Getting Back to Basics
Teaching my first daughter how to read was a breeze. I just read to her on a regular basis, used the Scholastic Reading Program , Leap Frog videos and a bit of whimsy and she got it. My second daughter is having a more difficult time with reading. I think part of it is because she thinks that once she can read on her own she won't be read to anymore. Another reason probably has to do with her little brother. Although she's never been actively jealous of him, she may not be ready to fully transition to being a big girl. The cyberschool program that she's been in this past year has helped, but she's still not fluent yet. So, I've just been weighing options. Alaya is an "independent" learner. Independent in her case means she wants to tell me what she's learned, not have me ask her questions or apply any type of pressure. (I shudder to imagine her as a teenager - lol!) Where Jade would sit there and try to figure out the words as I read, Alaya is happie...