TKDmom Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 His reading comprehension is great, but when he reads out load, he stumbles over his words a lot. Do you use anything in particular for reading practice? I was looking at McGuffey's readers, and I like how it's laid out, but I'm not a fan of outdated language and stories in my curriculum. I may just start having him buddy-read with we when I read aloud to him, but I'm curious if there's anything specifically tailored to practicing elocution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 Do you read a religious text as a family? Does your child hear you and others reading it? Are there quality audio recordings of the text? Children also learn to read aloud by listening to OTHERS read aloud, as they follow along in a text. Providing top quality audios and a matching text will help, even if your child doesn't utter a sound himself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TKDmom Posted March 5, 2013 Author Share Posted March 5, 2013 Do you read a religious text as a family? Does your child hear you and others reading it? Are there quality audio recordings of the text? Children also learn to read aloud by listening to OTHERS read aloud, as they follow along in a text. Providing top quality audios and a matching text will help, even if your child doesn't utter a sound himself. We do read scriptures every night (well most nights) as a family. We take turns reading verse or two and go around the circle two or three times. Ds does not have any trouble understanding or pronouncing even the KJV language. His problem seems to be that he reads faster than he can talk. And then he loses his place. And he stutters a lot, which is painful to listen to. I try to gently remind him to slow down and focus on each word. I've noticed that he stutters the most on easy words that are two or three words before a difficult word. So I think he's trying to decode the difficult words ahead of time and gets stuck repeating the first sound of the word preceding it. He does listen to audio books (and read-alouds), but he prefers not to follow along. Maybe I need to start requiring that he follow along so he can get his eyes used to moving at a read-aloud pace. I'm not totally sure that's the solution though. I typically read a sentence or two ahead of where I am reading out loud to the kids. If I'm especially interested in the story, I will get too far ahead of myself and lose my place. ds just isn't as good at multitasking as I am. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Reis Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 Does he normally stutter? My son reads well, but his stutter gets in the way of reading aloud fluently. His SLP suggested that we read aloud in unison, which has really helped. It might be worth a try? Poetry has also worked well, because I can have him reread sections without having to pause a story. Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 Have you tried having him practice the same short piece a few times? Offer feedback if he is repeating the same mistake and model the proper way to read the piece. Less in more sometimes. A short piece. An easy piece. Repeated until done correctly. Some things just take more practice, and will come in time. Most children who grow up reading and hearing scripture read aloud will figure it out on their own even without direct instruction. Never mind being younger, but male brains usually struggle to multitask as well as female brains. I would try to get him to follow along in the text while listening to audio books a little more often. Even just listening without reading along is of some value, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandra Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 A few ideas Reading a piece with ds, model proper pacing for him, repeating. Memorizing poetry. Recording ds, so he can hear what he really sounds like. We use NotesPlus app on an iPad to record. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TKDmom Posted March 5, 2013 Author Share Posted March 5, 2013 Does he normally stutter? My son reads well, but his stutter gets in the way of reading aloud fluently. His SLP suggested that we read aloud in unison, which has really helped. It might be worth a try? Poetry has also worked well, because I can have him reread sections without having to pause a story. Rob No, he doesn't normally stutter. Only when reading. It's particularly noticeable when reading poetry. We started having poetry tea time with a couple other people, and it's painful when it's his turn. Maybe I'm just more sensitive to it with other people are around. And maybe he's more nervous. I like the idea of having him read more poetry aloud. It's nice and short and wouldn't be frustrating to repeat when he's alone with me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TKDmom Posted March 5, 2013 Author Share Posted March 5, 2013 Have you tried having him practice the same short piece a few times? Offer feedback if he is repeating the same mistake and model the proper way to read the piece. Less in more sometimes. A short piece. An easy piece. Repeated until done correctly. No, but that's a great idea. I would try to get him to follow along in the text while listening to audio books a little more often. Even just listening without reading along is of some value, though. Thanks for the ideas! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoundAbout Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 My son and I practice reading aloud daily by alternating pages on a book of his choice. This way I'm modeling on the same text. It has really helped bring expression to his reading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarkd Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 Our library and a couple local org. Have k9 reading pals programs, you might want to ask around your community. Have himread aloud to audiobooks. My last suggestion is a little weird. He could do some kid karaoke (sp?). It would provide a reading rhythm and the words on the screen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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