grade.

That’s what pushed me to become the reading specialist I wish she had back then… and now I get to help you too.

Hi! I’m Anne 👋, your friendly reading teacher on Instagram, here to explain the stuff no one told us in school.

If your child is having a tough time reading:
 👀go take a peek at posts A, B, C, and D on my feed.

🖨️Want a printable list of all 8 jobs for silent e, comment SILENT and my Printable Bot will DM you the link.

Make sure you’re following and make sure to check your hidden messages to get the link.

#learntoread #strugglingreaders

It’s not what you think ⤵️ Not all signs of dysle

It’s not what you think ⤵️

Not all signs of dyslexia look like letter reversals.

Sometimes they look like a child who:

🏃🏽‍♂️avoids reading
😢melts down over homework
🤹is the class clown

Many children would rather be the “bad” kid in class than the “dumb” kid.

For my daughter, she told her teacher “I don’t want to do this” and refused to do her work.

My intuition was there was an underlying learning issue because my daughter wasn’t defiant in PE, art, or math. Only reading and writing time.

I researched dyslexia and eventually had her evaluated by a neuropsychologist. Later, I took a graduate level class and learned dyslexia is way different than what most of us think.

🚩There are signs much earlier than second grade. If you want a simple checklist of early signs to watch for, comment EARLY.

My Printables Bot will send you a link to this freebie so you can put it on your fridge. But make sure you’re following and check your hidden messages.

#dyslexiaawareness #learntoread #strugglingreaders

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