child dislikes reading

 

Tip: Quit stopping to sound out. The brain's short-term working memory drops all meaning gathered to the point when you stop. This is the way everyone's brain works. Also, many words cannot be sounded out.

Tell your child to only look for and read the "known" words, skipping the unknown. (The brain likes for things to make sense, so those unknown words will begin to pop into place in your child's mind. Comprehension will improve if you tell your child the unknown words and your child keeps reading onward. Example: canoe cannot be sounded out, but the meaning boat will help.)

Also, at a used bookstore, let your child pick out 3 books of his or her interest: mysteries, adventures, jokes, Ripley's believe it or not, etc. Whatever goes home with you will build skills. 

Children do not want to read if reading is too much work. Often the child is missing some of the tiny lessons that make reading easier. Example, letter teams ce, ci, cy always say the s sound: center,  except, necessary /  city, circle, decide,  / cyclone, bicycle, fancy. Notice c says k when e, i, y are not the next letter: concern. This is a rule worth knowing; it always works.

British boys made up the word soccer to distinguish it from rugby. I look at words all day. Soccer is the only exception, I have been able to find. 

All unhappy readers are missing the same tiny bits, which I call the Usual Suspects. My books teach these rules in stories, and Q & A, with an easy comprehension method.

I now use eBay as my website, people trust it. Search Instant Reading Help, all my books will pop up.  Pick the book at your child's current grade level (no grade levels are marked on any of my books). All books are brand new and include my contact info, email or call for help.     

Best wishes, Mary Maisner