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Many Homeschoolers are Delayed Readers Too

Inside: Ways to inspire your late reader. {Plus free cheatsheet}

All FIVE of our sons were delayed Learners

#1 Son

  • Didn’t talk until he was four
  • Couldn’t read until he was six
  • Wouldn’t drive until he turned 19…

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Don’t Panic if Your Kids Can’t Read Yet

Last week I couldn’t find him.
 
I was walking all over our new home looking for our youngest son.
No matter how many times I called his name, he didn’t answer.
 
Just about the time I started to be concerned, I saw him out of the corner of my eye; buried in a bean bag, snuggling with the dog and reading.
 
READING!
 
This may not seem like a big deal to you, but the boy was almost ten and hadn’t jumped into the world of stories on his own.
 
I wasn’t concerned. 
 

All five of our sons were reluctant readers in the beginning.

 
But our youngest?
 
He was the most reluctant yet.
He  never really picked up a book on his own… until that day…
 
Got kids who just can’t read, don’t want to read, or are struggling? Don’t panic…Just keep reading aloud to them.

What can you do to tickle their desire to pick up books?

  • Grab an exciting book and suddenly “Stop Reading” at an extremely exciting part.
  • Leave them hanging in stories.
  • Talk to them about the books you are reading.
  • Give them access to books, lots and lots of book.
  • Gather books that are below their reading level and have them “hanging around”.
  • You, mom, pick up children’s literature and read silently to yourself. Let your kids see that there are no age-appropriate kid’s books. Help them see that a good book is simply that, a good book.
 
 
 
Even though we took a very laid back approach to teaching this guy to read, I was still shocked when the lightbulb finally came on.
 
His progress from zero to a million miles an hour?
 
FIRST, he fell in love with the Magic Tree House Series. As a matter of fact he has read 1-2 books every day until he completed all the book in the house.
 
Next, he just kept going. After the first 20-ish books were devoured, he began reaching for bigger and bigger books.
 
Fast forward to today… He reads no less than 2 hours a day, has the HIGHEST reading comprehension out of all the boys in our family, and is an amazing writer.
 
 
Do you have a reluctant reader?
Keep reading to them.
Supply them with lots of books.
Visit the library. Often.
Leave ’em hanging in a story.
Just never give up. They will read.
Never make it a negative, reading is fun.
 

The only thing that matters is THAT they learn to read.
 

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