How do I teach my little brother to Read?
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Make little pictures of each letter of the alphabet then make up a sound to go with each one. Example A can be a mental picture of ants running over your hand. Once you have built up a fun way to remember the sound of each letter, you can begin to join the sounds together to form words. Have fun!
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first find out what grade level they are reading on by giving them a test i forget what it is called and then find out what they have trouble on (i.e. vowels, long e, etc.) once you have found that out then you can focus on it and in the areas where they are struggling you could come up with a game to help them out and to kinda keep it on a consistant basis.
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The same way a child does. There is an excellent phonics curriculum put out by Abeka. I taught my children how to read at home using it. It's easy and it works!
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learn to read and write first....
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Depending on the age of the child in question I reccomend either rosetta stone or Learnables. Rosetta stone is best for older children and teens. Learnables is great for elementary school students because there is no reading involved. It is all picture/audio based.\nwww.rosettastone.com\nwww.learnables.com
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m+m the best thing you can do is contact adult education at your local Board of Education.  They have programs that start with people who can not read, write or spell.  I know people who have done it and go on to be able to enter college or trade school.  Anything you do along that line will help you greatly.  If you know someone who has the time try to get them to help.  If you really do not want to share your problem with anyone, get the leapster type things that young children use to get started learning.  They can be found in toy departments.  Good luck and God Bless you for wanting to learn.
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a wonderful website that teaches prek- 2nd grade reading skills\nstarfall.com  give it a try and see what you think, entertaining and both my boys enjoy it as a daily part of their reading lesson.
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Make sure your daughter understands the alphabet and what sound(s) each letter makes.  Then use a basic book and read it with her.  You can read one page and she can read the next.  If she is stuck on a word, instead of telling her the word, help her sound it out.  Another strategy to tell her is to look at the pictures to figure out what the word might be.  I hope this helps.
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Only if someone teaches me how to read
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he sounds like a typical 6-year old boy.  patience.  read to him and have him read to you every night.
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Start with picture modules for vocabulary, and have the child read books that speak directly about the pictures they contain (Pre-Primer/Level A/etc.). Use flash cards, word-picture matching, etc. to increase word recognition speed. To build speaking vocabulary, do lots of acting-out practice with verbs (e.g. "walk," "see," etc.). Children learning a second language learn just like an infant learning a primary language... first, basic nouns/verbs; next, comprehension of the overall idea in longer statements through noun/verb recognition, sound cadence, and context; later, adjectives and adverb modifiers... Then verb conjugations, article use, complex grammar patterns, etc.\n\nAlso, model reading to the student...in my school we use big books, through 5th grade (content is at grade level, it's just a "big book" so that the whole class can see it easily). Make sure to point out nouns and verbs in the picture as you read the text aloud.\n\nSo start with those Pre-primer (picture-text exact match) books -- your school (system) should have some excellent non-fiction for the early elementary kids, so check with a K-2 teacher or your Title I office. \n\nAdditionally, phonics decoding is a nightmare for the ELL student, because there are so many spelling patterns due to English being a mish-mash of several different languages (did you know the letter "s" has 3 sounds? example: sun, is, sure). Get yourself training in Orton-Gillingham or another complex phonics approach that addresses ALL the spelling combinations, not just the first couple of primary patterns.
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Read! Read! Read!\n\nNovels, Short stories, Kids books.\n\nRetell some stories in your own words.\n\nImprovise on the stories you have read.\n\nThis is the start.
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Mine just turned 4 and he is reading a little.  I bought him a Leapster L-Max for Christmas and it's really good and he reads because he wants to know what to do next.  However, it may be a bad idea for me to let him get too far ahead and then go to a public school where he'll be bored going through the basic steps and probably start causing trouble.\n\nKindergarten is where they begin to learn the basics of reading and have enough knowledge to form words.  So No.
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Lots of practise using lots of different methods. Have it written on all his stuff so he recognises it. Write it on paper with him using pens, textas, crayons, paint etc. Get magnetic letters and practise spelling it out on the fridge. Get pavement chalk and write it on the concrete. Spell it out using alphabet cookies.\nYou can dot out the letters and he/she can trace over them.\nYou could hold his hand and help him form letters and "Skywrite" them.\nJust practise doing it lots of different ways. Make it fun and make it frequent but in short sessions so you don't tire him / her out and you don't make him / her resistant to your attempts.\nYour child has to want to do it or they will not succeed.\nFinally, if it's just not happening maybe he/ she is not ready yet and just give them a little time before you start trying again.
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Book certficates!!  They can choose what they want, or better, take them to the book store, and find out what they like, and get them a book each.  (it may be easier on your budget!)  \nGet them interested in reading, and finding the best book they like would help them.
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If you have a good library try "Five In A Row". My girls are enjoying it. This is a literature based program that teaches Social Studies, Language, Art, Math and Science. I would suggest adding another math program and a phonics program. \n I also like using "Teach Your Child to Read In 100 Easy Lessons"  for phonics. This can be bought at Walmart On-line. \nFor additional math I use Alpha Omega Lifepac but there are MANY to chose from. \n3Moms.com is great for encouragement and they have a bundle of sample lessons so you can see what is best for your family to use. \nFor extra work I like to use www.schoolexpress.com. They have a variety of free printable worksheets on many subjects.\nA fun on-line place to learn is www.factmonster.com.\nAnother fun and educational free place to learn to read is Starfall.com\nI have been home schooling for 6 years and every year I find something new and exciting from my searches. Another great place to search on the web to find any answer is www.ask.com. Ask Jeeves finds specific web sites for your specific question.
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This is a common problem.  There are many ways you can help her improve her reading comprehension.\n\nThe first step is to get her in the habit of "previewing" the book before she reads it.  Have her look at the front cover, the title, and the pictures.  Ask her what she thinks the story will be about, who the characters will be, etc..  That gets her mind ready to read.\n\nNext, on each page have her look at the picture BEFORE she reads the text.  Ask her to tell you what is going on the picture, and what she notices.  This will give her some more specific idea of what she's going to read on that page, before she even reads it.\n\nAfter she reads the page, ask her to tell back to you what happened on that page.  Check to see how much detail she is able to recall.  Is she getting the overall picture, but leaving out details?  That's good.  Or is she remembering specific, small details, but not putting them into context or getting the big picture?  Or is she not remembering anything at all?  If her retell of that one page is incomplete, have her read it again.\n\nAs she proceeds through the book, she should to a "picture tell back" for every picture, and she should do a retell after each and every page.  This will help you monitor her comprehension as you go.  Don't ask her specific questions to prompt her to retell.  Just ask, "what happened on that page?"  Then nod and listen.  If the retelling is incomplete or incorrect, encourage her to re-read and retell again.  As she gets into the habit of retelling, it will improve her concentration and comprehension.  Knowing that you have to retell forces you to pay attention to the story.\n\nAt the same time, you do need to ask certain questions to promote her involvement in the story. For example, ask her to make predictions about what's going to happen next.  Then encourage her to read and find out if her prediction was correct.  Ask her to make connections between the book and her own life.  For example, "Do you think you would like to eat green eggs and ham?  Has anyone every tried to make you eat something you didn't want to?"  Etc.\n\nYou can also incorporate fun activities in with the reading of a book, to encourage her interest and involvement in the story.  For example, you could stop reading before the end, put down the book, and write your own endings to the story (with your own illustrations, too, of course).  Or you could act out different parts of the story together.  When you finish reading, you could encourage your daughter to draw a picture showing what she thinks happened to the characters after the story ended.\n\nThe important thing to remember is to teach her to monitor her comprehension as she goes.  You can even demonstrate it for her.  Read a page aloud, then stop and say, "What happened on this page was...  wait a minute... I don't remember!  I better read it again."  Then read it again and retell it out loud.  Encourage her to always do that on her own.  Because if you can't retell the story out loud in your own words, then you aren't really reading.