I know thats not a big deal in unschooling circles, but Im beginning to think my DD is suffering a bit with low self-esteem & Ive begun to think its related to her difficulty in learning to read.
Ive always wanted to follow their lead developmentally for learning to read and write. DD has shown no interest whatsoever in learning to read until she turned 6. She asked me to help her with it & I have, but she has found it so hard. Phonics just dont click with her & so we've gone down a more 'whole word' approach. We are more unschooling than anything, though I dont like to label what we do.
DD is very clued up, very bright & she has noticed that all her younger cousins can read, plus also her brother, who is a year younger seems to find reading much easier than her.
Obviously I try to build up her confidence & emphasise all the things she is good at. She is very creative and also very 'sporty'. She is in a swimming group with children 3 years or older than her for example, so its not like shes not achieving anything.
I am finding her behaviour very 'oppositional' atm, she has always been string willed and independant but right now everything feels like a battle with her. If I say black she says white, on EVERYTHING. She is refusing to read atall now and so Im just leaving it atm. I have totally gone at her pace, but there are times when she asks me to teach her to read, but then when we get down to it, she just refuses to do it. Ive tried every approach, games, workbooks, reading eggs etc I dont know how but shes managed to get so far up on reading eggs, but yet some days she cannot read CVC words like 'dog', even though she could read those words months ago.
I feel so crap about it & Im beginning to think Ive done her a real disservice.
I read to her everyday, she loves me reading to her. Her comprehension level is very good, she is a bright girl.
Im really looking for advice from unschoolers who have gone through this and might have some words of wisdom and experience for me.
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Almost 7 year old not really reading
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homeedmama · 12/02/2013 18:42
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