Child do not like to read books

[hquek]

For 3yr, sentence only books are too tough for them. It propabaly looks like what a music score looks to me…full of black ants.


Ds2’s kindy teacher told me that for age 4, there should not be more than few sentences in it. Even for ds1 (now p1), I’ll alternate between deeper stuff (eg spider wick chronicles) and lighter fare (shoo rayner books).

Most impt is not to let the child fear books. That’ll really be a cause for concern.

[Nebbermind]

Oppsgal:

3 years old. Only read one word book with pictures. Try giving a sentence book, run away. :faint: hard time getting child to read.

:stupid: :stupid: :stupid:

[atutor2001]

I observed that most kids with parents in the academic field tend to do well in language. Further kaypohing found that those with parents who read a lot share the same trait. Maybe it is the environment. If babies see their parents reading everyday then books will become a part of them naturally. So mahybe instead of reading to our kids, we should "pretend" to be reading everyday.

[Oppsgal]

I pretend to sleep to get my kid to nap. :rotflmao:

[Flowermonaster]

Oppsgal:

I pretend to sleep to get my kid to nap. :rotflmao:

I did that before too trying to get my DS to take his afternoon nap. After a while it didnt work anymore. :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:

[ConcernedDaddy]

My wife reads to DS in a very animated manner. Every now and then, she will pause and ask him questions. Or ask him to point out stuff in the illustrations. He becomes very engaged and loves his bedtime stories!

[michyms]

Oopsgal, I really do not expect many 3 year olds to be willing to sit down and read a book, or one with sentences... your child is still young - give her more time. Meanwhile read to her

[tamarind]

Hi Oppsgal,

At 3 years old, you should start by teaching phonics. Then continue by teaching sight words using graded readers. A child who has a strong foundation in phonics, will be able to learn to read very quickly, and will also be able to spell effortlessly. Both my kids do not need to spend time learning their spelling lists in primary school.

Check out my blog about how to teach phonics and sight words :

http://tamarindphonics.blogspot.com/2008/08/how-to-teach-phonics.html

[sunset_dae]

Hi Tamarind


Long time never email you! My 4 year old son is able to read P & J 4B by him ownself now! He is also reading Usborne Early Reader Level 2 books!
I didnt send him for proper phonics classes, except those card which i make, following yr blog. Is that sufficient enough? Im worried about his grammer and tenses..

tamarind:

Hi Oppsgal,
At 3 years old, you should start by teaching phonics. Then continue by teaching sight words using graded readers. A child who has a strong foundation in phonics, will be able to learn to read very quickly, and will also be able to spell effortlessly. Both my kids do not need to spend time learning their spelling lists in primary school.

Check out my blog about how to teach phonics and sight words :

http://tamarindphonics.blogspot.com/2008/08/how-to-teach-phonics.html

[icemountain]

atutor2001:

I observed that most kids with parents in the academic field tend to do well in language. Further kaypohing found that those with parents who read a lot share the same trait. Maybe it is the environment. If babies see their parents reading everyday then books will become a part of them naturally. So mahybe instead of reading to our kids, we should \"pretend\" to be reading everyday.

I'm not in the academic field but I'm a bona fide bookaholic. At home, I'm most likely found with a book on my knee. My 5 year old does the same thing once she's home from school. When my younger one naps, we'd spend 2 hours of pure pleasure, lost in our books.

We trawl bookstores as well as libraries every week. Once in a blue moon, she doesn't feel like school, we'd lay in bed and read the morning away.

My house is stacked with far more books than toys and I'm constantly searching for new reads, for adults and children.

Consequently, my elder one picked up reading very easily, with basic phonics taught to her. At 5, she's completed a couple of unabridged children's classics by herself. All I have to do is nudge them in her direction and suggest she reads a couple of chapters to see if she wants to go on. More often than not, she does. I help her with hard words if she asks, otherwise I leave her alone.

What I did consistently is read to her every day, even though she can read by herself now. I cultivated the habit of nap/bedtime reading when she was a wee babe so by 2, she could sit for an hour with me, begging me to read book after book. She still does the same now, begging to read one more chapter before I turn out the lights.

3 years old is still v young IMO, I didn't bother to teach mine at that age and she surprised me when I realised she COULD read at age of 4, and very well too. In the early years, cultivating the love of literature is far far more important than teaching them to read as early as possible.

My theory is if they love the world of books, they'd be motivated to learn how to read for themselves.

Read to them, read in front of them, read every single day.