Daria

Learning to Read

Just finished this series: Sold a Story produced by APM.

The problem: grade school students can’t read and schools are not teaching them. The podcast series goes very in depth into the history of the science of reading, various strategies to teach reading and why our kids are not learning. Turns out, it’s not them: it’s us. The reading programs many districts use are deeply flawed.

I can write more but don’t want to give it away. Give it a listen. Especially if you have kids of the age that are just starting to learn to read (kindergarten to elementary).

Pic: a library visit today with R, and some books we checked out.

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Daria

Mother, teacher, partner, friend. I love coffee, books, and travel with and without kids. I dislike exercise. Nothing glamorous here but do have moments of insight.

5 responses to “Learning to Read”

Lisa’s Yarns

November 14, 2024

I listened to that podcast when it first came out and thought it was so well done – and so upsetting. I had listened to it when we were touring Paul’s school before he went to K so I asked about their approach to teaching reading and they did not use the cueing approach. So that was a relief. Paul took to reading so easily. I hope for the same for Taco but he is struggling with letter recognition or just not interested? I am trying not to compare them though.

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Noemj

November 14, 2024

I’ll definitely listen to this. Thanks for the reco. It’s crazy how far back the pendulum is swinging on this. I hope they find an effective way to teach kids to read. It’s so, so important.
Oh and I’ve been listening to the ADHD playlist you mentioned. I love it! And I’ve shared it with both my kids. I hope they try it too.

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Tina

November 14, 2024

I will have to listen to this, I’ve been concerned about nation wide reading levels for quite some time. My grandson had the hardest time with reading and I had the hardest time working with him on it because of the way he was taught. Honestly, I will admit to being infuriated and knew there had to be a better way. I understand not all children learn the same way but I thought the way he was being taught was wrong in all ways. I had many rants and discussions about this with my daughter because I was the one working with him. He wouldn’t work with her and knew how to push every button, so they asked me to help. I would like to think some of the things I taught him actually helped him, but I’m afraid I probably confused him more. English is a horrible language to learn because there are rules, but there are more exceptions to the rules than anyone can remember. Sorry, this is one of my major pet peeves and I can get on a soapbox and rant all day.

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Diane

November 15, 2024

I listened to Sold a Story and it was really eye-opening because I certainly saw the methods they were talking about with my own kids. I find it interesting right now because I have one kid who was a late reader (well into 1st grade) and a second kid who is in a language immersion program who taught himself to read in English even though we were told not to teach him to read in English so that he could learn to read in French first. I don’t think there’s one method for reading that works for EVERY kid, and especially when I think of learning to read in Chinese, it’s interesting to think about how the brain works in regards to learning to read.

Have you listened to Nice White Parents? It’s also a fascinating look into public school education and school systems. I’d be so interested to hear what you think.

I hope you scratchy throat is better!

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Tobia | craftaliciousme

November 15, 2024

I had no idea there are different ways on how to learn how to read. I never thought about it. and I wonder if it is a US problem that reading levels are dropping or a global problem.

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