happycc Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 I have a daughter who seems to sigh when reading out loud....Almost as if she doesn't have enough breath or energy to make it through a sentence. She has been doing it forever. She is now 9yrs old in 4th grade. It is our 1st year homeschooling her. What is it? A tic, stress, not knowing how to breathe, her asthma what? It really disrupts her fluency and drives me crazy. When she talks she kind of sings. Like her voice goes up at the end of sentences or she prolongs a word. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagira Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 I'm not sure about the singing, but the breathing in between words.. ds8 does this. I explain to him he can breathe after the word, but it only marginally helps. I ought to record him reading aloud one time. It's like he doesn't know the right time to breathe. He stutters sometimes, but much less than before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracy Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 Maybe she doesn't know to breath at the pauses (periods, commas, etc.) It can take some work to get that down. I sometimes think I can make it to the end of a sentence before needing a breath and then I don't make it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love My Life x4 Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 My oldest is 8 and in 3rd grade and she does this too. It's like she doesn't know when to breathe while reading. She is constantly pausing between words in a sentence to catch her breath. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotSoObvious Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 Assuming there isn't some health or neuro problem, it's most likely that she just needs to practice reading aloud. She probably didn't have a lot of practice in school, especially compared to what she'll have now. My daughter did weird things while reading aloud when I brought her home after 2nd grade (even though she's always been a great reader). After a few months of me reading aloud, having her read aloud to me, and me modeling passages for her, she improved. I wouldn't worry too much about it. Just practice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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