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Frequently Asked QuestionsWednesday, July 25, 2007Could you recommend a phonics program for an almost 4 year old who wants to learn to read?Hello, Thanks for your email. Here are my thoughts: Some reading specialists would disagree with me but this is what I think… For the most part, phonics programs are incredibly similar. In fact, my staff and I frequently joke with each other, "Phonics is phonics." With that said, the biggest differences, in my opinion, are mainly cosmetic. However, most phonics programs are very expensive and some are hard to follow.Posted by Anne-Evan Williams at 03:24 PM. Filed under: Phonemic Awareness FAQ • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink I need help homeschooling three boys with different reading levels.Hi Let's Go Learn, I really need some help. We are homeschooling two of our 3 sons. One of our sons is very bright and benefits from a lot of structure and ongoing challenges. I realized that his time needs were distracting me from important help that the other two boys needed. The other two have significant reading delays. They are about in grades 3 and 5 (ages 9 and 11). We are a reading family, treasure good books and do a lot of reading aloud. But so far neither of these two are capable of reading on their own. I own about all the phonics programs out there, and we have daily lessons in phonics and reading, taking it by small steps. I have tried to take a wait and let them mature approach, but now I'm getting concerned, especially for the 5th grader. I'm looking for some direction. I probably should get them tested to determine the specifics of their skills. Thanks.Posted by Anne-Evan Williams at 03:23 PM. Filed under: Phonemic Awareness FAQ • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink Any suggestions for a seven year old who is struggling with reading?Hello Let's Go Learn, My son is 7 years old and is in the second grade. He uses Learning Language Arts Through Literature as his reading program. He does very well in his course work but doesn't seem to transfer what he has learned to other reading material. He is frustrated and thinks he is a bad reader. He wants us to buy him one of the nationally advertised phonics programs so he can read the 24 chapter book like the 7 year old on TV. I can watch his eyes kind of glaze over as he gets lost or frustrated. Any suggestions?Posted by Anne-Evan Williams at 03:23 PM. Filed under: Phonemic Awareness FAQ • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink Is it too early to teach a five year old to read?Hi Let's Go Learn, My daughter is 5 years old and just starts kindergarten this year. Is it too early to teach her to read? If not, could you recommend some materials? Thanks.Posted by Anne-Evan Williams at 03:22 PM. Filed under: Phonemic Awareness FAQ • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink Looking for a reading program for multiple children of different agesHello Let's Go Learn, I heard about a reading program for four year olds. I have a four year old that I would like to home school, so when she starts public school she could be ahead. I have an eight year old that has reading difficulties and thought if I could start my younger one sooner it would benefit all of us. Thank you for you time and any information you can pass along to me.Posted by Anne-Evan Williams at 03:22 PM. Filed under: Phonemic Awareness FAQ • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink What should I do with an advanced Pre-K student?Dear Let's Go Learn, My daughter will be 5 on Sept. 22 so could not start Kindergarten this year (cut off was Sept. 1). She is very advanced socially, emotionally and intellectually. She spoke over 100 words at 1 year of age; has always spoken very clearly and articulately.Posted by Anne-Evan Williams at 03:21 PM. Filed under: Phonemic Awareness FAQ • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink Can you help a third grader who is struggling with reading?Dear Let's Go Learn, My 8 yr. old daughter is beginning 3rd grade work this year. She continues to have difficulty with reading and reading comprehension. She frequently misreads words, guessing based on the first few letters rather than reading a complete word. She will occasionally read words backwards such as reading, "saw" as "was". Her abilities vary from day today. One day she will be reading solidly at grade level and the next day she will have trouble with basic phonics. Reading for her is a chore and she becomes easily frustrated when I ask her to re-read a word or sentence. Can you tell that I am a bit frustrated too? I would appreciate any suggestions that would help me to help her. Thank you.Posted by Anne-Evan Williams at 03:21 PM. Filed under: Phonemic Awareness FAQ • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink How do you teach a four year old reading?Greetings Let's Go Learn: My wife and I have a four-year-old boy that loves to be read to. He will sit for over an hour, asking for another book to be read as each book is finished. I am thankful that he (and his two year old sister) likes to be read to. The problem I am having is knowing where to go from here. He likes to work with letters and sounds, and has learned some. We never push him to read or practice letters and sounds. He asks to be read to, and then we end up working on letters and sounds while we are reading.Posted by Anne-Evan Williams at 03:20 PM. Filed under: Phonemic Awareness FAQ • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink What happens when reading skills effect other subject areas?Dear Let's Go Learn - My daughter is seven. (March will be eight) She has such a hard time with reading. We have tried many different programs and different ways to teach her, but still she has trouble. We have gotten readers for level one readers, such as The big bug or Dan is in the pan. They are for K-1st. She really struggles with them. We have now noticed that it is trickling over to her other subjects. What would you recommend doing? Should we drop all other subjects and just do reading until she has a grasp on it? Please help as we are at the end of our rope. Thanks so much for your time.Posted by Anne-Evan Williams at 03:20 PM. Filed under: Phonemic Awareness FAQ • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink What do I do when my child stops trying to read?Hello Let's Go Learn, I'm writing because my 7 year old son has been having a hard time reading. He seems to give up on himself. He looks at the words and to me does not even try to sound things out. I would like to find someone to help him. I feel he needs one on one. Please let me know what you think!Posted by Anne-Evan Williams at 03:19 PM. Filed under: Phonemic Awareness FAQ • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink
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