Working with Struggling ReadersStruggling readers can be frustrating!Teaching struggling readers requires patience and perseverance for both teachers and parents alike... As you work with your struggling child, it can sometimes feel like you still have so far to climb...and you seem to be moving so slowly! You want to help, but you know that you should let your child (or student) learn to read--by himself! Working with kids that struggle can be very difficult. I have a nephew that has really struggled to read. I admire his parents for all the work they've done to help him improve his reading abilities.
If you are working with a child that is really having a hard time reading, check out Reading Rockets. They are a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping parents, teachers, and kids. They have excellent articles on helping struggling readers and articles on various learning disabilities as well. Families with a child who is having difficulty, are all struggling together! Activities for Struggling ReadersThe most important thing you can do to help your child is to read to them!While reading to a child is very important, it's not everything. A child who is working hard to read, without success, needs other approaches. In fact, a child who is having difficulty generally needs the same reading activities as other children. In addition, children with disabilities may need these activities to be modified or intensified for maximum benefit. Keep the questions simple and help them find the answers. For example, "Do you think the girl is happy or sad? Look at her face. Is she crying?" This teaches them to look for clues in the pictures and later the text. A reading activity that helps with this is to give the child a newspaper page, or magazine page and have them highlight or color all the words that look the same as your sample word. For example, ask them to circle all the words that are "MAN" or "THE." Motivating Struggling ReadersNo one really likes to do things that are hard for us. At some point, we all get frustrated by difficult challenges. But before you get too stressed out about motivating your child, you might want to read reluctant readers.Here are a few suggestions for motivating readers that come from kids themselves!
As you work with your child, remember to do your best to keep learning fun and make reading a happy activity. Support your child's efforts, use appropriate strategies for struggling readers and be patient with your child. With a little time and effort, your child will be reading as well as anyone else his age. Struggling Readers to Get Children Reading Struggling Readers to Childrens Books
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