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Why is it so hard for some kids?? Well that is the $100,000 dollar question! There are many reasons some kids struggle with reading from poor background knowledge, to low vocabulary skills, maybe inattention, or poor memory skills . . . etc.
The list can go on and on. But..........then there are many kids for whom parents have done 'everything right' and their children still struggle.
For me as a parent, I tried to do everything right. My first two kids just naturally learned to easily read in Kindergarten. I really didn't teach them; just exposed them to many many books and they started reading on their own. Then along came #3. Reading didn't come naturally to him and he really didn't care to have anything to do with reading, writing or the typical things expected from SCHOOL!!! Homework was like pulling teeth until about Middle School. It was NOT fun. So I had to get very creative at the things we did to help him learn the basics of reading. The other reading pages under this reading area are ideas that worked for my son as he was learning to read. He is now a successful reader and doing just fine in school (when he turns his homework in that is! :-)