CHILD GENIUS: HOW TO HELP A CHILD TO START READING EARLY EVEN AT AGE 2
Important Things to Consider When Helping Your Child Read Is your child reading books that are too difficult ? Children who are weak at reading want to be better. They tend to choose books that are too difficult for them and pretend they are better than they really are. It can be very difficult to get across to a child that this won't help him improve. Many, many times I have seen children just looking at the pictures while pretending to read. This is a complete waste of time for school aged children who should be reading independently. 'High interest, low skill' books are often presented to children who are struggling with reading. They usually appear very simple to an adult but, in fact, many of these books are much too difficult. When the child's reading doesn't improve, the conclusion is often that there's something wrong with him. Now of course it is sensible to investigate the possibility of learning disabilities, but test results often show ...