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my 1year old has probelm reading comprehending and understanding what the teacher tells her

my 6year old who is in 1st grade having problem reading and understanding and comprehending her class work and the teacher gets upset with her when she stay too long on her work what can i do to help her.

Question applies to ages: 6

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Top 5 in: Discipline, Families and Relationships, Growth and Development, Learning Styles, Manners and Values, Parenting Support, Parents and SchoolsTop 5 in 7 Topics		 Kids tend to develop at their own pace--something that is a challenge in classrooms that are tied to a curriculum which they have to get everyone through.

How is your daughter's reading at home? Does she understand books that you read to her? Do you discuss stories after you've read them and pose "what if" questions that can help her read more into stories? If you do, how does she do with you?

The answers to those questions might help you determine whether the problem is one with the classroom format and how the instruction is being presented or with your daughter's abilities and skills at this point in time. The way you can best help her might depend on which of those two things it is.

Were I in your shoes, I would also ask for a meeting with the teacher as soon as possible to get the teacher's input on what he/she thinks the problem is. Explain to the teacher that your daughter is feeling frustrated and is having difficulty keeping up. Ask what she is going to be teaching next and whether there is something you can do to prepare your daughter for that learning.

Sometimes with reading, there can be a "click" moment in which a child goes from really struggling to being fluent. I know my son went from not being able to read at all at the beginning of first grade to being a very fluent advanced reader by the end of first grade. We didn't intervene with him at all. He had told us he wasn't going to learn to read until he was 7, so we sat back and waited. Sure enough, that's what he did.

That said, the lack of pressure may have helped him. If your daughter is experiencing a lot of pressure at school, the reading may not be fun or enjoyable. It may be that you'll have to provide the fun and enjoyment at home to give her the motivation.

Good luck!

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Mother of a 10-year-old, former drama instructor
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