My little brother has difficulties with his reading. Does anybody have any advices or know some ways to help?
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Dont worry over a course of time it gets corrected.,\nI dont know whther it is because the language itself is a problem . That is he has to read in English medium whereas hiw mother tongue is say TAMIL. What I am hinting at is if he is unable to comprehend easily what he is reading then naturally it is slow.\nTry to read aloud and ask him to repeat. Daily do the same pages with him. Within a week you would find remarkable change .That is what is easily byhearted can be repeated just by a look at the lines. Both mind and eye work here .\nThese are simple practical ways. Do it several times for all subjects for a year or so. He would shine very soon. Get him the type of story books he likes to read.
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A friend of a friend of mine (unreliable, I know) had reading comprehension problems.  After a number of tests, they discovered that the problem stemmed from a sort of sensory overload.  The solution was for her to read text through a red filter.  It sounds a little wacky to me, but if it worked, that's kind of cool.  I hope that helps some.
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Whatever your level of education in the language, the first thing you should do to help your little brother learn french is to pay attention to him for at least fifteen minutes at the days he has french at school. Ask him to bring you his book and you can see what he is learning. Since you may have passed that stage before as him certain questions like Cat Chat. If your pronounciation is not good. Get flash cards and let him write the words next to the picture. Sit with him to listen to adorable programmes such as Dora at 7am weekdays and or 8am on the weekends. I\nfind that children learn much better with support from someone else no matter much the helper knows. Of course its even greater if you  know a lot.
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Check into the book Reading Reflex. A child needs to have a strong ability to decode the words before being able to understand what s/he's reading.\n\nIf I'm understanding you, she needs more practice in blending sounds together? You can just play games on the side to encourage the blending of sounds together. Example: "I'm thinking of a word with the sounds /k/ /a/ /t/ [say the sounds, not the letter names]. Can you guess what the word is?" The above book has different activities and things to help.
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To be honest the best way to help your child is to take them to the local library and borrow learning books. It will teach your child to appreciate books and there are so many stories and authors to choose from they will be spoilt for choice.\n\nI taught my children using the leap pad thing. It is expensive but I am sure you can pick one up second hand on ebay or somewhere like that.\n\nThere is a site called letterland which is what they use a lot in England. It shows you how to form each letter and they can be remembered easily because each letter has a character. \nThe internet is great for getting information, but you are the only one really that can help them. Take your time, be patient and take it at their pace.\nI also labelled lots of things around the house for a while and it didn't take my children long to read and spell most of the words. It can look messy with lots of post it notes everywhere but they come away easily and if it helps your child, so what!!!!\n\nGood luck x\n\nhttp://www.letterland.com/index.html
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this may sound weird but tell them to read backwards...literally.  My mom had a student who was highly dyslexic but when she told him to read from the back of a sentence he read it perfectly.
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Take him to the doctor, have his hearing checked, if he is making grunting noises and such, there may be something that is blocking his hearing like water in the ear canal and or his vocal ability, Best to learn now and get him help, speaking and hearing adds so much to being able to comprehend the world around you.\n\nYou may want to consider the possibility of autism.  Children with autism often lose their words they previously had such as baba, mama, dada, and etc. around age 2 to 3. \nPut up phrases and words all around your house on flashcards, read them with him, see if he'll try to mimick what you are reading, or try to sound out the words with you.\n\nGood Luck
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Maybe these will help...\n\nhttp://www.carolhurst.com/\nhttp://www.literacytrust.org.uk/pubs/readerindex.html\nhttp://www.reachforreading.com/\nhttp://www.lessonplans.com
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The best way is to relate all topics (holistic approach), for instance, depending on the age, let them do their own small books, let them do some short anecdotes using the computer, word recognition is possible to sing some songs and recognize words, let them write words in sand boxes.\n\n____________________________________\nNeed help or advise? Elektronic help online is the solution !\nMessenger: fxgonzal@hotmail.com\nCheap rates by the hour.
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There are so many great web sites out now that help to teach kids to learn to read - www.starfall.com is the best we have found so far.  Such a good site, my little girl (5)taught herself to read (much as your son taught himself english) using this site.  \n\nI think as homeschoolers we find that there are lots of fun ways to learn anything!  For more web sites, just search on yahoo for 'online reading games for kids'.  There really are a ton of sites (and so good software titles you can buy in stores) and I am sure a couple will spark your son's interest.
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Do you know how some people are dyslexic, where they have trouble reading?  I am an adult who has always had a terrible time with anything that has numbers in it.  No one tested way back when I was in school but they do now.  Have your child tested, they will find out if he needs some help.  In some cases they will give him extra time to finish his math exams.  Some people need to take "open book" tests.  I am one of those people.  I have always excelled at reading, math was a nightmare.  I studied so hard, and as long as the book was open, and I could see the formula to finish the math problem I was okay.  The second the book closed I had no idea what to do.  It is good to know now if there is a problem, because it kept me away from getting more education.  If I had been tested they could have helped me, I would have gone for a four year degree.  Good luck to you and your son.  You are a good mom.
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How old is your child???\n\nI recommend something that will enhance their creativity, I've seen toys like that but I don't know what they're called. Try getting your child to paint or draw, you don't really need expensive toys to enhance his/her intelligence.\n\nYes! reading works! It would be great if your child was around 1 or 2 years old, coz they absorb everything! \n\nI remember as a child being read to, so as I grew up I read more and more, and became faster at it and became good in english.\n\nDon't let your child stay in front of the TV for a long time ^___^
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It sounds like he desperately needs a trained Gifted Education teacher to provide him with adequate supports.\n\nThis sort of problem is common in the Gifted, and most regular education teachers don't have the training to handle it effectively. Are you living in a state where Gifted education is under the special education umbrella? If so, get him in for an IEP immediately. If not, look up your state DOE gifted education policies, and get him help.\n\nhttp://www.hoagiesgifted.org/underachiever.htm\n\nhttp://www.metagifted.org/topics/gifted/underachievement/\n\nhttp://www.brainy-child.com/expert/gifted-underachiever.shtml\n\nhttp://www.kidsource.com/kidsource/content/underachieving_gifted.html\n\nhttp://www.medem.com/MedLB/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZEW4HOBAC&sub_cat=18
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If he DOES NOT "see" the letters correctly, that is NOT just dyslexia. It is probably because he also needs visual therapy through an occupational therapist and/or vision specialist. Ask a local OT working with the public schools about who they recommend for the diagnosis and therapy plan (usually an opthamologist, but not every opthamologist has the correct training for this).\n\nhttp://www.vision-therapy.com/About_Vision.htm\n\nhttp://www.memorialhospital.org/OccupationalTherapy.htm\n\nhttp://www.hollywoodvision.com/html/vision_therapy.html\n\nHere are some simple activities for you to do while you are waiting on the diagnosis and therapy plan:\nhttp://www.turningpointtechnology.com/Software/TF/Eye%20Track%20Software.htm\n\nContinue to provide phonics instruction. If you have the proper training for LD phonics remediation, you also know that there is a developmental "click" or "leap" that occurs. The constant exposure to phonics means that he'll suddenly be able to apply it, and show a huge gain in his reading level over only a couple of months, WHEN HE IS READY PHYSIOLOGICALLY.\n\nIf he is having vision issues, teach him the phonics rules through oral recitiation while you do the exercises the OT or vision specialist give you. Don't forget to keep building on his knowledge, starting with "vowel plus consonant is short," all the way up to the three sounds of "s", the five sounds of "ough," etc., even if he's not visually perceiving the letters at that point. Take it slow... the more advanced rules may not be something you hit until next year.\n\nYou should also have him play "catch" with you (start with a soft, larger ball like a kickball), do very simple (preschool) mazes and gradually work up in difficulty (VERY gradually), etc. My guess is that when he attempts a maze, he can't make heads or tails of it right now.
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i am trying to help teach a person to read and wright.......
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Hello, I helped you with your first question. I wanted to send you a private email, but you don't have that feature enabled.\n\nhttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/NLD-In-Common/  This is a message board of mostly parents that have kids with Nonverbal Learning Disorder (NLD).  Nothing on the site is hard to read.\n\nThis is probably the best site on it with the most articles, which are grouped by level of reading difficulty:\nhttp://www.nldontheweb.org/\n\nAlso check out www.nldkids.org.\n\nA good book is called Raising NLD Superstars ( I cannot remember the author but can find it if you are stuck) and The Sourcebook for Nonverbal Disabilities.  You can try looking on amazon or half.com to find these cheap. They are hard to find at the library.\n\nIf you send me an email, I can help you a whole lot more as I am very familiar with this disorder.  Best wishes to you and your son.
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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!