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My almost 6yo kinder has been reading for awhile.  Simple stuff- the BOB books mostly.  She does a great job sounding out short, simple words, but is very intimidated by larger/longer words and is very reluctant to try them.  However, every once in awhile she'll just out of the blue read something I didn't know she could.  (For example, awhile back she read "Tree Hugger" off of someone's shirt lol).  I am not one to push- but I also want to continue to encourage her reading & trying to read those words she "thinks" she can't read.  Any other good early reader book recommendations or other advice? 
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  • KaraJ26KaraJ26

    I'm a 1st grade teacher.  She could probably read "Tree Hugger" because there was a picture, or some sort of clue.  Also, both the words "tree" and "hugger" are pretty easily decodable if she could find a chunk she knew inside each word (for example "hug" inside of "hugger.)  

    Honestly, do not push her to try to read words she thinks she cannot.  I strongly suggest you read Mem Fox's book Reading Magic.  It's a book about reading aloud to children and supporting them in developing early literacy skills in a fun, non-stressful way.  The best way you can support your daughter is to make reading a pleasurable thing.  Leave the "pushing" to her teacher. :-)  It sounds like your daughter is off to a great start.

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  • ilovemygirlsilovemygirls member

    Thanks for both replies.  For kara, how you explained she read the 'tree hugger' was *exactly* like that- there was a tree on the shirt.  I appreciate this wisdom from a 1st grade teacher.  I tend to not push on things like that and almost think that sometimes I should do more of that.  However, your insight gave me the perspective that we're probably on the right track with this. 

    I'm mostly just curious of when it "clicks" and they start reading more independently. (Obviously, different for each child)  I love reading and I'm just excited for her to start doing it herself! 

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  • sweetsurrender9sweetsurrender9 member
    We started with the Step Into Reading series, because it has a lot of modern characters, like Wall*E.  SS was (and still is) a reluctant reader, so we chose what he liked.  https://www.randomhouse.com/kids/books/step/books/books_step1/


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  • neverblushedneverblushed member

    My DD was pretty confident from the get-go with reading.

    But with my son it's been different.  He's been reading for almost a year, and he just got to the point where I'd say he's fluent enough to truly read independently.

    I encouraged him by modeling how to sound out longer words by breaking them down into syllables or parts.  I would sound out the first syllable and then pause, to see if he could figure out what the rest of the word was from the context of the sentence or based on the picture clues.  If he didn't have a guess, I'd read tougher words for him until he was more confident.

    It worked, because now he is much better at decoding multi-syllable words.

    High School English teacher and mom of 2 kids:

    DD, born 9/06/00 -- 12th grade
    DS, born 8/25/04 -- 7th grade
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